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 staffed and opens on demand.

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. Some have been rebuilt or replaced.

Crossings MP Crossing Image Open Carries/Carried Locale/ConnectingNBICoordinate NotesReference1.2 PD Draw (unused-swing span removed) 18691912 (CNJ) Kearny Point &Newark Ironbound Swing span shifted to new alignment Portway Bridge(proposed) Doremus Avenue to Central/Pennsylvania Aves Kearny Point &Port Newark alignment undetermined NJDOT toWittpenn Bridge replacement 1.8 Lincoln Highway Passaic River Bridge 1941 milepoint 0.67Lincoln HighwayKearny Point &Newark Ironbound 0705151 East Coast GreenwayRaymond BoulevardNJRHP Newark Plank Road(removed) 1795 original1941 last Lincoln HighwayPS Ferry StreetCommunipaw Ave 2.0 Pulaski Skyway 1932 0901150 (Hudson) 0704150 (Essex) no trucks, bicycles, or pedsNJRHP & NRHP 2.6 Point-No-Point Bridge ConrailPassaic and Harsimus Line (CSX) (NS)Kearny Meadows &Newark Ironbound PRR 2.7 Chaplain Washington Bridge 1952 NJ Turnpike Eastern Spur W107870 no bicycles or pedestrians 2.7 Harry Laderman Bridge 1970 NJ Turnpike Western Spur E107880 no bicycles or pedestrians 4.6 Jackson Street Bridge 1903 Jackson StreetFrank E. Rodgers Blvd Harrison &Newark Ironbound 0700H02 NJRHP Market Street Bridge (removed) 18681899 NJRRPRRHarrison & Newark Penn Swing span shifted to new alignment 5.0 Dock Bridge(2 spans) 1935 (west)1937 (east) Northeast CorridorAmtrakNortheast Corridor Line (NJT)North Jersey Coast Line (NJT)Raritan Valley Line (NJT)PATH PRR & H&MNJRPH & NRHP Centre Street Bridge(removed) 18341911 New Jersey RailroadPRRH&MRoute 158 Harrison & Downtown NewarkPark Place Station Upper level addedConverted from rail to vehicular bridge 1927 5.6 Bridge Street Bridge 1913 Bridge Street & Harrison Avenue Harrison &Downtown Newark 0700H03 NJRHP 5.85 Newark Drawbridge 1903 Montclair-Boonton Line (NJT)Morristown Line (NJT)Gladstone Branch (NJT) Harrison & Newark Broad Street Station Morris and Essex Railroad(DL&W) 5.9 William A. Stickel Memorial Bridge 1949 Harrison &Newark 0731161 6.0 Clay Street Bridge 19081976 rehab Central AvenueClay Street East Newark &Newark Broadway 0700H01 6.35 NX Bridge (abandoned) 1922 Newark Branch (Erie) Harrison/East Newark &Newark Fixed open position 8.1 WR Draw(unused) 1897 New York & Greenwood Lake (Erie) Boonton Line (NJT) Arlington, Kearny &North Newark Kearny Riverbank Park 8.9 Belleville Turnpike Bridge 1790184119142002 Arlington, Kearny &Belleville 0208150 10.7 Kingsland Avenue Bridge 19051986 rehab Park Avenue to Kingsland Avenue Nutley &Lyndhurst NJ 0700B01NJ 020032A aka DeJessa Memorial Bridge or Park Avenue Bridge or Avondale Bridge 11.7 Lyndhurst Draw 1903 Main Line (NJT)NS Clifton Delawanna &Lyndhurst DL&W & ErieBoonton BranchNJRHP Route 3 Passaic River CrossingDual bridges 2014 milepoint 4.95 Clifton &Rutherford/Lyndhurst 16011551601164 NJDOT 11.8 Old Route 3 Passaic River Bridge(demolished)1949demolished 2013 Clifton &Rutherford 13.2 Union Avenue Bridge 18962002 replace Union Avenue Passaic &Rutherford 1600022 aka Douglas O. Mead BridgeSwing removed and reconstructed (2002) BE Draw(removed) 18331897 Paterson and Hudson River Railroad (Erie)MP 10.22 Passaic-Passaic Park &Rutherford/WallingtonCarlton Hill Erie Main Line until 1963 14.0 Gregory Avenue Bridge 1906 Gregory Avenue to Paterson AvenuePassaic &Wallington 1600002 aka Slomiany Memorial BridgeFixed closed position (1986)NJRHP Acquackanonk Bridge(removed) 174117761835186318901905 Paterson Plank RoadPaterson, Passaic and Rutherford Electric Railway burned 1776destroyed in flood 1903 Scott, William W. How Washington's Retreat Became Stabilized at Passaic Passaic County Historical Publication September 1, 1931 14.7 Market Street Bridgeaka Second Street Bridge 19302002 Market Street Bridge 1600003 Fixed closed position (1977)swing removed & reconstructed (2002) 15.3 Eighth Street Bridge 1915 Eighth StreetMain Avenue 1600004 Fixed closed position (1976)NJRHP Passaic Street Bridge 18981976 rehab Wall StreetPassaic StreetPassaic &Garfield 020021C NJRHP Bergen County Short-Cut 1881 original Dundee Spur (Erie)New York and Greenwood Lake Railway (1996) connections to NS/Bergen County Line (NJT) Monroe Street Bridge1908 Monroe Street 02000I6020021D 1875–1878 bridge lost to flooding Passaic Branch(removed)1885Passaic and New York Railroad (NYS&W) Passaic Junction (rail yard)Botany Mills Veterans Bridge Ackerman AvenueOutwater LaneClifton &Garfield 020021Eaka Robertsford BridgeDundee Canal Industrial Historic District 17.4Dundee Dam Lock (water navigation) 1861n/a 17.4 Dundee Canal Lock 1861 n/a lock head gate

Abbreviations

CNJ=Central Railroad of New Jersey CSXT=CSX Transportation DL&W=Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Erie=Erie Railroad H&M=Hudson and Manhattan Railroad NRHP=National Register of Historic Places NJDOT=New Jersey Department of Transportation NJRHP=New Jersey Register of Historic Places NJT=New Jersey Transit NYS&W=New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway NS=Norfolk Southern Railway PATH=Port Authority Trans-Hudson PRR=Pennsylvania Railroad PS=Public Service Railway

List of crossings of the Lower Passaic River

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