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Gregory Avenue Over Passaic River in Passaic and Wallington: Passaic County, New Jersey and Bergen County, New Jersey, United States

Metal Multiple-Type-Connected Pratt Through Truss, Movable: Swing (Rim Bearing Center Pier)

Length: 245 ft. Main Span: 245 ft. Roadway: 28.8 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1906 By: Owego Bridge Company of Owego, New York

This classic highway swing bridge no longer operates for boats but its swing truss remains in good condition.

Avondale Bridge
De Jessa Memorial Bridge
HSR

Rough Distance: 2.9 Miles (4.7 Kilometers)

Kingsland Avenue and Park Avenue Over Passaic River in Nutley and Lyndhurst: Essex County, New Jersey and Bergen County, New Jersey, United States

Metal Multiple-Type-Connected Double-Intersection Warren Through Truss, Movable: Swing (Rim Bearing Center Pier) and Approach Spans: Metal 4 Panel Rivet-Connected Warren Pony Truss, Fixed

Length: 364 ft. Main Span: 200 ft. Roadway: 27 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1904 By: New Jersey Bridge Company of Manasquan, New Jersey

This attractive swing bridge also includes pony truss approach spans.

Upper Hackensack Lift Bridge
HSR

Rough Distance: 5.1 Miles (8.2 Kilometers)

Railroad (New Jersey Transit) Over Hackensack River in Lyndhurst and Secaucus: Hudson County, New Jersey and Bergen County, New Jersey, United States

Metal 8 Panel Rivet-Connected Polygonal Warren Through Truss, Movable: Vertical Lift (Span Drive) and Approach Spans: Metal 8 Panel Rivet-Connected Polygonal Warren Through Truss, Fixed

Length: 723 ft. Main Span: 220 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1959 By: Unknown

This mid 20th century bridge is located in a difficult to access combination of swampland and industrial development.

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Fair Lawn Avenue Bridge
HSR

Rough Distance: 5.1 Miles (8.2 Kilometers)

Fair Lawn Avenue (CR-76, 5th Avenue) Over Passaic River in Paterson and Fair Lawn: Passaic County, New Jersey and Bergen County, New Jersey, United States

Metal 9 Panel Pin-Connected Pratt Through Truss, Fixed

Length: 270 ft. Main Span: 134 ft. Roadway: 19.4 ft. Main Spans: 2

Built 1905 By: Unknown

This attractive two span pin-connected through truss with a slight skew has been sentenced to the dumpster.

Court Street Bridge
Harold J. Dillard Memorial Bridge
HSR

Rough Distance: 5.2 Miles (8.4 Kilometers)

Court Street (CR-12, CR-56) Over Hackensack River in Hackensack: Bergen County, New Jersey, United States

Metal Multiple-Type-Connected Warren Through Truss, Movable: Swing (Center Bearing Center Pier) and Approach Spans: Pre-Stressed Concrete Box Beam, Fixed

Length: 315 ft. Main Span: 180 ft. Roadway: 30 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1908 By: F. R. Long Company of Hackensack, New Jersey

This classic example of a through truss highway swing bridge has been extensively rehabilitated and preserved.

Arch Street Bridge
HSR

Rough Distance: 5.3 Miles (8.5 Kilometers)

Arch Street Over Passaic River in Paterson: Passaic County, New Jersey, United States

Metal 11 Panel Pin-Connected Parker Through Truss, Fixed

Length: 184 ft. Main Span: 178 ft. Roadway: 27.6 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1905 By: Owego Bridge Company of Owego, New York

This is an impressive pin-connected through truss bridge with ornamental knee braces.

Straight Street Bridge
HSR

Rough Distance: 5.3 Miles (8.6 Kilometers)

Straight Street Over Passaic River in Paterson: Passaic County, New Jersey, United States

Metal 12 Panel Rivet-Connected Pennsylvania Through Truss, Fixed

Length: 255 ft. Main Span: 251 ft. Roadway: 27 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1907 By: Unknown and Colin R. Wise

This bridge is noted as an early rivet-connected Pennsylvania through truss highway bridge.

Hackensack River Railroad Bridge
HSR

Rough Distance: 5.4 Miles (8.6 Kilometers)

Railroad (New York, Susquehanna, and Western) Over Hackensack River in Hackensack: Bergen County, New Jersey, United States

Metal Deck Girder, Movable: Swing (Center Pier) and Approach Spans: Metal Deck Girder, Fixed

Main Spans: 1

Built 1914 By: Unknown

This is a small, low level deck plate girder swing railroad bridge.

