List of crossings of the Upper Passaic River
The Upper Passaic River in New Jersey is the section of the Passaic River above the Dundee Dam, including the Great Falls. The entire river flows for 81 miles from its river's source in Mendham to the river mouth at Newark Bay in the northeastern part of the state.[1] The Passaic traverses 45 municipalities, and its watershed provides drinking water for more than 3.5 million people in the region.[2][3] The midpoint of the upper river generally delineates the Passaic-Bergen, Passaic-Essex, Essex-Morris, Morris-Union and sections of the Morris-Somerset county lines.
There are over 110 crossings along the lower and upper river[4][5][6][7] including vehicular[8][9] and rail bridges.[8][10] The upper reaches are also crossed by footbridges, dams, culverts, and a pre-colonial weir. In the colonial era the first bridge along the lower reaches was at Bridge Street in Newark[11] and the first over the upper river was Totowa Bridge, constructed before 1737.[12] The creation of Society for Establishing Useful Manufactures in 1791[13][14] began a period of development of cities and industries along the river. The emergence of the early railroads in the state led to further industrialization and urbanization and many rail bridges.[15] The flood of 1903 caused damage or destruction of most bridges in the vicinity of Paterson.[16][17] The advent of the automobile age and suburbanization in the early and mid-20th century saw the construction of highway bridges in northern New Jersey.[15][18]
Existing crossings of the Lower Passaic are PD Draw, Lincoln Highway Passaic River Bridge, Pulaski Skyway, Point-No-Point Bridge, Chaplain Washington Bridge, Harry Laderman Bridge, Jackson Street Bridge, Dock Bridge, Bridge Street Bridge, Newark Drawbridge, William A. Stickel Memorial Bridge, Clay Street Bridge, NX Bridge, WR Draw, Belleville Turnpike Bridge, Avondale Bridge, Lyndhurst Draw, Route 3 Passaic River Crossing, Union Avenue Bridge, Gregory Avenue Bridge, Market Street Bridge, Eighth Street Bridge, Passaic Street Bridge, Monroe Street Bridge and Veterans Bridge.[19][9][10]
Power transmission lines pass over the river several times. The Public Service Electric and Gas Company (PSE&G) Northern Inner Ring Transmission Line runs from Metuchen Substation to Athenia Substation in Clifton via Roseland Substation and also includes right of way from Roseland Substation to West Orange Substation. The Pennsylvania-New Jersey Interconnection (PJM Interconnection) Bushkill to Roseland Transmission Line extends from Roseland to Hardwick Township in Warren County.[20] Jersey Central Power and Light also has lines across the river.
Crossings
Crossing | Image | Dates | Type | Carries/Carried | Locale/Municipality | Coordinates | NBI/FRA code | Notes | References |
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Dundee Dam |
|
1861 | dam | Clifton - Garfield |
40°53′01″N 74°07′36″W | NJRHP #22327 (SHPO) | [21] | ||
Garden State Parkway | Garden State Parkway milepoint 158.28 |
Clifton - Elmwood Park |
40°53′23″N 74°07′47″W | 361582T | NJTA | [8][22][23] | |||
Passaic River Bridge aka Crooks Avenue Bridge site of Weasel Bridge |
c.1937 1995 rebuild |
open spandrel (false concrete arch;true steel girder) |
U.S. Route 46 milepoint 63.95 |
Clifton- Paterson - Elmwood Park |
40°53′38″N 74°07′44″W | 1607168 | Morris Goodkind NJDOT Cedar Lawn Cemetery NJRHP #2330 (SHPO) (breakout) |
