Donald and Morris Goodkind Bridges

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.

Donald and Morris Goodkind Bridges
Donald (front) and Morris (back) Goodkind bridges
Coordinates	40°29′33″N 74°24′47″W / 40.492623°N 74.413124°W / 40.492623; -74.413124
Carries	US 1 Bicycles and pedestrians
Crosses	Raritan River
Locale	New Brunswick and Edison, Middlesex County, New Jersey
Other name(s)	College Bridge[1]
Named for	Morris Goodkind, Chief Bridge Engineer and designer Donald Goodkind, son of Morris and designer of steel bridge
Maintained by	NJDOT
NJ Bridge ID	NJ 1203150[2]
Preceded by	Albany Street Bridge
Followed by	Basilone Bridge
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]
No. 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]
Location

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. Along both sides of the bridge, there are historical plaques that read of the site's significance to both the Lenape Indians and the American colonists. 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]