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You Won’t Believe What Was Found Beneath Swedesboro’s Historic Bridge Beneath Swedesboro’s historic bridge—an iconic relic nestled in the heart of this charming New Jersey town—archaeologists and locals are uncovering secrets centuries older than the bridge itself. While the bridge dates back to the 18th century and served as a key crossing over the Wick oh’s Creek, recent discoveries beneath its foundations have rewritten the story of the region’s early history. ### Unearthing Hidden Layers of History During routine maintenance and a recent archaeological survey initiated by local historians, researchers stumbled upon a trove of artifacts buried beneath the bridge’s stone piers. The find includes Native American pottery shards, colonial-era tools, and fragments of 18th-century ceramic earthenware—evidence of human habitation stretching back over 2,000 years.