| New Hampton Pony Pratt Truss Bridge | |
| Nrhp Type2: | indcp |
| Nocat: | y |
| Partof: | New Hampton Historic District |
| Partof Refnum: | 98000257 |
| Coordinates: | 40.7206°N -74.9636°W |
| Built: | 1868 |
| Builder: | William Cowin |
| Architect: | Francis C. Lowthorp |
| Architecture: | Pratt truss |
| Added: | July 26, 1977 |
| Designated Nrhp Type2: | April 6, 1998 |
| Refnum: | 77000877 |
| Designated Other1 Name: | New Jersey Register of Historic Places |
| Designated Other1 Abbr: | NJRHP |
| Designated Other1 Link: | New Jersey Register of Historic Places |
| Designated Other1 Date: | September 13, 1976 |
| Designated Other1 Number: | 1610[1] [2] |
| Designated Other1 Num Position: | bottom |
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The New Hampton Pony Pratt Truss Bridge is a historic pony Pratt truss bridge on Shoddy Mill Road in New Hampton of Lebanon Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey. It crosses the Musconetcong River between Lebanon Township, Hunterdon County and Washington Township, Warren County. It was designed by Francis C. Lowthorp and built in 1868 by William Cowin of Lambertville, New Jersey.[3] The bridge was added to the National Register of Historic Places on July 26, 1977 for its significance in engineering, industry and transportation. It is one of the few early examples of iron Pratt truss bridges remaining in the United States.[4] It was later documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in 1991.[5] It was added as a contributing property to the New Hampton Historic District on April 6, 1998.[6]
The New Hampton bridge is one of three remaining composite cast iron and wrought iron Pratt truss bridges built by Cowin in New Jersey. The others are the Glen Gardner Pony Pratt Truss Bridge (1870) in Glen Gardner and the Main Street Bridge (1870) in Clinton. The single-span bridge is long and wide.[3] Its end posts are vertical, octagonal iron tubes topped square decorative caps.[4]