Planning
and Construction
Technological Challenges
The Hackensack and Passaic River Bridges
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The Turnpike route crossed not one but two rivers in the north. The bridges necessary to span these rivers were massive: at the time they were built, the Passaic River Bridge (at 6,955 feet) and the Hackensack River Bridge (at 5,623 feet) were the longest steel-plate girder bridges ever constructed.
(read Press Release)
New Jersey Turnpike Authority photograph of Hackensack River Bridge construction,
December 26, 1950
Collections of the New Jersey Turnpike Authority
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