[24][8][25][26][27] [28][29][30] | |
Route 46 | 1955 | culvert | U.S. Route 46 milepoint 64.52 |
Elmwood Park | 40°53′36″N 74°07′07″W | 0220152 | over branch of the Passaic | [8][27][25][31] | |
Christopher Columbus Highway |
1964 1969 |
Interstate 80 milepoint 60.47 |
Paterson - Elmwood Park |
40°54′07″N 74°08′00″W | 1610152 | NJDOT | [8][32] | ||
Market Street Bridge | 1903 lost flood 1923 2005 replace |
Market Street CR 448 CR 56 |
40°54′09″N 74°08′00″W | 020011C | [8][31][33] | ||||
NYS&W milepost 18.00 |
c.1937 | rail | New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway | 40°54′15″N 74°07′57″W | 6150??? | NJ Midland Passaic–Bergen Rail Line |
[34] | ||
Broadway Bridge | 1903 lost flood 1931 1988 rebuilt |
arch | NJ Route 4 milepoint 0.17 Broadway Public Service |
40°55′06″N 74°07′49″W | 0205150 | NJDOT North Jersey Rapid Transit |
[8][31][35][36] [37][38] | ||
Morlot Avenue Bridge | 1890 lost flood 1904 new 1976 rehab 2009 replace |
open truss | Morlot Avenue 33rd Street CR 651 |
Paterson - Fair Lawn | 40°55′27″N 74°08′25″W | 020017E | [8][31][39][40] | ||
Fair Lawn Avenue Bridge aka Fifth Avenue Bridge |
1905 1967 rehab 2018 replace (planned) |
through truss bridge | Fair Lawn Avenue Fifth Avenue |
40°56′02″N 74°08′23″W | 1600009 | Scheduled for replacement 2020[41] | [8][42][43][44] [45][46][47] | ||
Fair Lawn-Paterson Fish Weir | weir | 40°56′11″N 74°08′26″W | Acquackanonk tribe Slooterdam |
[48][49] | |||||
Maple Avenue Bridge replaced Wagaraw Bridge |
1907 1992 rehab |
County Route 507 | 40°56′26″N 74°08′38″W | 1600010 | [8][45][50] | ||||
Lincoln Avenue Bridge replaced Moffat Bridge |
1903 lost flood 1926 1993 rebuilt |
stringer | Lincoln Avenue County Route 504 |
Paterson - Hawthorne | 40°56′30″N 74°08′53″W | 1600011 | [8][45][17][51] | ||
NYS&W Bridge | 1869 original | rail | New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway | 40°56′17″N 74°09′14″W | 6150??? | NJ MIdland Passaic–Bergen Rail Line |
[52][34] | ||
Main Line milepost 17.34 |
1848 original | rail Pratt through truss |
NJT Main Line EL Erie Main Line Newark Branch. |
40°56′14″N 74°09′26″W | 4003??? | NJRHP #252 (SHPO) |
[8][53][52][34] | ||
Sixth Avenue Bridge | c.1900 1987 rehab |
pony truss | North Sixth Street CR 652 |
Paterson - Prospect Park |
40°56′03″N 74°10′00″W | 1600012 | [8][45][54][55] | ||
Hillman Street Bridge | 1902 lost to flood 1907 lost to flood |
arch replaced footbridge |
Paterson | 40°55′47″N 74°09′55″W | [56][57] | ||||
Straight Street Bridge | 1907 2003 restored |
Pennsylvania (petit) truss | Straight Street North Bridge Street CR 650 |
40°55′35″N 74°09′58″W | 1600014 | [8][45][58][59][60] | |||
Arch Street Bridge | 1905 2008 rehab |
Parker truss | Arch Street | 40°55′24″N 74°10′12″W | 1600015 | Public Service | [8][45][60][61] | ||
Main Street aka Temple Street Bridge |
1905 1998 rebuilt |
Main Street | 40°55′20″N 74°10′22″W | 1600016 | [8] | ||||
Totowa Bridge | pre 1737 ?? removed |
wooden | 40°55′18″N 74°10′28″W | Acquackanonk Bridge | [62][12] | ||||
West Broadway Bridge | 1897 2004 restore |
Melan type concrete arch | Paterson-Hamburg Turnpike West Broadway County Route 509 CR 673 |
40°55′16″N 74°10′30″W | 1600017 | NJRHP #3959 (SHPO) | [8][45][63][64] | ||
Mulberry Street aka Alfano Island Bridge |
to Alfano Island | 40°55′13″N 74°10′32″W | |||||||
Footbridge (proposed) |
