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This bridge first crosses over Harbor Road, which is the last street in Beesley's Point, connecting homes along Great Egg Harbor Bay and Peck Bay to U.S. Route 9. [2] [3] The bridge then crosses Great Egg Harbor Bay to Drag Island, which it crosses as a causeway. A small portion of the bridge enters Egg Harbor Township.
Map of Great Egg Harbor Bay, surrounding waterways, and nearby towns. At the head of the Great Egg Harbor Bay, the Great Egg Harbor River joins the Middle and Tuckahoe Rivers between Upper Township and Egg Harbor Township. The bay is part of New Jersey's backbarrier lagoon system. [2] The bay exists as a drowned, or submerged, river valley.
US 40 & NJ 50 over Great Egg Harbor River part of the Mays Landing Historic District: 1928 1990-08-23 Mays Landing: Atlantic: Concrete multi-girder: US 40 & NJ 50 over Pleasantville Section RR part of the Mays Landing Historic District: 1929 1990-08-23 Mays Landing: Atlantic: Steel stringer: Warrington Stone Bridge: ca. 1860: 1977-12-16 Warrington
The circle was removed in 2010 as part of the bridge reconstruction. In 2006, construction began on the replacement of the Route 52 causeway that was built in the 1930s over the Great Egg Harbor Bay, beginning with guardrail repairs that reduced traffic to two lanes. In 2008, the northbound lanes of the causeway were opened to traffic.
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Completed in 1928, control of the bridge was acquired by the Beesley's Point Bridge Company. It was a toll bridge from its opening. Prior to its closing, it was best known for carrying U.S. Route 9 (US 9) over the Great Egg Harbor Bay, connecting Upper Township, in Cape May County to Somers Point in Atlantic County.
The Great Egg Harbor River is a 55.0-mile-long (88.5 km) river in South Jersey. [1] It is one of the major rivers that traverse the largely pristine Pinelands , draining 308 square miles (800 km 2 ) of wetlands into the Atlantic Ocean at Great Egg Harbor , from which it takes its name.
Great Egg Harbor Inlet separates Absecon Island from Pecks Beach, and connects Great Egg Harbor Bay with the Atlantic Ocean. Great Egg Harbor Inlet was described in 1878, viz., Great Egg Harbor Inlet is a considerable channel leading into Great Egg Harbor Bay, and is the outlet for the waters of Great Egg Harbor and Tuckahoe Rivers and the ...