Three Bridges, New Jersey | |
Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
Pushpin Map: | USA New Jersey Hunterdon County#USA New Jersey#USA |
Pushpin Label: | Three Bridges |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Hunterdon County##Location in New Jersey##Location in the United States |
Pushpin Relief: | yes |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Hunterdon |
Subdivision Type3: | Township |
Subdivision Name3: | Readington |
Timezone: | Eastern |
Utc Offset: | −05:00 |
Timezone Dst: | Eastern |
Utc Offset Dst: | −04:00 |
Elevation Ft: | 121 |
Coordinates: | 40.5197°N -74.7994°W |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | [1] |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 881171 |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Footnotes: | [2] |
Population Total: | 321 |
Area Footnotes: | [3] |
Area Total Km2: | 1.39 |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 0.54 |
Area Land Km2: | 1.36 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.03 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 0.53 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.01 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 611.43 |
Population Density Km2: | 235.96 |
Three Bridges is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP)[4] located within Readington Township in Hunterdon County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey,[5] on the South Branch Raritan River. It is named for the three original bridges which crossed the river.
Farmers John Vlerebone and Harriet Foster Cline were original land owners in the area of Three Bridges. They eventually sold some land to the Central Railroad of New Jersey for its South Branch Line which passed on to the Black River and Western Railroad. Vlerebone and Kline subdivided their land along Old York Road after 1864.
In 1875 the Lehigh Valley Railroad built the New Jersey extension of its main line through Three Bridges using its Easton and Amboy Railroad subsidiary where it still runs today now owned by Norfolk Southern Railway.[6] Numerous lines for shipping produce and a number of daily passenger lines stopped in the village in its heyday. Many of the businesses left along with the passenger lines. Today the village houses a post office, bank,a branch of the Hunterdon County Library System and several other businesses.