Historic Green Sergeant Covered Bridge — Attraction in Delaware Township

Beautifully restored covered bridge down the hill from the lovely village of Sergeantsville, NJ. Originally built in 1872 and placed on existing stone abutments from an earlier bridge dating back to Colonial times, she has gone through quite a bit in her lifetime. She is of a very unique truss type, with her builder using a Queenpost truss but modifying it heavily by, well, getting rid of the actual Queenposts and possibly taking some design ideas from a Smith-type truss. She almost "wasnt", but for a determined group of local folks that loved her too much to let the county toss her in the bin. She comes up quickly around the corner, so be sure to follow the speed limit, or they'll be rebuilding her again. These kinds of bridges have always been about more than crossing a creek. They represent communities. Communities that have a timeline that they remember and honor. This beauty is one of two public covered bridges in NJ, the other being the Scarborough Bridge. There are numerous private covered bridges throughout the state, including a full-size Howe Truss span in Middletown known as Brown's Bridge. But as i said, it's private. Be careful and enjoy the one these good folks are sharing...

It's been a few years since visiting. I made this part of my 10 covered bridge visits that day (the other 9 were in Bucks County). There aren't many covered bridges in Jersey as there are in neighboring states (I understand that there's another in the Cherry Hill area). This I one I know is listed in the National Registry of Historical Places. Though the wear and missing pieces of wood on the one side seems to indicate that the state doesn't care much about this and other places in the state I have visited that have history and value. It's such a beautiful area however as a few pics I captured around the bridge itself. Still a nice...

This is the last remaining covered bridge in Jersey, and it is only accessible heading west from Sergeantsville. (If you are heading east you go across the modern span that replaced this bridge when it was damaged in 1960) It is unique in another aspect as it has a very unusual truss design. Most covered bridges (in eastern PA) are Burr arch truss designs, this appears to be a Queen Post, but is not... it has the "queen" part but not the posts. Instead it has a what appears to be a Howe weave (or possibly a double Warren weave) In any case, it's most unusual. Go slow across it, the floor boards are...