Nevius Street Bridge

	Raritan Bridge
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	Nevius Street Raritan Bridge
Location	Nevius Street over the Raritan River, Hillsborough Township and Raritan Borough
Built	1886
Architect	Wrought Iron Bridge Co.
Architectural style	Other
MPS	Metal Truss Bridges in Somerset County MPS
NRHP reference No.	92001526
Added to NRHP	November 12, 1992

The Nevius Street Bridge once carried car traffic across the Raritan River between Hillsborough Township and Raritan Borough in Somerset County, New Jersey, United States. In the 1840s a wooden bridge crossed at this location. The current 150-foot-long (46 m) bridge was built in 1886 by the Wrought Iron Bridge Company of Canton, Ohio. It is a double intersection Pratt truss bridge.^[2] The construction of the nearby John Basilone Veterans Memorial Bridge replaced the Nevius Street Bridge,^[when?] which now serves as a pedestrian bridge, connecting River Road in Hillsborough with the Raritan River Greenway. Joannes Nevius was born in Zoelen, Netherlands, in 1627 and emigrated to New Amsterdam in 1651. His grandson, Petrus or Peter Nevius, was the first with the Nevius name to come to the Raritan Valley in Somerset County.^[3]

The bridge is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Raritan Bridge.^[1]

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