The Newark Bay Bridge, officially the Vincent R. Casciano Memorial Bridge, is a steel through arch bridge[1] that is continuous across three spans. It crosses Newark Bay and connects the cities of Newark (in Essex County) and Bayonne (in Hudson County) in New Jersey, United States. It was completed April 4, 1956, as part of the New Jersey Turnpike's Newark Bay (Hudson County) Extension, with a ribbon-cutting ceremony led by Governor of New Jersey Robert B. Meyner.[2]
The main span is 1,270 feet (390 m), with a 135-foot (41 m) clearance over water to allow marine access to Port Newark. The bridge is similar in design to the Delaware River–Turnpike Toll Bridge, and is similar in length to the Francis Scott Key Bridge at Baltimore's Outer Harbor. It runs parallel to the earlier built Lehigh Valley Terminal Railway's Upper Bay Bridge.
This bridge is also known as "The Turnpike Bridge" and "The Turnpike Extension Bridge". It carries traffic on a toll regulated section of Interstate 78 along the New Jersey Turnpike to interchanges 14 through 14A. It provides access from the New Jersey Turnpike's main roadway to Hudson County, New Jersey and the Holland Tunnel. The turnpike route creates the border between Bayonne and Jersey City and then runs northward along Port Jersey, Liberty State Park, and Downtown Jersey City. Hoboken is just north of the entrance to Holland Tunnel which continues to Lower Manhattan in New York City.
From March 2014 until May 2019, during certain hours, the eastbound shoulder of the Turnpike Extension (including the bridge) was opened for normal traffic (by green arrows above, instead of red Xs), for a total of 5 lanes (3 eastbound, 2 westbound).[3] This system was discontinued on May 20, 2019.[4]
There is a long-term capital improvements project to build a new bridge.[5]
The bridge at night
Under the bridge
View from a plane landing at Newark Liberty International Airport, with the Upper Bay Bridge in the foreground
^NYCRoads.com, Bayonne-Port Newark Bridge
^"NEWARK BAY BRIDGE ON TURNPIKE OPENS", The New York Times abstract, April 5, 1956. Accessed October 7, 2007. "Gov. Robert B. Meyner cut a ribbon to open a two-mile bridge over the Newark Bay between Hudson and Essex Counties today."
^Higgs, Larry (May 28, 2015). "When will NJ Turnpike extension shoulders be open to traffic? Ask @Commuting Larry". NJ Advance Media. Retrieved July 12, 2016.
^Turnpike Authority, New Jersey (17 April 2019). "NJ Turnpike Newark Bay Extension Eastbound shoulder no longer used as a travel lane on May 20, 2019 as the revised date" (PDF). New Jersey Turnpike Authority. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
^West, Teri (6 January 2022). "Turnpike Authority says it needs Marist High School property in Bayonne for expansion project". NJ.com.
The NewarkBayBridge, officially the Vincent R. Casciano Memorial Bridge, is a steel through arch bridge that is continuous across three spans. It crosses...
NewarkBay is a tidal bay at the confluence of the Passaic and Hackensack Rivers in northeastern New Jersey. It is home to the Port Newark-Elizabeth Marine...
open NewarkBay lift bridge in NewarkBay, New Jersey, United States. Both diesel locomotives and the first two coaches plunged into NewarkBay and sank...
CRRNJ NewarkBayBridge (demolished), Elizabeth-Bayonne, New Jersey, United States Irondequoit BayBridge, New York, United States Jiaozhou BayBridge, Shandong...
to Newark. Here, I-78 intersects the mainline of the New Jersey Turnpike (I-95) and becomes the NewarkBay Extension, crossing the NewarkBayBridge and...
The Upper BayBridge, or the Lehigh Valley Railroad Bridge, is a vertical lift bridge spanning the NewarkBay in northeastern New Jersey. It is used by...
miles (4.8 km) long and 1,000 feet (305 m) wide and connects NewarkBay with Upper New York Bay. The Robbins Reef Light is at the eastern end of the Kill...
(Hudson River) in Jersey City, bridging the Hackensack River and Passaic River just north of their mouths at the NewarkBay in northeastern New Jersey. The...
the Kill Van Kull, the NewarkBay, the Port Newark, the Elizabeth, and the Arthur Kill. Anchorages are known as Stapleton, Bay Ridge and Gravesend. The...
interchange with I-95 (New Jersey Turnpike) and crosses NewarkBay via the NewarkBayBridge. The first exit, 14A, is for Route 440 in Bayonne. Liberty...
Bonnet Carré Spillway-McComb Bridge, Louisiana CRRNJ NewarkBayBridge, New Jersey Benewah Lake Bridge, Idaho Chesapeake BayBridge–Tunnel Dale Creek Crossing...
during the demolition of the central vertical lift spans of the CRRNJ NewarkBayBridge in 1981, removing 4,500 short tons (4,100 t) of steel in one week...
Newark and Harrison, New Jersey. The swing bridge is the 11th bridge from the river's mouth at NewarkBay and is 5.85 miles (9.41 km) upstream from it...
Pennsylvania CRRNJ NewarkBayBridge, Elizabeth to Bayonne Delair Bridge, Pennsauken Township to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Delaware Memorial Bridge, Pennsville...
Rail Bridge lies just to the south of the Dumbarton road bridge. Built in 1910, the rail bridge was the first structure to span San Francisco Bay, shortening...
the river's mouth at NewarkBay and is 6.5 miles (10.5 km) upstream from it. The bascule bridge (sometimes called a jackknife bridge), built by the Erie...
two-track bridge over lower NewarkBay in 1864, and upgraded it to a dual pair of four-track lift bridges known collectively as the CRRNJ NewarkBayBridge in...
bridge over NewarkBay and across Pamrapo is now used by CSX Transportation as the National Docks Secondary to Port Jersey and other points. Newark and...
reach the East Coast, but the bridge was too low for these larger ships to pass under it on the way to and from NewarkBay. Its clearance of between 151 to...
a bridge in Chicago, Illinois, United States Pulaski Skyway, a bridge in Newark, New Jersey, United States Sunshine Skyway Bridge, over Tampa Bay in...
Hackensack River Bridge is a vehicular vertical lift bridge crossing the Hackensack River at a point 1.8 mi (2.9 km) from the river mouth at NewarkBay in Hudson...
Newark Liberty International Airport (IATA: EWR, ICAO: KEWR, FAA LID: EWR) is an international airport straddling the boundary between the cities of Newark...
Global Information
I-78 / Newark Bay Extension
The bridge at night
Under the bridge
