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Between Meisel Avenue and the Springfield Station the Rahway Valley Railroad made its crossing of Van Winkle's Creek . The bridge is of the Deck Plate Girder type and still remains in place today. An interesting note about this bridge is that it is located between the athletic fields of Jonathan Dayton High School (Springfield, NJ). The fields lay on opposite sides of the creek as well as on opposite sides of the tracks. When the railroad was still active the High School students were not allowed to walk across the tracks. There was a walkway, complete with a railing and stairways, the remains of which can be seen in the photos on this page. The abutments for the Van Winkle's Creek Bridge were built to accomodate two tracks, as most of the bridge abutments on the RVRR were. There is no evidence to suggest that there were ever two tracks crossing the creek. Today a pedestrian bridge stands parallel to the RVRR's bridge and utilizes the large two track abutments.
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