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History. According to historian Kevin Wright, the extant iron swing bridge at New Bridge Landing occupies the site of a series of wooden drawbridges that have spanned the narrows of the Hackensack River at New Bridge since 1745. Until 1790, this was the first river crossing above Newark Bay and so carried overland traffic between Manhattan and ...
- 0.4 acres (0.16 ha)
- Stagg, Joseph W.; King Bridge Company
- 1888
The New Bridge is listed on the New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places as the oldest highway swing bridge in the State of New Jersey in 1989. Owned by the County of Bergen, the bridge continues to serves as an important connection for the community between New Milford, Teaneck and River Edge and the New Bridge Landing Train ...
The New Bridge is listed on the New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places as the oldest highway swing bridge in the State of New Jersey. Historic New Bridge Landing preserves a compelling and scenic fragment of the Jersey Dutch countryside. Its distinctive antique dwellings, artifact collections and scenic landscapes are uniquely ...
The very ground of New Bridge Landing played a crucial role in the New York and New Jersey campaign of 1776, where history was written, strategies were devised, and hope was kindled. The area was a strategic point during the American Revolution, witnessing numerous events that contributed to shaping the nation’s history.
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The bridge was closed to auto traffic in 1956. Listed on NJ & National Registers by BCHS as the oldest highway swing-bridge in New Jersey. New Bridge Landing A narrow mill landing, built of log cribbing in 1744, could accommodate sloops of 40-ton burden.
The extant iron swing bridge, manually operated, was erected in 1889 to speed the passage of schooners and testifies to the importance of commercial river traffic at that date. The New Bridge is listed on the New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places as the oldest highway swing bridge in the State of New Jersey.
New Bridge was a prosperous mill hamlet, centered upon a bridge strategically placed at the narrows of the Hackensack River. In the American Revolution, New Bridge Landing was the site of a strategic bridge crossing the Hackensack River, where General George Washington led his troops in retreat from British forces November 20, 1776.
