List of crossings of the Lower Passaic River

The Lower Passaic River in New Jersey is the section of the Passaic River below the Great Falls which flows over the Dundee Dam to the river mouth at Newark Bay in the northeastern part of the state. Its midpoint generally delineates the Essex-Hudson and Passaic-Bergen county lines. Numerous spans, mostly moveable bridges, have been built over of the lower reaches of the river, which is tidally influenced to the dam at about mile point (MP) 17.4 and channelized to about MP 17. Once one of the most heavily used waterways in the Port of New York and New Jersey, it remains partially navigable for commercial marine traffic. While requests have significantly diminished since the mid-late 20th century, the bridge at MP 11.7 and those downstream from it are required by federal regulations to open with advance notice, with the exception of the first at MP 1.8, which is manned and opens on demand.

This article is about crossings of the Passaic River downstream of the Dundee Dam. For those upstream, see List of crossings of the Upper Passaic River.

The NX, Clay Street, and Stickel bridges are seen in this view looking downstream, or south, to Newark Gateway.
Five bridges over the Passaic River at Newark.

Early fixed crossings included turnpikes, sometimes built as plank roads. Wood, and later, metal bridges were constructed by competing railroads to access railyards, carfloat operations, passenger terminals, and ferries on the Hudson Waterfront. Rail lines led to further industrialization, urbanization-suburbanization, and the construction of vehicular bridges and streetcar lines. The advent of automobile age in the early and mid 20th century saw the building of highway bridges.

The Acquackanonk Bridge was dismantled in 1776 as George Washington retreated from Fort Lee. Another with the same name at the crossing was lost to flooding in 1903. The first railroad swing bridge in the United States was built in 1833. Numerous bridges have been demolished or fallen into disuse, while others have had their swing spans removed, replaced or immobilized. The first new bridge to be built since 2002, the Passaic River Crossing, opened in 2014.[1]

Crossings
MP Crossing Image Open Carries/Carried Locale/Connecting NBI Coordinate Notes Reference
1.2 PD Draw
(unused-swing span removed)		 1869
1912		 Newark and New York Railroad (CNJ) Kearny Point &
Newark Ironbound		 40°43′22″N 74°07′14″W Swing span shifted to new alignment [2][3][4]
Portway Bridge
(proposed)		 Doremus Avenue to Central/Pennsylvania Aves Kearny Point &
Port Newark		 alignment undetermined NJDOT to
Wittpenn Bridge replacement		 [5][6]
1.8 Lincoln Highway Passaic River Bridge 1941
US 1-9 Truck
milepoint 0.67
Lincoln Highway		 Kearny Point &
Newark Ironbound		 0705151 40°43′57″N 74°07′04″W East Coast Greenway
Raymond Boulevard
NJRHP		 [7][8][9][10][11]
Newark Plank Road
(removed)		 1795 original
1941 last		 Lincoln Highway
PS		 40°43′58″N 74°07′04″W Ferry Street
Communipaw Ave		 [10]
2.0 Pulaski Skyway 1932 US 1/9 0901150 (Hudson)[12]

0704150 (Essex)[13]

