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    The 1,080 foot long Pennsylvania Railroad Bridge at Trenton was built of Clearfield sandstone between 1901 and 1903.  According to the application for its listing in the inventory of the National Register of Historic Places, this bridge was among those built by the Pennsylvania Railroad as part of "the most ambitious stone masonry bridge building program in the United States." It provided a critical link for rail transportation between New York and Philadelphia, and is reported to be one of the last stone arch railroad bridges built in New Jersey.  The bridge crosses at an historic point; in the background is the famous "Trenton Makes" bridge.  Both are featured in my book The Bridges of New Jersey (Rutgers University Press 2005).