- Donald and Morris Goodkind Bridges
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Donald (front) and Morris (back) Goodkind bridges
The Donald and Morris Goodkind Bridges are a pair of bridges on U.S. Route 1 in the U.S. state of New Jersey spanning the Raritan River. The bridges connect Edison on the north with New Brunswick on the south.
The Donald Goodkind bridge, a steel span bridge built in 1974, carries southbound traffic. It was named after architect and engineer Donald Goodkind in 2004.[1] The northbound span, a concrete arch bridge, is named after Donald's father, Morris Goodkind and was completed in 1929, reflecting the Art Deco styling of the time, and was officially renamed from College Bridge to The Morris Goodkind Bridge as of April 25, 1969.[2] Both father and son were engineers for the New Jersey Department of Transportation, with each responsible for designing the bridge that now bears his name.
In the 1983 musical film Eddie and the Cruisers, early rock band leader Eddie Wilson was believed to have drowned when his 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air went off the Morris Goodkind Bridge on March 15, 1964.
In The Sopranos episode "Nobody Knows Anything," Detective Vin Markazian leaps to his death from the Donald Goodkind Bridge.[3][4]
See also
References
- ^ Rutgers Daily Targum, November 18, 2004
- ^ New Jersey Historic Bridge Data: Middlesex, accessed March 30, 2007
- ^ nj.com blog, accessed July 26, 2007
- ^ The Sopranos location guide
Bridges of the Raritan River Upstream
Albany Street Bridge
Donald and Morris Goodkind Bridges
Downstream
Basilone Bridge
Coordinates: 40°29′35″N 74°24′47″W / 40.493°N 74.413°W
Categories:- Transportation in Middlesex County, New Jersey
- Raritan River
- Bridges completed in 1929
- Bridges completed in 1974
- Art Deco architecture in New Jersey
- Road bridges in New Jersey
- United States bridge (structure) stubs
- New Jersey building and structure stubs
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