 40°44′06″N 74°07′03″W no trucks, bicycles, or peds
NJRHP & NRHP		 [7][8]
2.6 Point-No-Point Bridge Conrail
Passaic and Harsimus Line (CSX) (NS)		 Kearny Meadows &
Newark Ironbound		 40°44′30″N 74°07′16″W PRR [2][14]
2.7 Chaplain Washington Bridge 1952 NJ Turnpike Eastern Spur
I-95		 W107870 40°44′31″N 74°07′22″W no bicycles or pedestrians [7][8][15]
2.7 Harry Laderman Bridge 1970 NJ Turnpike Western Spur
I-95		 E107880 40°44′31″N 74°07′23″W no bicycles or pedestrians [7][8][15]
4.6 Jackson Street Bridge 1903 Jackson Street
Frank E. Rodgers Blvd		 Harrison &
Newark Ironbound		 0700H02 40°44′02″N 74°09′19″W NJRHP [7][8][16]
Market Street Bridge (removed) 1868
1899		 NJRR
PRR		 Harrison &
Newark Penn		 40°44′09″N 74°09′43″W Swing span shifted to new alignment [17]
5.0 Dock Bridge
(2 spans)		 1935 (west)
1937 (east)		 Northeast Corridor
Amtrak
Northeast Corridor Line (NJT)
North Jersey Coast Line (NJT)
Raritan Valley Line (NJT)
PATH		 40°44′10″N 74°09′41″W PRR & H&M
NJRPH & NRHP		 [2]
Centre Street Bridge
(removed)		 1834
1911		 New Jersey Railroad
PRR
H&M
Route 158		 Harrison &
Downtown Newark
Park Place Station		 40°44′28″N 74°09′51″W Upper level added
Converted from rail to vehicular bridge 1927
5.6 Bridge Street Bridge 1913 Bridge Street & Harrison Avenue
CR 508		 Harrison &
Downtown Newark		 0700H03 40°44′43″N 74°09′57″W NJRHP [7][8][18]
5.85 Newark Drawbridge 1903 Montclair-Boonton Line (NJT)
Morristown Line (NJT)
Gladstone Branch (NJT)		 Harrison & Newark Broad Street Station 40°44′51″N 74°09′57″W Morris and Essex Railroad
(DL&W)		 [2][7][19]
5.9 William A. Stickel Memorial Bridge 1949 I-280 Harrison &
Newark		 0731161 40.7480°N 74.1659°W / 40.7480; -74.1659 (William A. Stickel Memorial Bridge) [7][8][20]
6.0 Clay Street Bridge 1908
1976 rehab		 Central Avenue
Clay Street		 East Newark &
Newark Broadway		 0700H01 40°45′04″N 74°09′55″W [7][8][21]
6.35 NX Bridge (abandoned) 1922 Newark Branch (Erie) Harrison/East Newark &
Newark		 40°45′16″N 74°09′51″W Fixed open position [2][22]
8.1 WR Draw
(unused)		 1897 New York & Greenwood Lake (Erie)
Boonton Line (NJT)		 Arlington, Kearny &
North Newark		 40°46′36″N 74°09′01″W Kearny Riverbank Park [2][23]
Passaic Avenue Passaic Avenue
CR 699 		Arlington, Kearny 0900029 40°46′36″N 74°09′01″W branch of Passaic [8][7]
8.9 Belleville Turnpike Bridge 1790
1841
1914
2002		 Route 7 (Belleville Turnpike) Arlington, Kearny &
Belleville		 0208150 40°47′11″N 74°08′51″W [7][8][24]
10.7 Avondale Bridge 1905
1986 rehab		 Park Avenue to Kingsland Avenue Nutley &
Lyndhurst		 NJ 0700B01
NJ 020032A		 40°48′40″N 74°08′19″W aka DeJessa Memorial Bridge or Park Avenue Bridge [7][8][25]
11.7 Lyndhurst Draw 1903 Main Line (NJT)
NS		 Clifton Delawanna &
Lyndhurst		 40°49′14″N 74°07′36″W DL&W & Erie
Boonton Branch
NJRHP		 [2][7][26]
Route 3 Passaic River Crossing
Dual bridges		 2014 Route 3
milepoint 4.95		 Clifton &
Rutherford/Lyndhurst		 1601155
1601164		 40°49′23″N 74°07′26″W NJDOT [7][8][27]
11.8 Old Route 3 Passaic River Bridge
(demolished)		 1949
demolished 2013		 Clifton &
Rutherford		 40°49′23″N 74°07′26″W [28]
13.2 Union Avenue Bridge
1896 Bridge
2002 Bridge
 1896
2002 replace		 Union Avenue Route 21
Passaic &
Rutherford		 1600022 40°50′29″N 74°07′22″W aka Douglas O. Mead Bridge
Swing removed and reconstructed (2002)		 [7][8][29]
BE Draw
(removed)		 1833
1897		 Paterson and Hudson River Railroad (Erie)
MP 10.22		 Passaic-Passaic Park &
Rutherford/Wallington
Carlton Hill		 40°50′49″N 74°07′16″W Erie Main Line until 1963 [2][30][31][32][33]
14.0 Gregory Avenue Bridge 1906 Gregory Avenue to Paterson Avenue Passaic &
Wallington		 1600002 40°51′15″N 74°07′11″W aka Slomiany Memorial Bridge
Fixed closed position (1986)
NJRHP		 [7][8][34]
Acquackanonk Bridge
(removed)		 1741
1776
1835
1863
1890
1905		 Paterson Plank Road
Paterson, Passaic and Rutherford Electric Railway		 40°51′18″N 74°07′12″W burned 1776
destroyed in flood 1903		 [35][36][37][38]
14.7 Market Street Bridge
aka Second Street Bridge		 1930
2002		 Market Street Bridge 1600003 40°51′36″N 74°06′58″W Fixed closed position (1977)
swing removed & reconstructed (2002)		 [7][8]
15.3 Eighth Street Bridge 1915 Eighth Street
Main Avenue		 1600004 40°51′19″N 74°06′34″W Fixed closed position (1976)
NJRHP		 [7][8][39]
Passaic Street Bridge 1898
1976 rehab		 Wall Street
Passaic Street		 Passaic &
Garfield		 020021C 40°51′53″N 74°06′36″W NJRHP [7][8][40]
Bergen County Short-Cut 1881 original Dundee Spur (Erie)
New York and Greenwood Lake Railway (1996)		 40°52′07″N 74°06′44″W connections to NS/Bergen County Line (NJT) [2][41]
Monroe Street Bridge 1908 Monroe Street 02000I6
020021D		 40°52′08″N 74°06′45″W 1875-1878 bridge lost to flooding [7][8][42][43]
Passaic Branch[44]
(removed)		 1885 Passaic and New York Railroad (NYS&W) 40°52′23″N 74°06′54″W Passaic Junction (rail yard)
Botany Mills
Veterans Bridge

