List of crossings of the Upper Passaic River

This article is about crossings of the Passaic upstream of the Dundee Dam. For those downstream, see List of crossings of the Lower 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.^[1] The Passaic traverses 45 municipalities, and its watershed provides drinking water for more than 3.5 million people in the region.^[2][3] 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.

Passaic River Bridge

There are over 110 crossings along the lower and upper river^[4][5][6][7] including vehicular^[8][9] and rail bridges.^[8][10] 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^[11] and the first over the upper river was Totowa Bridge, constructed before 1737.^[12] The creation of Society for Establishing Useful Manufactures in 1791^[13][14] 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.^[15] The flood of 1903 caused damage or destruction of most bridges in the vicinity of Paterson.^[16][17] 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.^[15][18]

At the Great Falls

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.^[19][9][10]

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.^[20] Jersey Central Power and Light also has lines across the river.

Crossings

Crossing	Image	Dates	Type	Carries/Carried	Locale/Municipality	Coordinates	NBI/FRA code	Notes	References
Dundee Dam		1861	dam		Clifton - Garfield	40°53′01″N 74°07′36″W		NJRHP #22327 (SHPO)	[21]
Garden State Parkway				Garden State Parkway milepoint 158.28	Clifton - Elmwood Park	40°53′23″N 74°07′47″W	361582T	NJTA	[8][22][23]
Passaic River Bridge aka Crooks Avenue Bridge site of Weasel Bridge		c.1937 1995 rebuild	open spandrel (false concrete arch;true steel girder)	U.S. Route 46 milepoint 63.95	Clifton- Paterson - Elmwood Park	40°53′38″N 74°07′44″W	1607168	Morris Goodkind NJDOT Cedar Lawn Cemetery NJRHP #2330 (SHPO) (breakout)	[24][8][25][26][27] [28][29][30]
Route 46		1955	culvert	U.S. Route 46 milepoint 64.52	Elmwood Park	40°53′36″N 74°07′07″W	0220152	over branch of the Passaic	[8][27][25][31]
Christopher Columbus Highway		1964 1969		Interstate 80 milepoint 60.47	Paterson - Elmwood Park	40°54′07″N 74°08′00″W	1610152	NJDOT	[8][32]
Market Street Bridge		1903 lost flood 1923 2005 replace		Market Street CR 448 CR 56		40°54′09″N 74°08′00″W	020011C		[8][31][33]
NYS&W milepost 18.00		c.1937	rail	New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway		40°54′15″N 74°07′57″W	6150???	NJ Midland Passaic–Bergen Rail Line	[34]
Broadway Bridge	1903 Bridge 1988 Bridge	1903 lost flood 1931 1988 rebuilt	arch	NJ Route 4 milepoint 0.17 Broadway Public Service		40°55′06″N 74°07′49″W	0205150	NJDOT North Jersey Rapid Transit	[8][31][35][36] [37][38]
Morlot Avenue Bridge		1890 lost flood 1904 new 1976 rehab 2009 replace	open truss	Morlot Avenue 33rd Street CR 651	Paterson - Fair Lawn	40°55′27″N 74°08′25″W	020017E		[8][31][39][40]
Fair Lawn Avenue Bridge aka Fifth Avenue Bridge		1905 1967 rehab 2018 replace (planned)	through truss bridge	Fair Lawn Avenue Fifth Avenue		40°56′02″N 74°08′23″W	1600009	Scheduled for replacement 2020[41]	[8][42][43][44] [45][46][47]
Fair Lawn-Paterson Fish Weir			weir			40°56′11″N 74°08′26″W		Acquackanonk tribe Slooterdam	[48][49]
