Washington Street Bridge LbNA #39276 (ARCHIVED)
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Add Location| Owner: | Wingfoot  |
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| Plant date: | Apr 25, 2008 |
| Location: | |
| City: | Parsippany-Troy Hills |
| County: | Morris |
| State: | New Jersey |
| Boxes: | 1 |
| Found by: | Colleen & Mike |
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| Last found: | Jan 23, 2010 |
| Status: | FFFFFFFaara |
| Last edited: | Apr 25, 2008 |
Washington Street Bridge
Planted 4/25/08 by Wingfoot & Angelfoot
Parsippany-Troy Hills, Morris County, New Jersey
04/11/11 This letterbox has been retired as it has gone missing. At this time I do not have plans to replace it, but I might in the future. The bridge is still worth a visit.
Clues: Easy
Terrain: Bridge
Time: 10 minutes
Notes:
Please be discreet. This area is out in the open. The stamp is in a hide-a-key rock. There is no logbook, just the stamp. Please make sure to log your find on LBNA or Atlas quest so I know you found the box. The box is in Parsippany-Troy Hills but you will park in Boonton. Please be careful when retrieving stamp, if I placed it too close too the bridge I feared it would go missing quickly. You need to do a little bit of rock scrambling at the end to get the box (hide-a-key rock).
Because of its age, the old bridge was deemed functionally obsolete. The new federally funded two-lane bridge replaces the 100-year-old Washington Street Bridge on a realigned Route 202. Construction on the bridge, which has four of its piers located within the Jersey City Reservoir below, began in January 2003.
The $15 million, 711-foot bridge, the longest in Morris county, was named the Othmar Ammann Bridge after the engineer who designed such structures as the George Washington, the Throgs Neck, the Verrazano-Narrows, the Bronx-Whitestone, the Tri-Borough and the Bayonne bridges.
Directions
Take exit 43 on Route 287 northbound. At stop sign make a right. At the Valero station bare left. Cross the new bridge and take a right onto Reservoir Road and immediately make another right down a short street with a cul-de-sac. Park in the cul-de-sac and make your way onto Washington Street Bridge. There are several signs giving the history of the span.
Cross bridge going to the south side. At the south end of the bridge stand on the D.O.T. grating. At 240 degrees is a crack in the wall for the new bridge. At the bottom of the crack is the hide-a-key rock. Stamp in.
I have had several folks say they can't find the hide-a-key rock. It is there, the crack is not really a crack, it's the straight line between two concrete slabs. Hopefully that clarification will help.
You can return across the Othmar Ammann Bridge bridge (which I like to do as it gives you a great view of Washington Street Bridge, however if you are with small children or dogs I wouldn't advise it) or go back across the historic span. Please be discreet and place rock back in same spot.
Planted 4/25/08 by Wingfoot & Angelfoot
Parsippany-Troy Hills, Morris County, New Jersey
04/11/11 This letterbox has been retired as it has gone missing. At this time I do not have plans to replace it, but I might in the future. The bridge is still worth a visit.
Clues: Easy
Terrain: Bridge
Time: 10 minutes
Notes:
Please be discreet. This area is out in the open. The stamp is in a hide-a-key rock. There is no logbook, just the stamp. Please make sure to log your find on LBNA or Atlas quest so I know you found the box. The box is in Parsippany-Troy Hills but you will park in Boonton. Please be careful when retrieving stamp, if I placed it too close too the bridge I feared it would go missing quickly. You need to do a little bit of rock scrambling at the end to get the box (hide-a-key rock).
Because of its age, the old bridge was deemed functionally obsolete. The new federally funded two-lane bridge replaces the 100-year-old Washington Street Bridge on a realigned Route 202. Construction on the bridge, which has four of its piers located within the Jersey City Reservoir below, began in January 2003.
The $15 million, 711-foot bridge, the longest in Morris county, was named the Othmar Ammann Bridge after the engineer who designed such structures as the George Washington, the Throgs Neck, the Verrazano-Narrows, the Bronx-Whitestone, the Tri-Borough and the Bayonne bridges.
Directions
Take exit 43 on Route 287 northbound. At stop sign make a right. At the Valero station bare left. Cross the new bridge and take a right onto Reservoir Road and immediately make another right down a short street with a cul-de-sac. Park in the cul-de-sac and make your way onto Washington Street Bridge. There are several signs giving the history of the span.
Cross bridge going to the south side. At the south end of the bridge stand on the D.O.T. grating. At 240 degrees is a crack in the wall for the new bridge. At the bottom of the crack is the hide-a-key rock. Stamp in.
I have had several folks say they can't find the hide-a-key rock. It is there, the crack is not really a crack, it's the straight line between two concrete slabs. Hopefully that clarification will help.
You can return across the Othmar Ammann Bridge bridge (which I like to do as it gives you a great view of Washington Street Bridge, however if you are with small children or dogs I wouldn't advise it) or go back across the historic span. Please be discreet and place rock back in same spot.