Ackerman Avenue
Outwater Lane		 Clifton &
Garfield		 020021E 40°52′47″N 74°07′12″W aka Robertsford Bridge
Dundee Canal Industrial Historic District		 [7][8]
17.4 Dundee Dam Lock (water navigation) 1861 n/a 40°53′01″N 74°07′36″W
17.4 Dundee Canal Lock 1861 n/a 40°53′01″N 74°07′36″W lock head gate [45]

Abbreviations

See also

Notes
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  3. "CNJ - PD Draw". Retrieved December 8, 2016.
  4. "An Unusual Bridge-Moving Operation", Popular Mechanics Magazine, Hearst Magazines, p. 26, July 1912, retrieved August 8, 2012
  5. "Portway-Passaic River Crossing" (PDF). FY 2010-2011 Studies and Development. NJDOT. Retrieved August 8, 2012. This project will study Doremus Avenue, Passaic River Crossing and Central Avenue over Route 1&9T as one project because of their connectivity. The areas of the project service industrial and commercial facilities in a section of Newark and the southern section of Kearny. The purpose of the proposed improvement is to create a connection with NJ Turnpike at Interchange 15E and Route 1&9T, and/or another variation of the two. The improved section will serve to improve access to/from trucking distribution facilities along Doremus Avenue and the NJ Turnpike and will help reduce truck traffic on Route 1&9T. It will range from replacing the existing Route 1&9T bridge to providing dual bridge structures. The reconfiguration of Central Avenue/Route 1&9T interchange may provide four 12-foot travel lanes and two 12-foot shoulders to improve flow and safety. The proposed geometry will primarily follow the existing alignment except at the interchange. Sidewalks could be provided within the proposed berm. A rail crossing on the same facility will also be investigated as part of this project.
  6. "Lower Passaic River Restoration Project Commercial Navigation Analysis 2nd revision" (PDF). United States Army Corps of Engineers. July 2, 2010. Retrieved August 5, 2012. The abutments of a formerly utilized railroad freight bridge (Central Railroad of NJ) lie at approximately RM 1.2. These abutments limit channel width to 145 feet. However, NJDOT is currently investigating the feasibility of a new Lower Passaic River Bridge within the existing alignment of the former railroad freight bridge. If construction of the new bridge was to move forward, the derelict structure at RM 1.2 would be removed and would be replaced with a structure designed with adequate horizontal and vertical clearance for typical vessel traffic on the Lower Passaic River
  7. "Interim Bridge Report" (PDF). NJDOT. August 9, 2007. Retrieved December 1, 2016.
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  32. https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1934/11/18/95497819.pdf
  33. Brydon, Norman F. (December 2006). "Passaic County's Covered Bridges (Extracted frcm Of Time, Ftre and the River:The Story of New Jersey's Covered Bridges)" (PDF). Vol. 6. The Fassaie County Historical Society by Norman F. Brydon). Archived from the original (PDF) on June 24, 2016. Retrieved February 9, 2017. Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)
  34. "Gregory Avenue Bridge". Retrieved December 8, 2016.
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