Got You Covered in New Jersey

May 5, 2010 at 8:00 am · Filed under new jersey, road travel, tourism, travel, U.S. travel and tagged: covered bridges in new jersey, green sergeant's, scarborough bridge, travel writing

By Linda Tancs

If you thought New Jersey was nothing more than a patchwork of open road punctuated by exit signs, then imagine how surprised you’ll be to discover the romance of the covered bridge. You know, like The Bridges of Madison County–only not quite so many. In fact, only two: Green Sergeant’s in Hunterdon County and Scarborough in Cherry Hill. Green Sergeant’s, a 19th century queen post truss at Rosemont-Sergeantsville Road over Wickecheoke Creek near Flemington, is perhaps better known thanks to its listing on the National Register of Historic Places since 1974. Scarborough carries two-way traffic over the North Fork of Cooper River, however. Built in the 1950s, it sports an incomplete A-frame and town truss construction.  Either bridge is navigable, so be sure to cross when you come to it.

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