Bergen Point Plank Road
Bergen Point Plank Road | |
|---|---|
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| Route information | |
| Existed | 1850–present |
| Major junctions | |
| South end | Bergen Point, Bayonne, NJ |
| North end | Paulus Hook, Jersey City, NJ |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New Jersey |
| Highway system | |
| Plank roads | |
The Jersey City and Bergen Point Plank Road was a road originally built in the 19th century in
Communipaw Junction.[7]
As the name suggests, wooden boards were laid on a roadbed in order to prevent horse-drawn carriages and wagons from sinking into softer ground on the portions of the road.
The road traveled from the
Kill van Kull
were possible.
See also
U.S. Roads portal
New Jersey portal
- Hackensack Plank Road
- Newark Plank Road
- Old Bergen Road
- Paterson Plank Road
- List of turnpikes in New Jersey
- Newark Bay, New Jersey rail accident
- Garfield Avenue (HBLR station)
References
- ^ Unofficial New Jersey Route Log
- ^ Thomas F. Gordon, A Gazetteer of the State of New Jersey, 1834, pp. 17-18 Laws of the State of New Jersey, 1811, pp. 337-340
- ^ Timeline for the Founding and History of the City of Bayonne Archived September 17, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, Bayonne Historical Society. Retrieved August 21, 2009.
- ^ "Petitions and Other Papers relating to Bridges, Canals, Dams, Ferries and Roads, 1765- 1835" (PDF). New Jersey State Archives Collection Guide. New Jersey Department of State. Retrieved November 11, 2012.
- ^ "GET NJ — Jersey City and Its Historic Sites — Paulus Hook Ferry".
- ISBN 978-0-88097-763-0.
- ^ "The Storm at Jersey City, Newark, and Paterson". The New York Times. August 8, 1853. Retrieved July 30, 2011.
- ^ Greenville[permanent dead link]