NX Bridge
Annie Bridge, Bridge 8.04
HSR

Rough Distance: 6.8 Miles (10.9 Kilometers)

Railroad (Conrail) Over Passaic River in Newark and Harrison: Essex County, New Jersey and Hudson County, New Jersey, United States

Metal Rivet-Connected Warren Through Truss, Movable: Bascule (Heel Trunnion) and Approach Spans: Metal Deck Girder, Fixed

Length: 440 ft. Main Span: 180 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1922 By: Unknown and Strauss Bascule Bridge Company (Strauss Engineering Company) of Chicago, Illinois

Kept in its raised position, this is an abandoned but noteworthy example of a Strauss heel-trunnion bascule bridge.

Clay Street Bridge
HSR

Rough Distance: 7 Miles (11.3 Kilometers)

Clay Street (Central Avenue) Over Passaic River in Newark and Harrison: Essex County, New Jersey and Hudson County, New Jersey, United States

Metal Rivet-Connected Lattice (Quadruple Warren) Through Truss, Movable: Swing (Rim Bearing Center Pier)

Length: 328 ft. Main Span: 235 ft. Roadway: 36.7 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1908 By: A. E. Sandford Company of Hoboken, New Jersey and James Owen

This is a rare example of a lattice truss swing bridge with a genuinely curved top chord, one of two in Newark.

William A. Stickel Memorial Bridge
HSR

Rough Distance: 7.2 Miles (11.6 Kilometers)

I-280 Over Passaic River and Passaic Avenue in Newark and Harrison: Essex County, New Jersey and Hudson County, New Jersey, United States

Metal 8 Panel Rivet-Connected Warren Through Truss, Movable: Vertical Lift (Tower Drive) and Approach Spans: Metal Deck Girder, Fixed

Length: 626 ft. Main Span: 222 ft. Roadway: 74 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1948 By: Unknown and Waddell and Hardesty of New York, New York

This massive 1940s vertical lift bridge has some minor architectural embellishments that reflect the period it was built in.

Newark Drawbridge
Morristown Line Bridge
HSR

Rough Distance: 7.2 Miles (11.6 Kilometers)

Railroad (New Jersey Transit) Over Passaic River in Newark and Harrison: Essex County, New Jersey and Hudson County, New Jersey, United States

Metal 8 Panel Rivet-Connected Pratt Through Truss, Movable: Swing (Center Pier) and Approach Spans: Metal 5 Panel Rivet-Connected Pratt Deck Truss, Fixed

Length: 870 ft. Main Span: 221 ft. Roadway: 30.2 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1903 By: American Bridge Company of New York, New York

This is a very rare example of a double-deck railroad swing bridge.

Bridge Street Bridge
HSR

Rough Distance: 7.4 Miles (11.8 Kilometers)

Bridge Street (Harrison Avenue) Over Passaic River in Newark and Harrison: Essex County, New Jersey and Hudson County, New Jersey, United States

Metal Rivet-Connected Double-Intersection Warren Through Truss, Movable: Swing (Rim Bearing Center Pier) and Approach Spans: Metal Stringer (Multi-Beam), Fixed

Length: 371 ft. Main Span: 243 ft. Roadway: 29 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1913 By: American Bridge Company of New York, New York

This swing bridge is noted for its rare curved top chord and vertical end posts.

Lower Hack Bridge
HSR

Rough Distance: 7.4 Miles (11.9 Kilometers)

Railroad (New Jersey Transit Morristown Line) Over Hackensack River in Kearny and Jersey City: Hudson County, New Jersey, United States

Metal 7 Panel Rivet-Connected Parker Through Truss, Movable: Vertical Lift (Span Drive) and Approach Spans: Metal Deck Girder, Fixed

Length: 1,480 ft. Main Span: 198 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1928 By: American Bridge Company of New York, New York and Waddell and Hardesty of New York, New York

This is one of several vertical lift bridges in this area.

PATH Lift Bridge
HSR

Rough Distance: 7.5 Miles (12 Kilometers)

Railroad (Port Authority Trans-Hudson (PATH)) Over Hackensack River in Kearny and Jersey City: Hudson County, New Jersey, United States

Metal 10 Panel Rivet-Connected Parker Through Truss, Movable: Vertical Lift (Span Drive) and Approach Spans: Metal 7 Panel Rivet-Connected Pratt Through Truss, Fixed

Length: 3,015 ft. Main Span: 332 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1928 By: Unknown

This is one of a unique group of vertical lift bridges in this area.

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Wittpenn Bridge
HSR

Rough Distance: 7.5 Miles (12 Kilometers)

Newark Avenue (NJ-7) Over Hackensack River in Kearny and Jersey City: Hudson County, New Jersey, United States

Metal Rivet-Connected Pratt Through Truss, Movable: Vertical Lift (Span Drive) and Approach Spans: Metal Rivet-Connected Camelback Through Truss, Fixed

Length: 2,126 ft. Main Span: 206 ft. Roadway: 40 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1930 By: Strobel Steel Construction Company of Chicago, Illinois and Harrington, Howard, and Ash of Kansas City, Missouri and Sigvald Johannesson

This vertical lift bridge with its unique curved approach has been sentenced to the scrapyard despite its historic significance.

