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 1791Friends of the Great Falls S.U.M. 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 Crossing ImageDates Type Carries/Carried Locale/Municipality Coordinates NBI/FRA code Notes References Dundee Dam 1861 dam Clifton -Garfield NJRHP #22327 (SHPO) Garden State Parkway Garden State Parkway milepoint 158.28Clifton -Elmwood Park 361582T NJTA Passaic River Bridgeaka Crooks Avenue Bridgesite of Weasel Bridge c.19371995 rebuild open spandrel(false concrete arch;true steel girder) U.S. Route 46 milepoint 63.95 Clifton-Paterson -Elmwood Park 1607168 Morris GoodkindNJDOTCedar Lawn CemeteryNJRHP #2330 (SHPO) (breakout) Route 46 1955 culvert U.S. Route 46 milepoint 64.52 Elmwood Park 0220152 over branch of the Passaic Christopher Columbus Highway 19641969 Interstate 80 milepoint 60.47Paterson -Elmwood Park 1610152 NJDOT Market Street Bridge 1903 lost flood19232005 replace Market StreetCR 448 CR 56 020011C NYS&Wmilepost 18.00 c.1937 rail New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway 6150??? NJ MidlandPassaic–Bergen Rail Line Broadway Bridge 1903 lost flood19311988 rebuilt arch NJ Route 4 milepoint 0.17Broadway Public Service 0205150 NJDOTNorth Jersey Rapid Transit Morlot Avenue Bridge 1890 lost flood1904 new1976 rehab2009 replace open truss Morlot Avenue33rd StreetCR 651 Paterson - Fair Lawn 020017E Fair Lawn Avenue Bridgeaka Fifth Avenue Bridge 19051967 rehab2018 replace (planned) through truss bridge Fair Lawn AvenueFifth Avenue 1600009 Scheduled for replacement 2020 Fair Lawn-Paterson Fish Weir weir Acquackanonk tribeSlooterdam Maple Avenue Bridge replaced Wagaraw Bridge 19071992 rehab County Route 507 1600010 Lincoln Avenue Bridgereplaced Moffat Bridge 1903 lost flood19261993 rebuilt stringer Lincoln AvenueCounty Route 504 Paterson - Hawthorne 1600011 NYS&W Bridge 1869 original rail New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway 6150??? NJ MidlandPassaic–Bergen Rail Line Main Linemilepost 17.34 1848 original railPratt through truss NJT Main LineELErie Main LineNewark Branch. 4003??? NJRHP #252 (SHPO) Sixth Avenue Bridge c.19001987 rehab pony truss North Sixth StreetCR 652 Paterson -Prospect Park 1600012 Hillman Street Bridge 1902 lost to flood1907 lost to flood arch replaced footbridgePaterson Straight Street Bridge 19072003 restored Pennsylvania (petit) truss Straight StreetNorth Bridge StreetCR 650 1600014 Arch Street Bridge 19052008 rehab Parker truss Arch Street 1600015Public Service Main Streetaka Temple Street Bridge 19051998 rebuilt Main Street 1600016 Totowa Bridge pre 1737?? removed wooden Acquackanonk Bridge West Broadway Bridge 18972004 restore Melan type concrete arch Paterson-Hamburg TurnpikeWest BroadwayCounty Route 509CR 673 1600017 NJRHP #3959 (SHPO) Mulberry Streetaka Alfano Island Bridge to Alfano Island Footbridge(proposed) pedestrian pathbike path over Alfano Island Chasm BridgePaterson Great Falls National Historical Park 18271844186818881944 utilityfootbridge (former) water pipes and pedestrian path NJRHP #2362NRHP #7000391 original known as Clinton Btidge FootbridgePaterson Great Falls National Historical Park 1971 footbridge pedestrian path NJRHP #2362NRHP #7000391 Island Damaka SUM Dam c.17941840 dam Society for Establishing Useful ManufacturesNJRHP #2362NRHP #7000391 Footbridgeat Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park footbridge pedestrian path over cove of PassaicNJRHP #2362NRHP #7000391 Wayne Avenue 1985 opened2018 rebuilt (planned) Wayne AvenueCR 673 1600018 Spruce Street Bridge c.19311985 replaced 1600018 Westside Park Footbridge footbridge pedestrian path Lincoln