Kingsland Avenue Bridge (Passaic River)

Kingsland Avenue Bridge
Coordinates40°48′40″N 74°08′19″W / 40.8110°N 74.1385°W / 40.8110; -74.1385
Carries Park Avenue to
Kingland Avenue
CrossesPassaic River
LocaleNutley and Lyndhurst,
New Jersey
Other name(s)De Jessa Memorial Bridge
Park Avenue Bridge
Avondale Bridge
Maintained byBergen and Essex
ID number020032A
Characteristics
DesignSwing bridge
Total length364 feet (111 m)
Width46 feet (14 m)
No. of spans3
Clearance below7 feet (2.1 m) (high water)
12 feet (3.7 m) (low water)
History
DesignerJames Owen (Essex)
H.M. Watson (Bergen)
Fabrication byNew Jersey Bridge Company
F.M. Stillman Company
Construction start1903
Opened1905
1986 reconstructed
Location
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Kingsland Avenue Bridge, earlier known as Avondale Bridge and designated the De Jessa Memorial Bridge, is a vehicular movable bridge over the Passaic River in northeastern New Jersey. It crosses the county line to connect the towns of Lyndhurst in Bergen and Nutley in Essex,[1] originally taking its name from the Kingsland section. The bridge is 10.7 miles (17.2 km) from the river's mouth at Newark Bay, and is required to open on four hours' notice.[2] As of 2010, there were 26,420 daily crossings of the bridge, which provides one lane in each direction.[3]

  1. ^ "Local Concept Development Phase". Archived from the original on 2016-11-14. Retrieved 2016-11-13.
  2. ^ "Section 117.739 - Passaic River" (PDF). Code of Federal Regulations Title 33 - Navigation and Navigable Waters Volume: 1. Government Publishing Office. July 1, 2002. Retrieved 2012-08-21.
  3. ^ Grant, Meeghan (December 6, 2012). "Lyndhurst's DeJessa, bridges showing their ages". The Record. Retrieved 2012-12-12.