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. The Passaic traverses 45 municipalities, and its watershed provides drinking water for more than 3.5 million people in the region. 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 including vehicular and rail bridges. 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 and the first over the upper river was Totowa Bridge, constructed before 1737. The creation of Society for Establishing Useful Manufactures in 1791 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. The flood of 1903 caused damage or destruction of most bridges in the vicinity of Paterson. 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.

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.

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. Jersey Central Power and Light also has lines across the river.

Crossings

Abbreviations and definitions

• CR=County Route
• DL&W=Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad
• Dual bridges=two separate parallel structures on same highway
• 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
• 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

References

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