Bridge removed over islandPaterson, Passaic and Rutherford Electric Railway Lido Venice Club (closed) Glover Avenue Bridge Glover AvenueCR 636 Paterson &Woodland Park -Totowa 16002020 Holy Sepulchre Cemetery Hillery Street Bridge 18981973 rehab2009 rehab Pratt pony truss Hillery StreetTotowa RoadCR 644 Totowa - Woodland Park 1600039 Paterson High Bridgemilepost 18.00 1964 removed railPlate girder Boonton BranchErie-Lackawanna RailroadDL&W Christopher Columbus Highway 19642009 repaired Interstate 80 milepoint 56.34 1610153 NJDOT Lackawanna Avenue 18941965 rehab1976 rehab Lackawanna Avenuepart of original westbound Route 46 1600021 Passaic Valley Water Commission utility Passaic Valley Water Commission water main Passaic River Bridge 19391998 rehab open spandrel U.S. Route 46 milepoint 57.94Totowa - Little Falls 1606158 Morris GoodkindNJDOT Passaic Valley Water Commission utility PVWC water main Little Falls Water Treatment Plant c1925 access road Totowa Little Falls Aqueduct 1828c1925 remove stone archnavigable aqueduct Morris Canal Totowa - Little Falls Union Avenue Bridgereplaced Beatties Bridge 1850189019661995 covered (original) Union AvenueCR 646 over uninhabited island Little FallsWayne 1600022 Little Falls StationNJ Route 62 Union Avenue Union AvenueCR 646 over uninhabited island TotowaWayne 1600022 NJ Route 62 Beatties DamLittle Falls 1899 dam Totowa - Little Falls Montclair-Boonton Linemilepost 19.43 4004??? rail Montclair-Boonton Line (NJT)New York and Greenwood Lake Railway (Erie)Singac,Little Falls -Wayne Newark-Pompton Turnpike 19161988 rehab concrete arch Newark-Pompton TurnpikeNJ Route 23 milepoint 4.52 1604150 Route 46 Passaic River Bridgedual bridges 1927 EB 1951 WB2008 rehab U.S. Route 46 milepoint 55.45Wayne - Fairfield Township 07221570722158 Morris GoodkindNJDOT Christopher Columbus Highwaydual bridges 19671988 rehab Interstate 80 milepoint 52.87 0726155 EB0726156 WB NJDOT Two Bridges Road 1928 Two Bridges Road Fairfield Township -Lincoln Park 070M060 William A. StickelAt the confluence with the Pompton River Horseneck Road Bridge 19062000 replaceHorseneck RoadFairfield Township - Montville 1400282 Christopher Columbus Highwaydual bridges 1968 stringer/multi-beam or girder Interstate 80 milepoint 48.46Fairfield Township - Montville 1415157 EB1415158 WB Great Piece MeadowsNJDOT Route 46 Passaic River Bridge 19402008 rebuilt U.S. Route 46 milepoint 51.85Fairfield Township - Pine Brook, Montville 1410159 Great Piece MeadowsNJDOT Pine Brook Bridgedual bridges c.19401981 reenforce Bloomfield AvenueNJ Route 159 milepoint 0.32 1430152 EB1430153 WB Great Piece Meadows Old Bloomfield Road 1921 stringer Bloomfield AvenuePine Brook, Montville 1410433 over a branch of the Passaic Route 46NJ Route 159dual bridges 19401921 stringer Bloomfield AvenueU.S. Route 46 milepoint 51.54NJ Route 159 milepoint 0.25 1431051 EB1410158 WB over a branch of the Passaic Essex Freewaydual bridges Interstate 280milepoint 3.32West Essex Park, Roseland -East Hanover 1410155 EB1410154 WB Eagle Rock Avenue Bi-County Bridgereplaced Swinefield Bridge 19682015 rebuilt Eagle Rock AvenueLenape Trail CR 611 1400443 Morristown and Erie Railway rail ME rail spurRoseland -East Hanover 6155??? Beaufort Station Route 10 19312014-17 rebuilt NJ Route 10 milepoint 17.6-17.9Livingston -East Hanover 1402153 Hanover Cook Bridge 1920 Newark and Mount Pleasant TurnpikeOld Mt. Pleasant Avenue 070M063 William A. Stickel Columbia TurnpikeSouth Orange Avenue Columbia TurnpikeSouth Orange AvenueCounty Route 510 Livingston -Florham Park & Hanover 1400447 Eisenhower Parkway unbuilt Triborough RoadChatham - Livingston Passaic Avenue1925