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Historic Bridge Preservation
The Historic Bridge Preservation Program is designed to provide funding to county governments for minor repair and enhanced maintenance
projects to prolong the life span of New Jersey's historic bridges. Historic bridges are an important and good visual reminder of New Jersey's
transportation heritage. This program will provide incentives to county governments to help prevent the loss of these important historic
resources.
The New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) has programmed $500,000 in its Fiscal Year 2009 Transportation Capital Program for this
program. The program will provide 100% state funding for small scale projects.
The Historic Bridge Preservation Program funds will be available for off-system bridges which have been formally recognized as being historic.
Preference will be given to those structures that have been identified as being listed in or eligible for listing in the National Register of
Historic Places as identified by the New Jersey Historic Preservation Office.
Bridges identified in the New Jersey Register of Historic Places or those with a local historic designation will be considered, but will
receive lesser ratings during the selection process.
Annually, NJDOT announces the availability of grant funds to counties. The county will then prepare a standard Local Aid Application through
System for Administering Grants Electronically (SAGE), outlining the intended use of
the funds. All applications are reviewed and evaluated by the Historic Bridge Preservation Review Committee. A recommendation is made for final
approval by the Commissioner of Transportation. The distribution of funds will be made through a competitive process.
Some of the links below are in Portable Document Format (PDF). To view these links, you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is available for
free at our state Adobe Access page.
Additional detailed information can be found in the
Historic Bridge Preservation Program Description and Procedures
(pdf 68k).
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