Ogden Avenue Bridge
Ogden Avenue Bridge, 1908
Then
The Ogden Avenue Bridge is an arch bridge which carries two lanes of traffic over Bowers Street, which travels down the side of the Palisades. The bridge is made of concrete and faced in stone; its keystone bears the construction year of 1905. It was designed by a Hoboken engineer named T.H. McCann.
The New Jersey Historical Bridge Survey [PDF] notes that “while the plans do not indicate the use of reinforcing bars, the shape of the arch suggests that it is one of the earliest surviving reinforced concrete spans in the county.”
Ogden Avenue Bridge, 2012
Now
The section of Bowers Street that runs under Ogden Avenue has long been abandoned, though it is still paved with Belgian blocks. The part of Bowers Street that heads downhill after passing under the bridge suffered from Hurricane Irene in 2011 and is partially blocked by a landslide, though the houses above remain unharmed.
The bridge appears much as it did over 100 years ago; the original iron lattice railing is still visible, though another fence has been added.