Maple Avenue Bridge replaced Wagaraw Bridge		1907 1992 rehab		County Route 507		40°56′26″N 74°08′38″W	1600010		[8][45][50]
Lincoln Avenue Bridge replaced Moffat Bridge		1903 lost flood 1926 1993 rebuilt	stringer	Lincoln Avenue County Route 504	Paterson - Hawthorne	40°56′30″N 74°08′53″W	1600011		[8][45][17][51]
NYS&W Bridge		1869 original	rail	New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway		40°56′17″N 74°09′14″W	6150???	NJ Midland Passaic–Bergen Rail Line	[52][34]
Main Line milepost 17.34		1848 original	rail Pratt through truss	NJT Main Line EL Erie Main Line Newark Branch.		40°56′14″N 74°09′26″W	4003???	NJRHP #252 (SHPO)	[8][53][52][34]
Sixth Avenue Bridge		c.1900 1987 rehab	pony truss	North Sixth Street CR 652	Paterson - Prospect Park	40°56′03″N 74°10′00″W	1600012		[8][45][54][55]
Hillman Street Bridge		1902 lost to flood 1907 lost to flood	arch replaced footbridge		Paterson	40°55′47″N 74°09′55″W			[56][57]
Straight Street Bridge		1907 2003 restored	Pennsylvania (petit) truss	Straight Street North Bridge Street CR 650		40°55′35″N 74°09′58″W	1600014		[8][45][58][59][60]
Arch Street Bridge		1905 2008 rehab	Parker truss	Arch Street		40°55′24″N 74°10′12″W	1600015	Public Service	[8][45][60][61]
Main Street aka Temple Street Bridge	1905 Bridge 1998 Bridge	1905 1998 rebuilt		Main Street		40°55′20″N 74°10′22″W	1600016		[8]
Totowa Bridge		pre 1737 ?? removed	wooden			40°55′18″N 74°10′28″W		Acquackanonk Bridge	[62][12]
West Broadway Bridge		1897 2004 restore	Melan type concrete arch	Paterson-Hamburg Turnpike West Broadway County Route 509 CR 673		40°55′16″N 74°10′30″W	1600017	NJRHP #3959 (SHPO)	[8][45][63][64]
Mulberry Street aka Alfano Island Bridge				to Alfano Island		40°55′13″N 74°10′32″W
Footbridge (proposed)			pedestrian path bike path	over Alfano Island		40°55′09″N 74°10′38″W			[65]
Chasm Bridge Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park		1827 1844 1868 1888 1944	utility footbridge (former)	water pipes and pedestrian path		40°54′58″N 74°10′52″W		NJRHP #2362 NRHP #7000391	original known as Clinton Btidge[66][67]
Footbridge Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park		1971	footbridge	pedestrian path		40°54′58″N 74°10′52″W		NJRHP #2362 NRHP #7000391	[68][69]
Island Dam aka SUM Dam		c.1794 1840	dam			40°54′56″N 74°10′55″W		Society for Establishing Useful Manufactures NJRHP #2362 NRHP #7000391	[70]
Footbridge at Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park			footbridge	pedestrian path		40°54′55″N 74°10′53″W		over cove of Passaic NJRHP #2362 NRHP #7000391
Wayne Avenue		1985 opened 2018 rebuilt (planned)		Wayne Avenue CR 673		40°54′55″N 74°10′55″W	1600018		[8][71]
Spruce Street Bridge		c.1931 1985 replaced				40°54′53″N 74°10′56″W	1600018		[72]
Westside Park Footbridge	Postcard View		footbridge	pedestrian path		40°54′44″N 74°11′08″W
Lincoln Bridge		removed		over island Paterson, Passaic and Rutherford Electric Railway		40°54′29″N 74°11′44″W		Lido Venice Club (closed)	[73][74][75][76]
Glover Avenue Bridge				Glover Avenue CR 636	Paterson & Woodland Park - Totowa	40°54′27″N 74°11′45″W	16002020	Holy Sepulchre Cemetery	[8]
Hillery Street Bridge	1898 Bridge Postcard View 1973 Bridge 2009 Bridge	1898 1973 rehab 2009 rehab	Pratt pony truss	Hillery Street Totowa Road CR 644	Totowa - Woodland Park	40°54′15″N 74°12′02″W	1600039		[8][77][78]