pedestrian path bike path |
over Alfano Island | 40°55′09″N 74°10′38″W | [65] | |||||
Chasm Bridge Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park |
1827 1844 1868 1888 1944 |
utility footbridge (former) |
water pipes and pedestrian path | 40°54′58″N 74°10′52″W | NJRHP #2362 NRHP #7000391 |
original known as Clinton Btidge[66][67] | |||
Footbridge Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park |
|
1971 | footbridge | pedestrian path | 40°54′58″N 74°10′52″W | NJRHP #2362 NRHP #7000391 |
[68][69] | ||
Island Dam aka SUM Dam |
c.1794 1840 |
dam | 40°54′56″N 74°10′55″W | Society for Establishing Useful Manufactures NJRHP #2362 NRHP #7000391 |
[70] | ||||
Footbridge at Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park |
footbridge | pedestrian path | 40°54′55″N 74°10′53″W | over cove of Passaic NJRHP #2362 NRHP #7000391 |
|||||
Wayne Avenue | 1985 opened 2018 rebuilt (planned) |
Wayne Avenue CR 673 |
40°54′55″N 74°10′55″W | 1600018 | [8][71] | ||||
Spruce Street Bridge |
c.1931 1985 replaced |
40°54′53″N 74°10′56″W | 1600018 | [72] | |||||
Westside Park Footbridge | footbridge | pedestrian path | 40°54′44″N 74°11′08″W | ||||||
Lincoln Bridge | removed | over island Paterson, Passaic and Rutherford Electric Railway |
40°54′29″N 74°11′44″W | Lido Venice Club (closed) | [73][74][75][76] | ||||
Glover Avenue Bridge | Glover Avenue CR 636 |
Paterson & Woodland Park - Totowa |
40°54′27″N 74°11′45″W | 16002020 | Holy Sepulchre Cemetery | [8] | |||
Hillery Street Bridge | 1898 1973 rehab 2009 rehab |
Pratt pony truss | Hillery Street Totowa Road CR 644 |
Totowa - Woodland Park | 40°54′15″N 74°12′02″W | 1600039 | [8][77][78] | ||
Paterson High Bridge milepost 18.00 |
1964 removed | rail Plate girder |
Boonton Branch Erie-Lackawanna Railroad DL&W |
40°53′47″N 74°12′04″W | [79] | ||||
Christopher Columbus Highway | 1964 2009 repaired |
Interstate 80 milepoint 56.34 |
40°53′46″N 74°12′05″W | 1610153 | NJDOT | [8][32][80] | |||
Lackawanna Avenue |
|
1894 1965 rehab 1976 rehab |
Lackawanna Avenue part of original westbound Route 46 |
40°53′30″N 74°13′05″W | 1600021 | [8][28] | |||
Passaic Valley Water Commission |
|
utility | Passaic Valley Water Commission water main | 40°53′27″N 74°13′09″W | [81] | ||||
Passaic River Bridge |
|
1939 1998 rehab |
open spandrel | U.S. Route 46 milepoint 57.94 |
Totowa - Little Falls |
40°53′25″N 74°13′12″W | 1606158 | Morris Goodkind NJDOT |
[8][26][28][27][82] |
Passaic Valley Water Commission | utility | PVWC water main | 40°52′59″N 74°13′52″W | [10] | |||||
Little Falls Water Treatment Plant | c1925 | access road | Totowa | 40°52′59″N 74°13′52″W | |||||
Little Falls Aqueduct | 1828 c1925 remove |
stone arch navigable aqueduct |
Morris Canal | Totowa - Little Falls |
40°52′59″N 74°13′52″W | [83][84] | |||
Union Avenue Bridge replaced Beatties Bridge |
1850 1890 1966 1995 |
covered (original) | Union Avenue CR 646 over uninhabited island |
Little Falls Wayne |
40°53′01″N 74°13′59″W | 1600022 | Little Falls Station NJ Route 62 |
[8][67] | |
Union Avenue | Union Avenue CR 646 over uninhabited island |
Totowa Wayne |
40°53′04″N 74°13′57″W | 1600022 | NJ Route 62 | [85] | |||
Beatties Dam Little Falls |
1899 | dam | Totowa - Little Falls |
40°53′03″N 74°14′04″W | [1] | ||||
Montclair-Boonton Line milepost 19.43 |
4004??? | rail | Montclair-Boonton Line (NJT) New York and Greenwood Lake Railway (Erie) |
