The Newark Bay Bridge, officially the Vincent R. Casciano Memorial Bridge, is a steel

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that is

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across three spans. It crosses

Newark Bay Newark Bay is a tidal bay at the confluence of the Passaic and Hackensack Rivers in northeastern New Jersey. It is home to the Port Newark-Elizabeth Marine Terminal, the largest container shipping facility in Port of New York and New Jerse ...

and connects the cities of Newark (in Essex County) and

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(in

Hudson County Hudson County is a List of counties in New Jersey, county in the U.S. state of New Jersey, its smallest and most densely populated. Lying in the northeast of the state and on the west bank of the North River (Hudson River), Hudson River, the No ...

) in

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, United States. It was completed April 4, 1956, as part of the

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's Newark Bay (Hudson County) Extension, with a ribbon-cutting ceremony led by

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Robert B. Meyner. The main span is , with a clearance over water to allow marine access to

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. The bridge is similar in design to the

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, and was similar in length to the Francis Scott Key Bridge at Baltimore's Outer Harbor. It runs parallel to the earlier built

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's Upper Bay Bridge. This bridge is also known as "The Turnpike Bridge" and "The Turnpike Extension Bridge". It carries traffic on a toll regulated section of

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along the New Jersey Turnpike to interchanges 14 through 14A. It provides access from the New Jersey Turnpike's main roadway to

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and the

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. The turnpike route creates the border between

and

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and then runs northward along

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, and

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is just north of the entrance to

which continues to

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. From March 2014 until May 2019, during certain hours, the eastbound

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of the Turnpike Extension (including the bridge) was opened for normal traffic (by green arrows above, instead of red Xs), for a total of 5 lanes (3 eastbound, 2 westbound). This system was discontinued on May 20, 2019. There is a long-term capital improvements project to build a new bridge. File:Newark Bay Bridge at night time.jpg, The bridge at night File:Bottom of the Newark Bay Bridge.jpg, Under the bridge 2014-05-07 16 26 18 View of the Newark Bay Bridge from an airplane heading for Newark Airport-recropped

2014-05-07 16 26 18 View of the Newark Bay Bridge from an airplane heading for Newark Airport-recropped

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Newark Bay Bridge Historic Overview
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