Highlands-Sea Bright Bridge Images
Images of a Shore Crossing …
Since the first bridge opened in December 1872, a total of four have connected northern Sea Bright with western Highlands. Today, the bridge is part of Route 36, the NJ state highway that spans the Shrewsbury River. Officially, it’s the Captain Joseph Azzolina Memorial Bridge, named in honor of the longtime NJ state legislator and US Navy officer.
The first bridge, a wooden structure built for $35,000, lasted only a few years. The second one, a wood-steel swing bridge, opened in 1878 and lasted until 1933. The third bridge, a $650,000 1,200-foot drawbridge, lasted until 2009. The fourth bridge is 65-feet high and made of concrete with a fixed span. The massive and majestic $125 million structure opened in stages and was fully completed in 2011.
Highlands-Sea Bright Bridge seen from Twin Lights, 1900.
Highlands-Sea Bright Bridge beginning construction, mid-1930s.
Highlands-Sea Bright Bridge, 2010s.
Highlands-Sea Bright Bridge, early 1900s.
Highlands-Sea Bright Bridge, 1960s
Highlands-Sea Bright Bridge, 1914. The Highlands side entrance.
Highlands-Sea Bright Bridge, early 1900s (Les Horner Photo).
Highlands-Sea Bright Bridge,1930s.
Highlands-Sea Bright Bridge, 1900.
Highlands-Sea Bright Bridge on the Highlands side, 1900.
SS Thomas Patten passes through the open Highlands-Sea Bright Bridge, 1920s.
Highlands-Sea Bright Bridge, early 1900s.
Highlands-Sea Bright Bridge, 2020.
Highlands-Sea Bright Bridge, 2018 (StansPhotos).
Highlands-Sea Bright Bridge, 1933.
Highlands-Sea Bright Bridge, 2006.
Highlands-Sea Bright Bridge open, August 1995.
Highlands-Sea Bright Bridge, 1980s.
Highlands-Sea Bright Bridge, 2014 (MAC Photography).
Highlands-Sea Bright Bridge, 1960.
Highlands-Sea Bright Bridge with World War I monument on the Highlands side, 1937.
Highlands-Sea Bright Bridge, 2020 (John Schneider Photo).
Highlands-Sea Bright Bridge, 2021 (Chris Capone Photo).
NYC skyline seen from the Highlands-Sea Bright Bridge, 2020 (Capture808 Photography).
Highlands-Sea Bright Bridge, 2021 (Capture808 Photography).
Highlands-Sea Bright Bridge, 2021 (Andy Wolff Photo).
Highlands-Sea Bright Bridge, 1903.
Highlands-Sea Bright Bridge, 2012.
Highlands-Sea Bright Bridge looking east, 1907.
Highlands-Sea Bright Bridge sketch. Long Branch Daily Record, July 1951.
Highlands-Sea Bright Bridge, 2021 (Capture808 Photography).
Highlands-Sea Bright Bridge, early 1900s.
Highlands-Sea Bright Bridge, 1950s.
Highlands-Sea Bright Bridge, 2021 (Robert Tyler Photo).
Highlands-Sea Bright Bridge, 2019.
Highlands-Sea Bright Bridge, 2012.
Highlands-Sea Bright Bridge, 2020
Highlands-Sea Bright Bridge, 2020 (Breckenridge Visuals).
Highlands-Sea Bright Bridge, 2020 (StansPhotos.com).
Highlands-Sea Bright Bridge, 1916.
Highlands-Sea Bright Bridge, 2020 (StansPhotos.com).
Twin Lights viewed from SB, Owen Melody painting, 1991.
Highlands-Sea Bright Bridge under construction, 2009.
Highlands-Sea Bright Bridge — with a Twin Lights sentinel. (Stanley Kosinski Photo), 2019.
Highlands-Sea Bright Bridge, 2020.
Highlands-Sea Bright Bridge stretches into the Hartshorne Woods Heights and the night, 2020.
Highlands-Sea Bright Bridge after a snow, 2019.
Highlands-Sea Bright Bridge, early 1900s.
Highlands-Sea Bright Bridge, 1871 (note the horse crap on the bridge).
Highlands-Sea Bright Bridge at sunset, 2020 (StansPhotos.com).
Highlands-Sea Bright Bridge amidst clouds, 2020 (StansPhotos).
Highlands-Sea Bright Bridge, 2020 (StansPhotos).
Highlands-Sea Bright Bridge, 2020.
Highlands-Sea Bright Bridge, 2019. (Bart Lentini Photography)
Highlands-Sea Bright Bridge, 2020. (Bart Lentini Photography)
Highlands-Sea Bright Bridge, 2020.
Highlands-Sea Bright Bridge in the distance, 2020.
Highlands-Sea Bright Bridge, 2015.
Highlands-Sea Bright Bridge at night, 2010s.
Highlands-Sea Bright Bridge, 2020.
Highlands-Sea Bright Bridge, 2019. (Gregory Coraggio Photo)
Highlands-Sea Bright Bridge, July 4, 2019.
Highlands-Sea Bright Bridge, 2019.
Highlands-Sea Bright Bridge, 2018.
Highlands-Sea Bright Bridge, 2000s.
Highlands-Sea Bright Bridge, 2010.
Highlands-Sea Bright Bridge, 2000s.
Highlands-Sea Bright Bridge, 2006.
Highlands-Sea Bright Bridge, 1970s.
Highlands-Sea Bright Bridge, 1966.
Highlands-Sea Bright Bridge, 1961.
Highlands-Sea Bright Bridge, 1960.
Highlands-Sea Bright Bridge, 1960.
Highlands-Sea Bright Bridge, 1950s.
Highlands-Sea Bright Bridge, 1954.
Highlands-Sea Bright Bridge, 1953.
Highlands-Sea Bright Bridge, 1940.
Highlands-Sea Bright Bridge, 1930s.
Highlands-Sea Bright Bridge, 1920s.
Highlands-Sea Bright Bridge, 1920s.
Highlands-Sea Bright Bridge, 1907.
Highlands-Sea Bright Bridge, 1906.
Highlands-Sea Bright Bridge, 1906.
Highlands-Sea Bright Bridge, 1906.
Highlands-Sea Bright Bridge, 1895.
Highlands-Sea Bright Bridge, early 1900s.
Highlands-Sea Bright Bridge, 1892.
Highlands-Sea Bright Bridge crossing, early 1900s.
Highlands-Sea Bright Bridge train crossing, early 1900s.
Highlands-Sea Bright Bridge, early 1900s.
View of Twin Lights from bridge, early 1900s.
Highlands-Sea Bright Bridge, early 1900s.
Highlands-Sea Bright Bridge, 1870s. The first bridge connecting Sea Bright and Rumson was made of wood.
Highlands-Sea Bright Bridge, 1883.
F. W. Beers map with Highlands-Sea Bright Bridge, 1873.
“Highlands of the Navesink” seen from Sea Bright, 1870s. Looks like a bridge is under construction.
View of the Navesink Twin Lights from SB prior to bridge construction, before 1872. The lighthouse with non-identical towers opened in 1862.