Paterson High Bridge milepost 18.00		1964 removed	rail Plate girder	Boonton Branch Erie-Lackawanna Railroad DL&W		40°53′47″N 74°12′04″W			[79]
Christopher Columbus Highway		1964 2009 repaired		Interstate 80 milepoint 56.34		40°53′46″N 74°12′05″W	1610153	NJDOT	[8][32][80]
Lackawanna Avenue		1894 1965 rehab 1976 rehab		Lackawanna Avenue part of original westbound Route 46		40°53′30″N 74°13′05″W	1600021		[8][28]
Passaic Valley Water Commission			utility	Passaic Valley Water Commission water main		40°53′27″N 74°13′09″W			[81]
Passaic River Bridge		1939 1998 rehab	open spandrel	U.S. Route 46 milepoint 57.94	Totowa - Little Falls	40°53′25″N 74°13′12″W	1606158	Morris Goodkind NJDOT	[8][26][28][27][82]
Passaic Valley Water Commission			utility	PVWC water main		40°52′59″N 74°13′52″W			[10]
Little Falls Water Treatment Plant		c1925		access road	Totowa	40°52′59″N 74°13′52″W
Little Falls Aqueduct		1828 c1925 remove	stone arch navigable aqueduct	Morris Canal	Totowa - Little Falls	40°52′59″N 74°13′52″W			[83][84]
Union Avenue Bridge replaced Beatties Bridge		1850 1890 1966 1995	covered (original)	Union Avenue CR 646 over uninhabited island	Little Falls Wayne	40°53′01″N 74°13′59″W	1600022	Little Falls Station NJ Route 62	[8][67]
Union Avenue				Union Avenue CR 646 over uninhabited island	Totowa Wayne	40°53′04″N 74°13′57″W	1600022	NJ Route 62	[85]
Beatties Dam Little Falls		1899	dam		Totowa - Little Falls	40°53′03″N 74°14′04″W			[1]
Montclair-Boonton Line milepost 19.43		4004???	rail	Montclair-Boonton Line (NJT) New York and Greenwood Lake Railway (Erie)	Singac, Little Falls - Wayne	40°53′18″N 74°14′45″W			[8][86][87]
Newark-Pompton Turnpike		1916 1988 rehab	concrete arch	Newark-Pompton Turnpike NJ Route 23 milepoint 4.52		40°53′16″N 74°14′48″W	1604150		[8][88]
Route 46 Passaic River Bridge dual bridges		1927 EB 1951 WB 2008 rehab		U.S. Route 46 milepoint 55.45	Wayne - Fairfield Township	40°53′33″N 74°15′57″W	0722157 0722158	Morris Goodkind NJDOT	[8][28][27][89]
Christopher Columbus Highway dual bridges		1967 1988 rehab		Interstate 80 milepoint 52.87		40°53′39″N 74°16′00″W	0726155 EB 0726156 WB	NJDOT	[8][32][89]
Two Bridges Road		1928		Two Bridges Road	Fairfield Township - Lincoln Park	40°53′50″N 74°16′22″W	070M060	William A. Stickel At the confluence with the Pompton River	[8][89]
Horseneck Road Bridge		1906 2000 replace		Horseneck Road	Fairfield Township - Montville	40°52′56″N 74°20′24″W	1400282		[8][90][91][92]
Christopher Columbus Highway dual bridges	EB WB	1968	stringer/multi-beam or girder	Interstate 80 milepoint 48.46	Fairfield Township - Montville	40°52′04″N 74°19′52″W	1415157 EB 1415158 WB	Great Piece Meadows NJDOT	[8][32][93]
Route 46 Passaic River Bridge		1940 2008 rebuilt		U.S. Route 46 milepoint 51.85	Fairfield Township - Pine Brook, Montville	40°51′45″N 74°19′16″W	1410159	Great Piece Meadows NJDOT	[8][28][27][94]
Pine Brook Bridge dual bridges	EB WB	c.1940 1981 reenforce		Bloomfield Avenue NJ Route 159 milepoint 0.32		40°51′31″N 74°19′09″W	1430152 EB 1430153 WB	Great Piece Meadows	[8][91][95][90]
Old Bloomfield Road		1921	stringer	Bloomfield Avenue	Pine Brook, Montville	40°51′35″N 74°19′39″W	1410433	over a branch of the Passaic	[8][90]