Singac, Little Falls - Wayne |
40°53′18″N 74°14′45″W | [8][86][87] | |||
Newark-Pompton Turnpike | 1916 1988 rehab |
concrete arch | Newark-Pompton Turnpike NJ Route 23 milepoint 4.52 |
40°53′16″N 74°14′48″W | 1604150 | [8][88] | |||
Route 46 Passaic River Bridge dual bridges |
1927 EB
1951 WB |
U.S. Route 46 milepoint 55.45 |
Wayne - Fairfield Township | 40°53′33″N 74°15′57″W | 0722157 0722158 |
Morris Goodkind NJDOT |
[8][28][27][89] | ||
Christopher Columbus Highway dual bridges |
1967 1988 rehab |
Interstate 80 milepoint 52.87 |
40°53′39″N 74°16′00″W | 0726155 EB 0726156 WB |
NJDOT | [8][32][89] | |||
Two Bridges Road |
|
1928 | Two Bridges Road | Fairfield Township - Lincoln Park |
40°53′50″N 74°16′22″W | 070M060 | William A. Stickel At the confluence with the Pompton River |
[8][89] | |
Horseneck Road Bridge | 1906 2000 replace |
Horseneck Road | Fairfield Township - Montville | 40°52′56″N 74°20′24″W | 1400282 | [8][90][91][92] | |||
Christopher Columbus Highway dual bridges |
1968 | stringer/multi-beam or girder | Interstate 80 milepoint 48.46 |
Fairfield Township - Montville | 40°52′04″N 74°19′52″W | 1415157 EB 1415158 WB |
Great Piece Meadows NJDOT |
[8][32][93] | |
Route 46 Passaic River Bridge | 1940 2008 rebuilt |
U.S. Route 46 milepoint 51.85 |
Fairfield Township - Pine Brook, Montville | 40°51′45″N 74°19′16″W | 1410159 | Great Piece Meadows NJDOT |
[8][28][27][94] | ||
Pine Brook Bridge dual bridges |
c.1940 1981 reenforce |
Bloomfield Avenue NJ Route 159 milepoint 0.32 |
40°51′31″N 74°19′09″W | 1430152 EB 1430153 WB |
Great Piece Meadows | [8][91][95][90] | |||
Old Bloomfield Road | 1921 | stringer | Bloomfield Avenue | Pine Brook, Montville | 40°51′35″N 74°19′39″W | 1410433 | over a branch of the Passaic | [8][90] | |
Route 46 NJ Route 159 dual bridges |
1940 1921 |
stringer | Bloomfield Avenue U.S. Route 46 milepoint 51.54 NJ Route 159 milepoint 0.25 |
40°51′33″N 74°19′39″W | 1431051 EB 1410158 WB |
over a branch of the Passaic | [8][28][27][95][90] | ||
Essex Freeway dual bridges |
Interstate 280 milepoint 3.32 |
West Essex Park, Roseland - East Hanover |
40°49′50″N 74°19′47″W | 1410155 EB 1410154 WB |
[8][96] | ||||
Eagle Rock Avenue Bi-County Bridge replaced Swinefield Bridge |
1968 2015 rebuilt |
Eagle Rock Avenue Lenape Trail CR 611 |
40°49′39″N 74°20′06″W | 1400443 | [8][91][97][98] | ||||
Morristown and Erie Railway | rail | ME rail spur | Roseland - East Hanover |
40°49′06″N 74°20′04″W | 6155??? | Beaufort Station | |||
Route 10 | 1931 2014-17 rebuilt |
NJ Route 10 milepoint 17.6-17.9 |
Livingston - East Hanover |
40°48′02″N 74°21′32″W | 1402153 | [8][94][99][100] | |||
Hanover Cook Bridge | 1920 | Newark and Mount Pleasant Turnpike Old Mt. Pleasant Avenue |
40°48′00″N 74°21′35″W | 070M063 | William A. Stickel | [8][101] | |||
Columbia Turnpike South Orange Avenue |
Columbia Turnpike South Orange Avenue County Route 510 |
Livingston - Florham Park & Hanover |
40°46′45″N 74°22′08″W | 1400447 | [8] | ||||
Eisenhower Parkway | unbuilt | Triborough Road | Chatham - Livingston | 40°45′30″N 74°22′31″W | |||||
Passaic Avenue | 1925
1969 redecked |
Passaic Avenue CR 607 |
Florham Park - Millburn | 40°45′21″N 74°21′41″W | 070M065 | [8] | |||
Route 24 | 1975 | culvert | NJ Route 24 milepoint 5.98 |
Chatham | 40°44′34″N 74°22′14″W | 1422161 | over branch of the Passaic | [8][94][102] | |
Route 24 dual bridges |
