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Winant Avenue Bridge

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to be installed. In 2009, the NJDOT announced a $ 21 million rehabilitation project. The repairs will address structural deficiencies and are expected to extend the useful life of the bridge by ten years, though it will remain "functionally obsolete' since the roadway has no shoulders. They will not
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was underway. Work is scheduled to begin in Fall 2013. Construction on the bridge began in June 2014 and was expected to take 18 months. The $ 33.8 million project will rehabilitate a bridge deemed structurally deficient, turn the Little Ferry Circle into a conventional four-way intersection and
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began trolley service. A vehicular crossing was created in 1934 with the construction of the road that would become Route 46. The bridge was constructed as part of the expansion of the state highway system in the 1920s and 1930 to carry State Highway Route 6. At its western end, the
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Designed by Waddell and Hardesty Consulting Engineers, the double-leaf bascule deck girder bridge was built by the New Jersey Highway Department, the predecessor to NJDOT.
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last amended in 1999 requires 24-hour notice to be opened. The bridge has been minimally altered since its construction and is eligible for individual listing on the
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or the historic status of the structure. While funding for the project has been identified as of December 2011 work had not begun, though that at
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for commercial marine traffic. Route 46 is a major thoroughfare across northern New Jersey, ending at the midpoint of the
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and after converging with several other roads ends midppint of the GWB over the
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install a new drainage system and pump station to reduce flooding in the area.
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The bridge is located at a crossing established by the pre-colonial
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NEW YORK, SUSQUEHANNA & WESTERN RAILROAD IN NEW JERSEY
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Index

Route 46 Hackensack River Bridge

Coordinates
40°51′04″N 74°01′45″W / 40.8511°N 74.0293°W / 40.8511; -74.0293
US 46
Hackensack River
NYSW
Little Ferry
Ridgefield Park
NJDOT
Double leaf bascule
movable bridge
Hackensack River
Bergen County, New Jersey
Newark Bay
U.S. Route 46
Little Ferry
Ridgefield Park
New Jersey Department of Transportation
double leaf bascule bridge
reach
Code of Federal Regulations
National Register of Historic Places
Hackensack tribe
Bergen Turnpike
Hackensack
Hudson Waterfront
Hoboken
New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway
Public Service

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