Route 46 NJ Route 159 dual bridges		1940 1921	stringer	Bloomfield Avenue U.S. Route 46 milepoint 51.54 NJ Route 159 milepoint 0.25		40°51′33″N 74°19′39″W	1431051 EB 1410158 WB	over a branch of the Passaic	[8][28][27][95][90]
Essex Freeway dual bridges				Interstate 280 milepoint 3.32	West Essex Park, Roseland - East Hanover	40°49′50″N 74°19′47″W	1410155 EB 1410154 WB		[8][96]
Eagle Rock Avenue Bi-County Bridge replaced Swinefield Bridge		1968 2015 rebuilt		Eagle Rock Avenue Lenape Trail CR 611		40°49′39″N 74°20′06″W	1400443		[8][91][97][98]
Morristown and Erie Railway			rail	ME rail spur	Roseland - East Hanover	40°49′06″N 74°20′04″W	6155???	Beaufort Station
Route 10	1931 Bridge	1931 2014-17 rebuilt		NJ Route 10 milepoint 17.6-17.9	Livingston - East Hanover	40°48′02″N 74°21′32″W	1402153		[8][94][99][100]
Hanover Cook Bridge	1800s Bridge 1920 Bridge	1920		Newark and Mount Pleasant Turnpike Old Mt. Pleasant Avenue		40°48′00″N 74°21′35″W	070M063	William A. Stickel	[8][101]
Columbia Turnpike South Orange Avenue				Columbia Turnpike South Orange Avenue County Route 510	Livingston - Florham Park & Hanover	40°46′45″N 74°22′08″W	1400447		[8]
Eisenhower Parkway		unbuilt		Triborough Road	Chatham - Livingston	40°45′30″N 74°22′31″W
Passaic Avenue		1925 1969 redecked		Passaic Avenue CR 607	Florham Park - Millburn	40°45′21″N 74°21′41″W	070M065		[8]
Route 24		1975	culvert	NJ Route 24 milepoint 5.98	Chatham	40°44′34″N 74°22′14″W	1422161	over branch of the Passaic	[8][94][102]
Route 24 dual bridges		1971		NJ Route 24 milepoint 6.52	Chatham - Millburn	40°44′34″N 74°22′14″W	1733154 EB 1733153 WB		[8][89][102]
Main Street westbound				NJ Route 124		40°44′22″N 74°22′18″W	1406157		[8]
Main Street Morris Turnpike eastbound		1874 1909		Main Street Morris Turnpike NJ Route 124		40°44′21″N 74°22′18″W	1406158	Hobart Gap	[8][94][103]
Edwards Mill Bridge		1916	concrete arch	Summit Avenue	Chatham - Summit (Passaic River Parkway)	40°44′04″N 74°22′39″W	1400514		[8][94][104][105]
Bonnel's Bridge		1925	stringer	Watchung Avenue CR 646		40°43′44″N 74°22′45″W	1400515	Shunpike Road	[8][94]
Morristown Line milepost 22.31			rail	Morristown Line (NJT) EL DL&W Morris and Essex		40°43′33″N 74°23′13″W	4006???	NJRHP #234 (SHPO) NJT # 319	[8]
Spillway Dam			spillway dam			40°43′34″N 74°23′21″W			[94]
Page Mill Bridge		1929	stringer	Stanley Avenue		40°43′34″N 74°23′23″W	1400516		[8][94]
Mt. Vernon Avenue		1906 1974 rehab 1989 rehab	steel through girder	Mt. Vernon Avenue		40°43′13″N 74°23′27″W	1400520		[8]
Passaic Street				Passaic Street	Chatham - New Providence (Passaic River Parkway)	40°42′48″N 74°24′26″W	2011060		[8][106]
Central Avenue Fairmont Avenue		1928	stringer	Central Avenue Fairmont Avenue		40°42′06″N 74°25′37″W	2011062		[8][85]
Bridge Avenue Snyder Avenue		1927	stringer	Bridge Avenue Snyder Avenue	Chatham - Berkeley Heights	40°41′23″N 74°26′23″W	2001001		[8][85]
Valley Road Springfield Avenue		1936	girder	Valley Road Springfield Avenue CR 512	Berkeley Heights (Passaic River Parkway) - Gillette, Long Hill Township	40°40′47″N 74°27′06″W	2001017		[8][85]
Gladstone Branch milepost 26.27			rail	Gladstone Branch (NJT) EL DL&W		40°40′47″N 74°27′06″W	4009???	aka Townley Bridge Morris and Essex Railroad New Jersey West Line Railroad	[8][107]
Hillcrest Road Mountain Avenue		1998	stringer	Mountain Avenue Hillcrest Road County Route 531	Gillette, Long Hill Township - Warren Township	40°40′14″N 74°27′52″W	18L1109		[8][108]