1971 | NJ Route 24 milepoint 6.52 |
Chatham - Millburn | 40°44′34″N 74°22′14″W | 1733154 EB 1733153 WB |
[8][89][102] | |||
Main Street westbound |
NJ Route 124 | 40°44′22″N 74°22′18″W | 1406157 | [8] | |||||
Main Street Morris Turnpike eastbound |
1874 1909 |
Main Street Morris Turnpike NJ Route 124 |
40°44′21″N 74°22′18″W | 1406158 | Hobart Gap | [8][94][103] | |||
Edwards Mill Bridge | 1916 | concrete arch | Summit Avenue | Chatham - Summit (Passaic River Parkway) |
40°44′04″N 74°22′39″W | 1400514 | [8][94][104][105] | ||
Bonnel's Bridge | 1925 | stringer | Watchung Avenue CR 646 |
40°43′44″N 74°22′45″W | 1400515 | Shunpike Road | [8][94] | ||
Morristown Line milepost 22.31 |
rail | Morristown Line (NJT) EL DL&W Morris and Essex |
40°43′33″N 74°23′13″W | 4006??? | NJRHP #234 (SHPO) NJT # 319 |
[8] | |||
Spillway Dam | spillway dam | 40°43′34″N 74°23′21″W | [94] | ||||||
Page Mill Bridge | 1929 | stringer | Stanley Avenue | 40°43′34″N 74°23′23″W | 1400516 | [8][94] | |||
Mt. Vernon Avenue | 1906 1974 rehab 1989 rehab |
steel through girder | Mt. Vernon Avenue | 40°43′13″N 74°23′27″W | 1400520 | [8] | |||
Passaic Street | Passaic Street | Chatham - New Providence (Passaic River Parkway) |
40°42′48″N 74°24′26″W | 2011060 | [8][106] | ||||
Central Avenue Fairmont Avenue |
1928 | stringer | Central Avenue Fairmont Avenue |
40°42′06″N 74°25′37″W | 2011062 | [8][85] | |||
Bridge Avenue Snyder Avenue |
1927 | stringer | Bridge Avenue Snyder Avenue |
Chatham - Berkeley Heights |
40°41′23″N 74°26′23″W | 2001001 | [8][85] | ||
Valley Road Springfield Avenue |
1936 | girder | Valley Road Springfield Avenue CR 512 |
Berkeley Heights (Passaic River Parkway) - Gillette, Long Hill Township |
40°40′47″N 74°27′06″W | 2001017 | [8][85] | ||
Gladstone Branch milepost 26.27 |
rail | Gladstone Branch (NJT) EL DL&W |
40°40′47″N 74°27′06″W | 4009??? | aka Townley Bridge Morris and Essex Railroad New Jersey West Line Railroad |
[8][107] | |||
Hillcrest Road Mountain Avenue |
1998 | stringer | Mountain Avenue Hillcrest Road County Route 531 |
Gillette, Long Hill Township - Warren Township |
40°40′14″N 74°27′52″W | 18L1109 | [8][108] | ||
Stirling Road Plainfield Road |
1993 | slab | Stirling Road Plainfield Road CR 653 |
Long Hill Township - Warren Township |
40°39′58″N 74°28′56″W | 18L1108 | [8][108] | ||
Valley Road | 1930-31 | stringer | Valley Road County Route 512 |
Millington, Long Hill Township - Bernards Township |
40°39′53″N 74°31′47″W | 18H1110 | [8][108][109] | ||
Stonehouse Road Bridge | 1923 2009 replace |
arch |
Stonehouse Rd. Haas Road |
40°40′16″N 74°31′33″W | 1400540 | Millington Station | [8][94][110] | ||
Millington High Bridge milepost 30.47 |
|
1928 | rail | Gladstone Branch (NJT) EL DL&W |
40°40′39″N 74°31′40″W | 4009??? | Morris and Essex Railroad New Jersey West Line Railroad NJT #104 |
[8][111] | |
Davis Bridge | South Maple Avenue Basking Ridge Road CR 657 |
40°40′53″N 74°31′43″W | 1400541 | [8][94][112] | |||||
White Bridge | 1890 1952 reinforce |
Lord Stirling Road White Bridge Road |
Lord Stirling Park Millington, Long Hill Township - Basking Ridge |
40°41′40″N 74°30′52″W | 1400563 | Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge | [8][113] | ||
Osborn Pond Dam | Dam | Bernards Township - | 40°43′16″N 74°31′56″W | ||||||
Madisonville Road Lee's Hill Road |
1975 | box beam | Lee's Hill Road Madisonville Road |