Pulaski Skyway
Including The Hoboken Avenue Viaduct
HSR

Rough Distance: 7.5 Miles (12.1 Kilometers)

US-1 and US-9 Over Passaic River, Hackensack River, and Various Roads and Railroads in Newark, Kearny, and Jersey City: Essex County, New Jersey and Hudson County, New Jersey, United States

Metal Cantilever Rivet-Connected Pratt Through Truss, Fixed and Approach Spans: Metal Cantilever 12 Panel Rivet-Connected Pratt Deck Truss, Fixed

Length: 14,907 ft. Main Span: 550 ft. Roadway: 47 ft. Main Spans: 6

Built 1932 By: Various Builders and Sigvald Johannesson

With award-winning aesthetics, this extremely long bridge is also noted for its exceedingly complex design.

US-1/US-9 Truck Passaic River Bridge
HSR

Rough Distance: 7.6 Miles (12.2 Kilometers)

US-1 and US-9 Truck Route Over Passaic River in Newark and Kearny: Essex County, New Jersey and Hudson County, New Jersey, United States

Metal Rivet-Connected Polygonal Warren Through Truss, Movable: Vertical Lift (Tower Drive) and Approach Spans: Metal Deck Girder, Fixed

Length: 2,005 ft. Main Span: 333 ft. Roadway: 51 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1941 By: American Bridge Company of New York, New York and Ash, Howard, Needles, and Tammen of New York, New York

This is the older and more significant of two similar vertical lift bridges on this stretch of road.

Dock Bridge
HSR

Rough Distance: 7.8 Miles (12.5 Kilometers)

Railroad (Amtrak) Over Passaic River in Newark and Harrison: Essex County, New Jersey and Hudson County, New Jersey, United States

Metal 8 Panel Rivet-Connected Warren Through Truss, Fixed and Approach Spans: Metal Deck Girder, Fixed

Length: 520 ft. Main Span: 230 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1935 By: Unknown and Waddell and Hardesty of New York, New York

This is a massive pair of railroad vertical lift bridges that sit right beside each other.

Jackson Street Bridge
HSR

Rough Distance: 7.8 Miles (12.6 Kilometers)

Frank E. Rodgers Blvd and Jackson Street (CR-697) Over Passaic River in Newark and Harrison: Essex County, New Jersey and Hudson County, New Jersey, United States

Metal Rivet-Connected Lattice (Quadruple Warren) Through Truss, Movable: Swing (Rim Bearing Center Pier) and Approach Spans: Metal Stringer (Multi-Beam), Fixed

Length: 467 ft. Main Span: 221 ft. Roadway: 39 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1898 By: Fagan Iron Works of Jersey City, New Jersey and James Owen

Although severely altered, the remaining truss lines of this bridge are a rare example of a lattice truss swing bridge, one of two in Newark.

US-1/US-9 Truck Hackensack River Bridge
HSR

Rough Distance: 8 Miles (12.9 Kilometers)

US-1 and US-9 Truck Route Over Hackensack River in Kearny and Jersey City: Hudson County, New Jersey, United States

Metal Rivet-Connected Polygonal Warren Through Truss, Movable: Vertical Lift (Tower Drive) and Approach Spans: Metal Deck Girder, Fixed

Length: 1,480 ft. Main Span: 222 ft. Roadway: 73.5 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1954 By: Unknown

One of two vertical lift bridges on this stretch of roadway.

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Newark Bay Bridge
Vincent R. Casciano Memorial Bridge, Turnpike Extension Bridge
HSR

Rough Distance: 9.8 Miles (15.8 Kilometers)

New Jersey Turnpike Extension (I-78) Over Newark Bay in Newark and Bayonne: Essex County, New Jersey and Hudson County, New Jersey, United States

Metal Continuous 18 Panel Rivet-Connected Braced Ribbed Through Arch, Fixed and Approach Spans: Metal Deck Girder, Fixed

Length: 6,170 ft. Main Span: 671 ft. Roadway: 77 ft. Main Spans: 3

Built 1955 By: Unknown

This large high level bridge is adds interest to this extension of the New Jersey Turnpike, which connects to Bayonne.

Special Bridge Conditions Legend: R - Former location of relocated bridge. ! - At risk for demolition or destruction. X - Confirmed demolished or collapsed. S - Dismantled and/or in storage. L - Severe loss of historic integrity due to alteration.

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