Lincoln Highway, Newark

Name: Lincoln Highway
Address: US 1-9 Truck Route, Newark, 07032, United States

#25 among attractions in Newark

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Facts and practical information

The Lincoln Highway Hackensack River Bridge is a vehicular vertical lift bridge crossing the Hackensack River at a point 1.8 mi from the river mouth at Newark Bay in Hudson County, New Jersey, United States. The bridge, along the route of the Lincoln Highway, carries U.S. Route 1/9 Truck and the East Coast Greenway between the West Side of Jersey City and Kearny Point in Kearny. The most recent of many crossings at the location, the current bridge was completed in 1954. It is owned by and operated by the New Jersey Department of Transportation, and is required by the Title 33 of the Code of Federal Regulations to open on signal for maritime traffic. In 2007 it was designated the Shawn Carson and Robert Nguyen Memorial Bridge. ()

Completed: 1954 (70 years ago)Length: 1480 ftWidth: 73 ftHeight: 75 ftCoordinates: 40°43'40"N, 74°6'2"W

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US 1-9 Truck RouteNewark 07032 United States

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Lincoln Highway – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Pulaski Skyway, Temple Beth-El, Lincoln Highway Passaic River Bridge, Lincoln Park.

0.5 miN
Bridge
Pulaski Skyway, Newark
14 min walk • The Pulaski Skyway is a four-lane bridge-causeway in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of New Jersey, carrying an expressway designated U.S. Route 1/9 for most of its length. The structure has a total length of 3.502 miles. Its longest bridge spans 550 feet.
1.3 miE
Synagogue
Temple Beth-El, Jersey City
34 min walk • Temple Beth-El is a Reform synagogue in Jersey City, New Jersey. located at 2419 Kennedy Boulevard in the Bergen Section.
1 miW
Bridge
Lincoln Highway Passaic River Bridge, Newark
27 min walk • The Lincoln Highway Passaic River Bridge is a vehicular moveable bridge crossing the Passaic River at a point 1.8 mi from the river mouth at Newark Bay in northeastern New Jersey, United States.
0.8 miE
Park
Lincoln Park, Jersey City
20 min walk • Lincoln Park is an urban park in Jersey City, New Jersey with an area of 273.4 acres. Part of the Hudson County Park System, it opened in 1905 and was originally known as West Side Park. The park was designed by Daniel W. Langton and Charles N.
1.3 miNE
Bridge
Wittpenn Bridge, Jersey City
35 min walk • The Wittpenn Bridge is a vertical-lift bridge that carries New Jersey Route 7 over the Hackensack River connecting Kearny and Jersey City, New Jersey. It is named after H. Otto Wittpenn, a former mayor of Jersey City. The bridge has an annual average daily traffic of nearly 50,000 vehicles, including about 2,000 trucks.
1.1 miE
Monuments and statues
Lincoln the Mystic, Jersey City
27 min walk • Lincoln the Mystic, also known as the Abraham Lincoln Memorial, is a bronze statue by James Earle Fraser. It is located at Lincoln Park in Hudson County, New Jersey, near the beginning of the Lincoln Highway.
1.2 miE
Cemetery
Holy Name Cemetery, Jersey City
30 min walk • Holy Name Cemetery is a Roman Catholic cemetery in Jersey City, New Jersey administered by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark. It was established in 1866 and at the end of calendar year 2002 has accepted 264,984 burials. The cemetery parcel is 63 acres and all but 0.3 acres has been developed and sold for burials.
1.2 miS
Harbor
Droyer's Point, Jersey City
31 min walk • Droyer's Point is a section of Jersey City, New Jersey at Newark Bay that was the site of the Jersey City Airport and later of Roosevelt Stadium, both of which were demolished. It has become a residential and commercial district.
1.1 miSE
Church
St. Mark Coptic Orthodox Church, Jersey City
28 min walk • St Mark Coptic Orthodox Church is notably the first Coptic Orthodox parish and church building in North America, if not the Western Hemisphere, located in Jersey City, New Jersey. This is in comparison to St. Mark's Coptic Orthodox Church in which is considered the first parish in North America.
1.4 miNW
Bridge
Point-No-Point Bridge, Newark
37 min walk • Point-No-Point Bridge is a railroad bridge crossing the Passaic River between Newark and Kearny, New Jersey, United States, in the New Jersey Meadowlands. The swing bridge is the fourth from the river's mouth at Newark Bay and is 2.6 miles upstream from it.
1.2 miNE
Bridge
PATH Lift Bridge, Jersey City
32 min walk • The PATH Lift is a lift bridge carrying the Port Authority Trans-Hudson rapid transit line across the Hackensack River between Kearny and Jersey City, New Jersey. It is used by PATH trains going to and from Newark.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Which popular attractions are close to Lincoln Highway?

Nearby attractions include South Kearny, Jersey City (8 min walk), Pulaski Skyway, Newark (14 min walk), Newark and New York Railroad, Newark (17 min walk), Bayfront, Jersey City (20 min walk).

How to get to Lincoln Highway by public transport?

The nearest stations to Lincoln Highway:

Light rail

West Side Avenue • Lines: Hblr (30 min walk)