40°43′16″N 74°31′55″W | 18H1305 | [8][108] | |||
Interstate 287 dual bridges |
NB 1968 SB 1966 |
culvert | Interstate 287 milepoint 30.17 Marine Hector Cafferata Jr. Congressional Medal of Honor Highway |
40°43′55″N 74°32′16″W | 1815182 NB 1815183 SB |
[8][108][114] | |||
Mt. Kemble Avenue Morristown Road |
1924
2012 rebuilt |
Mt. Kemble Avenue Morristown Road US Route 202 milepoint 39.06 |
40°44′01″N 74°32′24″W | 1809158 | [8][108][115][116][117] | ||||
Van Dorans Mill Dam | milldam | 40°44′00″N 74°32′34″W | |||||||
Hardscrabble Road Extension | private way | Harding Township | 40°44′26″N 74°32′56″W | At confluence with Indian Grove Brook | |||||
Patriots' Path | footbridge | Patriots' Path | Bernardsville | 40°45′07″N 74°33′05″W | Morristown National Historical Park New Jersey Brigade Encampment Site NJRHP #3381 NRHP #66000053 |
[118] | |||
Leddell Road Jockey Hollow Road |
culvert | Leddell Road Jockey Hollow Road |
40°45′25″N 74°33′18″W | 1400658 | [8] | ||||
Leddell Road | Leddell Road | Mendham Township | 40°45′40″N 74°33′15″W | ||||||
Tempe Wick Road | Tempe Wick Road CR 646 |
40°45′58″N 74°33′16″W | [119] | ||||||
Ledells Dam aka Washington Corners Dam |
milldam | 40°45′59″N 74°33′16″W | NJRHP #5410 NJRHP #316 NRHP #00000959 Tempe Wick Road-Washington Corners Historic District Tributary sources in vicinity of West Morris Mendham High School |
[120][121] | |||||
Corey Lane | Corey Lane | 40°46′09″N 74°33′41″W | |||||||
Tempe Wick Road | Tempe Wick Road CR 646 |
40°46′18″N 74°34′11″W | [2][3][1] | ||||||
Corey Lane | culvert | Corey Lane | 40°45′51″N 74°34′32″W | ||||||
Hardscrabble Road | culvert | Hardscrabble Road | Mendham Borough | 40°45′46″N 74°34′37″W |
Abbreviations and definitions
- CR=County Route
- DL&W=Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad
- Dual bridges=two separate parallel structures on same highway[122]
- Erie=Erie Railroad
- EB=Eastbound
- EL=Erie Lackawanna Railway
- FRA=Federal Railroad Administration
- ME=Morristown and Erie Railway
- MP=Milepoint, milepost, (mile marker) distance from point of origin of train line, beginning of highway, or distance from river mouth[123]
- NB=Northbound
- NBI=National Bridge Inventory
- NRHP=National Register of Historic Places
- NJDOT=New Jersey Department of Transportation
- NJM=New Jersey Midland Railway
- NJRHP=New Jersey Register of Historic Places
- NJT=New Jersey Transit Rail Operations
- NJTPA=North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority
- NJTA=New Jersey Turnpike Authority
- NYS&W=New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway
- NS=Norfolk Southern Railway
- PVWC=Passaic Valley Water Commission
- SB=Southbound
- SHPO=State Historic Preservation Office
- WB=Westbound
See also
- List of dams and reservoirs in New Jersey
- Passaic River Flood Tunnel
- List of crossings of the Hackensack River
- List of bridges, tunnels, and cuts in Hudson County
- List of bridges documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in New Jersey
- List of county routes in Bergen County, New Jersey
- List of county routes in Passaic County, New Jersey
- List of county routes in Morris County, New Jersey
- Passaic River Coalition
- Transport portal
- Engineering portal
- New Jersey portal
