Crosses Passaic River Maintained by NJDOT Total length 90 m Location Rutherford Construction cost 9.5 million USD | Other name(s) Douglas O. Mead Bridge Opened 2002 Width 12 m Body of water Passaic River | |
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Carries Union Avenue (CR S32) to River Drive
and New Jersey Route 21 Locale Rutherford & Passaic,
New Jersey Owner Bergen County and
Passaic County Similar Point‑No‑Point Bridge, Newark and New York Railr, William A Stickel Memorial, Newark Drawbridge, WR Draw | ||
Union Avenue Bridge is a vehicular bridge over the Passaic River in northeastern New Jersey, crossing the county line at the town of Rutherford in Bergen and the city of Passaic in Passaic. It takes its name from Union Avenue (CR S32) in Rutherford which connects to River Drive (and access to New Jersey Route 21) in Passaic. The two-lane, four-span fixed bridge which opened in 2002 is 13.2 miles (21.2 km) from the river's mouth at Newark Bay. There is another Union Avenue Bridge traversing the Passaic at Little Falls
History
The bridge replaced an earlier structure built in 1896. In 1963 it was struck by a barge which left it damaged; requiring it remain in th open position for two weeks. It was dedicated to Douglas O. Mead (1894-1971), a WW1 and WW2 veteran buried at Hillside Cemetery in Lyndhurst, New Jersey.