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Donald and Morris Goodkind Bridges

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In 2024, the New Jersey Department of Transportation (DOT) announced plans to spend $ 110 million on a restoration project to address structural deficiencies and congestion of the 95 year old Morris Goodkind Bridge. The project is expected to begin in 2025 and be completed in fall 2028. Proposed
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improvements include widening the south side of the bridge to add an auxiliary lane, narrowing the shoulders, and replacing the guardrails. It would also involved partial demolition and reconstruction of the structure.
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styling of the time. Along both sides of the bridge, there are historical plaques that read of the site's significance to both the
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Originally named the College Bridge, it was renamed the Morris Goodkind Bridge on April 25, 1969.
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In 2004, the southbound span was renamed the Donald Goodkind Bridge, in honor of its creator.
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Morris had a son, Donald, who also became an architect and engineer for the
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went off the Morris Goodkind Bridge on March 15, 1964.
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Open-spandrel deck arch bridges in the United States
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leaps to his death from the Donald Goodkind Bridge.
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Coordinates
40°29′33″N 74°24′47″W / 40.492623°N 74.413124°W / 40.492623; -74.413124
US 1
Bicycles
pedestrians
Raritan River
New Brunswick
Edison
Middlesex County
New Jersey
Named for
Morris Goodkind
NJDOT
Albany Street Bridge

Basilone Bridge


Open spandrel deck arch
Reinforced concrete
Steel
Clearance below
Daily traffic
U.S. Route 1
U.S. state
New Jersey
Raritan River
Edison
New Brunswick

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