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Within the epoch of New Jersey's transportation history from the 17th century to 1945, two periods stand out as extraordinary for their rapid pace of change and growth. The first, running from about 1800 to 1860, saw internal improvements and technological advances such as turnpikes, canals, and railroads. They were all aimed at greater capacity, speed, directness, flexibility, and regularity of service than could be achieved by earlier modes of river navigation and overland travel. Historian George Rogers Taylor has quite correctly called 1800-1860 the "transportation revolution." The second extraordinary period of transportation growth occurred from 1919 to 1936, and was, in terms of historian Bruce Seely, "the golden age of highway building." During this period, New Jersey's road and highway bridges were substantially modernized to handle modern load requirements and increased volume of vehicular traffic. The result was to shift emphasis from railroads to highways.
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The bridges crossing Passaic River in Passaic, Essex, and Bergen counties were almost completely destroyed, and the damage amounted to $654,811. Within the limits of Paterson, below Great Falls, all of the highway bridges except two were either severely damaged or completely carried away. West street bridge, the first below the falls, was a Melan concrete, steel-arch structure, built in 1897, and costing $65,000. It was composed of three spans, each about 90 feet long. The flood practically split two spans longitudinally, the upstream side of each, equal to about one-third of the width of the bridge, being carried away. This structure was built to conform to the established grades of streets on both sides of the river and was completely inundated, forming a barrier for floating débris and practically making a dam in the river. Main street bridge is a 3-span, steel-arch structure, which was completely covered during the flood, but was only slightly injured. Arch street bridge, built in 1902 to take the place of a structure carried away by the March flood, was a concrete-arch bridge of three spans. It was undermined at the north pier and collapsed, being practically destroyed. The original cost of this bridge was $34,000. Its piers presented a serious obstruction to the flow of the stream, especially as the channel is very narrow at this point. In addition to this, the bridge was of low grade and admirably adapted for deterring flood flow. Below Arch street bridge all the other structures crossing the Passaic were of iron and were carried away, with the exception of Sixth avenue and Wesel bridges. Those destroyed were designated as follows: Straight street, Hillman street, Moffat, Wagaraw, Fifth avenue, East Thirty-third street, and Broadway bridges. All these structures were built too low, and were inundated during the early stages of the flood.
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When recording and coding for this item and following items, any structure or structures with a closed median should be considered as one structure, not two. Closed medians may have either mountable or non-mountable curbs or barriers.
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State highways are measured west to east or south to north from the (1) state line or (2) origination of the route. Milepoints (referred to as mileposts on railroads) are measured to the nearest hundredth of a mile.
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