449:. In 1828, the first bridge over the Hackensack River was built. A wooden structure, it was replaced at the turn of the 20th century by the bridge which still stood before the erection of the present span. It was necessary to pay tolls on both the bridge and Bergen Turnpike until the start of the World War. In 1915, the Board of Chosen Freeholders took over the entire stretch of roadway from Fairview to Main Street, Hackensack. Public Service later became the owners of the bridge and retained the right of way along the turnpike for the operation of its trolleys. In 1934, after the present structure was completed the old historic bridge was torn down despite efforts of the local government and residents of Little Ferry to have it remain. Through the town the route retains the name Bergen Turnpike and its designation of
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Today there is little or nothing to be seen of the plank road in
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Hendricks Causeway, which was built in the 1930s, and runs parallel to Edgewater Avenue, the original Bergen Turnpike. A short stretch, Motel Avenue, connects it to Bergen Turnpike which crosses
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18:County Route 124 (Bergen County, New Jersey)
786:Transportation in Hudson County, New Jersey
781:Transportation in Bergen County, New Jersey
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691:"Bergen County 124 straight line diagram"
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698:New Jersey Department of Transportation
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505:Jersey City and Bergen Point Plank Road
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771:Streets in Bergen County, New Jersey
766:Streets in Hudson County, New Jersey
592:. Hagstrom Map Company, Inc. 2008.
590:Hudson County New Jersey Street Map
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635:Twentieth Anniversary 1919 - 1939
282:Lincoln Tunnel Approach and Helix
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550:Laws of the State of New Jersey
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510:List of turnpikes in New Jersey
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463:First Reformed Dutch Church
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677:The Bergen Evening Record
651:"Bergen County Route 124"
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791:Turnpikes in New Jersey
732:40.762259°N 74.026372°W
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756:History of New Jersey
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32:Hackensack Plank Road
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306:Weehawken Cemetery
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599:978-0-88097-763-0
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250:North Hudson
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67:North Hudson
47:1802–present
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406:Bergen line
292:. Crossing
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211:Bergen Hill
161:Plank roads
105:Hoboken, NJ
76:US 1-9
796:Plank road
750:Categories
723:74°01′35″W
720:40°45′44″N
703:2009-08-23
661:2009-08-24
575:2009-08-23
526:References
455:Hackensack
418:Ridgefield
389:Union Hill
354:East Coast
322:Bergenwood
318:New Durham
300:it enters
278:Union City
199:New Jersey
195:Hackensack
144:New Jersey
254:Weehawken
217:from the
52:Component
469:See also
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125:Location
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54:highways
408:at the
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370:hairpin
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