Donald and Morris Goodkind Bridges

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Donald and Morris Goodkind Bridges
GoodkindBridges.jpg
Donald (front) and Morris (back) Goodkind bridges
Coordinates Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Carries US 1
Bicycles and pedestrians
Crosses Raritan River
Locale New Brunswick into Edison, NJ
Other name(s) College Bridge[1]
Named for Morris Goodkind, Chief Bridge Engineer and designer
Donal Goodkind, son of Morris and designer of steel bridge
Owner New Jersey DOT
NJ Bridge ID NJ 1203150[2]
Preceded by Albany Street Bridge Circle sign 27.svg
Followed by Basilone Bridge I-95.svgNew Jersey Turnpike Shield.svg
Characteristics
Design Open spandrel deck arch[1]
Material Reinforced concrete (Morris)
Steel (Donald)[3]
Total length 1,902 feet (580 m)[2]
Width 49.9 feet (15.2 m)[2][1]
Longest span 202.1 feet (61.6 m)[2][1]
Number of spans 15
Clearance below 100 feet (30 m)[1]
History
Architect Morris Goodkind[1]
Designer Morris Goodkind
Constructed by Parker and Graham Inc.[1]
Opened 1929 (1929) (Morris)
1976 (1976) (Donald)
Statistics
Daily traffic 55,658 (2013)[2]
Donald and Morris Goodkind Bridges is located in Middlesex County, New Jersey
Donald and Morris Goodkind Bridges
Donald and Morris Goodkind Bridges
Location in Middlesex County, New Jersey

The Donald and Morris Goodkind Bridges are a pair of bridges on U.S. Route 1 in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The bridges cross the Raritan River, connecting Edison on the north bank with New Brunswick on the south.

The northbound span, a concrete arch bridge, is named after its designer, New Jersey Highway Department engineer Morris Goodkind. This span was completed in 1929 and reflects the Art Deco styling of the time. Originally named the College Bridge, it was renamed the Morris Goodkind Bridge on April 25, 1969.[4] Morris had a son, Donald, who also became an architect and engineer for the New Jersey Department of Transportation. Donald designed the southbound bridge, a steel span bridge built in 1974, which was named after him in 2004.[5]

In popular culture

In the 1983 musical film Eddie and the Cruisers, fictional rock band leader Eddie Wilson was believed to have drowned when his 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air went off the Morris Goodkind Bridge on March 15, 1964.

In The Sopranos episode "Nobody Knows Anything," Detective Vin Makazian leaps to his death from the Donald Goodkind Bridge.[6][7]

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  3. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  4. ↑ New Jersey Historic Bridge Data: Middlesex, accessed March 30, 2007
  5. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  6. ↑ nj.com blog, accessed July 26, 2007
  7. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.


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