New Bridge was a strategic crossing in the American Revolution, the first bridge above Newark Bay.
Jan and Annetje (Ackerman) Zabriskie purchased the Johannes Ackerman mill and farm in September 1745, shortly after construction of the first draw-bridge at the narrows of the Hackensack River. This wooden span was called New Bridge to distinguish it from an older crossing several miles upstream. History by historian Kevin Wright who wrote the NR nomination. The 1889 Swing Bridge replaced earlier drawbridges at New Bridge.
New Bridge was a strategic crossing in the American Revolution, the first bridge above Newark Bay.
Jan and Annetje (Ackerman) Zabriskie purchased the Johannes Ackerman mill and farm in September 1745, shortly after construction of the first draw-bridge at the narrows of the Hackensack River. This wooden span was called New Bridge to distinguish it from an older crossing several miles upstream. History by historian Kevin Wright who wrote the NR nomination. The 1889 Swing Bridge replaced earlier drawbridges at New Bridge.