Stirling Road Plainfield Road		1993	slab	Stirling Road Plainfield Road CR 653	Long Hill Township - Warren Township	40°39′58″N 74°28′56″W	18L1108		[8][108]
Valley Road		1930-31	stringer	Valley Road County Route 512	Millington, Long Hill Township - Bernards Township	40°39′53″N 74°31′47″W	18H1110		[8][108][109]
Stonehouse Road Bridge	1923 Bridge 2009 Bridge	1923 2009 replace	arch	Stonehouse Rd. Haas Road		40°40′16″N 74°31′33″W	1400540	Millington Station	[8][94][110]
Millington High Bridge milepost 30.47		1928	rail	Gladstone Branch (NJT) EL DL&W		40°40′39″N 74°31′40″W	4009???	Morris and Essex Railroad New Jersey West Line Railroad NJT #104	[8][111]
Davis Bridge				South Maple Avenue Basking Ridge Road CR 657		40°40′53″N 74°31′43″W	1400541		[8][94][112]
White Bridge		1890 1952 reinforce		Lord Stirling Road White Bridge Road	Lord Stirling Park Millington, Long Hill Township - Basking Ridge	40°41′40″N 74°30′52″W	1400563	Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge	[8][113]
Osborn Pond Dam			Dam		Bernards Township - Harding Township	40°43′16″N 74°31′56″W
Madisonville Road Lee's Hill Road		1975	box beam	Lee's Hill Road Madisonville Road		40°43′16″N 74°31′55″W	18H1305		[8][108]
Interstate 287 dual bridges	NB SB	NB 1968 SB 1966	culvert	Interstate 287 milepoint 30.17 Marine Hector Cafferata Jr. Congressional Medal of Honor Highway		40°43′55″N 74°32′16″W	1815182 NB 1815183 SB		[8][108][114]
Mt. Kemble Avenue Morristown Road	1924 Bridge	1924 2012 rebuilt		Mt. Kemble Avenue Morristown Road US Route 202 milepoint 39.06		40°44′01″N 74°32′24″W	1809158		[8][108][115][116][117]
Van Dorans Mill Dam			milldam			40°44′00″N 74°32′34″W
Hardscrabble Road Extension			private way		Harding Township	40°44′26″N 74°32′56″W		At confluence with Indian Grove Brook
Patriots' Path			footbridge	Patriots' Path	Bernardsville	40°45′07″N 74°33′05″W		Morristown National Historical Park New Jersey Brigade Encampment Site NJRHP #3381 NRHP #66000053	[118]
Leddell Road Jockey Hollow Road			culvert	Leddell Road Jockey Hollow Road		40°45′25″N 74°33′18″W	1400658		[8]
Leddell Road				Leddell Road	Mendham Township	40°45′40″N 74°33′15″W
Tempe Wick Road				Tempe Wick Road CR 646		40°45′58″N 74°33′16″W			[119]
Ledells Dam aka Washington Corners Dam			milldam			40°45′59″N 74°33′16″W		NJRHP #5410 NJRHP #316 NRHP #00000959 Tempe Wick Road-Washington Corners Historic District Tributary sources in vicinity of West Morris Mendham High School	[120][121]
Corey Lane				Corey Lane		40°46′09″N 74°33′41″W
Tempe Wick Road				Tempe Wick Road CR 646		40°46′18″N 74°34′11″W			[2][3][1]
Corey Lane			culvert	Corey Lane		40°45′51″N 74°34′32″W
Hardscrabble Road			culvert	Hardscrabble Road	Mendham Borough	40°45′46″N 74°34′37″W

Abbreviations and definitions

• CR=County Route
• DL&W=Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad
• Dual bridges=two separate parallel structures on same highway^[122]
• 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^[123]
• 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

The course and watershed of the Passaic and area of the prehistoric Lake Passaic

• List of dams and reservoirs in New Jersey
• Passaic River Flood Tunnel
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