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Raritan and River
The lower reaches of the Delaware Bay and the Raritan River in New Jersey are examples of vertically homogenous estuaries.
The U. S. Route 1 interchange is followed by an intersection at Paulus Boulevard before separating into a local / express configuration and paralleling the Raritan River, passing the former New Brunswick city docks.
The freeway continues with exits for George Street, Rutgers ( for access to the College Avenue Campus ) and Easton Avenue before exiting New Brunswick on the John A. Lynch, Sr. Memorial Bridge over the Raritan River.
By the time the 1927 New Jersey state highway renumbering had been implemented and in law, the route was re-designated as State Highway Route S-28, a prefixed spur of State Highway Route 28 in Middlesex, following Raritan Avenue and River Road through Piscataway and Highland Park, joining State Highway Route 27 on a concurrency into New Brunswick, and onto George Street in New Brunswick southward.
Construction of a new four-lane bridge across the Raritan River ( now the John A. Lynch Memorial Bridge ) began in the 1960s, but in 1970, when the environment impact laws came out, construction froze with only three massive piers standing out of the river.
From there, Route 35 heads north and intersects Route 138, an extension of Interstate 195, continuing north through Monmouth County before crossing the Victory Bridge over the Raritan River into Perth Amboy, where the route continues north to Rahway.
The Victory Bridge ( New Jersey ) | Victory Bridge carries Route 35 over the Raritan River. Route 35 crosses the Whale Creek into Old Bridge Township, Middlesex County, where it continues northwest through businesses and residences in Laurence Harbor and Cliffwood Beach, both sections of Old Bridge Township.
U. S. Route 9 and Route 35 split at an interchange ( the former Victory Circle ) that features access to the southbound Garden State Parkway by way of Chevalier Avenue, with Route 35 continuing north on a four-lane divided highway that passes through marshland and crosses the Raritan River on the Victory Bridge into Perth Amboy.
Between 2002 and 2005, the Victory Bridge over the Raritan River was reconstructed at a cost of $ 109 million.
After crossing the Edison Bridge over the Raritan River, it merges with US 1 in Woodbridge.
The lowest point is just above sea level on the Raritan River at the Middlesex County line.
Somerset County boasts a number of beautiful county parks, including but not limited to: Lord Stirling Park ( part of the Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge ), Colonial Park ( with a lovely rose garden ), Washington Valley Park ( with biking and hiking trails ), the Sourland Mountain Preserve ( hiking and mountain biking trails ), and the newest park in development called Raritan River Greenway ( which is being developed along the Raritan River in Bridgewater Township ).
Bisected by the Raritan River, the county is topographically typical of Central Jersey in that it is largely flat, with minimal relief.
The bridge over the South Branch of the Raritan River in Califon.
Those that lived along the South Branch of the Raritan River fished and farmed.
There was a Native American trail that went along the South Branch of the Raritan River.
The central portion of the county is drained by the South Branch of the Raritan River.
The NJ Fish and Game stocks thousands of rainbow, brown, and brook trout in these streams as well as other streams such as the South Branch of the Raritan River.
* Natami District-now divided between Raritan Valley and Black River districts in Patriots Path
* Manalapan Brook, a tributary of the South River ( Raritan River tributary ) in New Jersey
Califon is also situated just north of the Kenneth Lockwood Gorge on the South Branch of the Raritan River ; this pristine stretch of clear water and forest is a well-known treasure for New Jersey trout fishermen.

Raritan and its
From its western terminus, Route 28 heads east through Raritan, intersecting County Route 567 and then U. S. Route 202 and U. S. Route 206 at the Somerville Circle before heading through the central part of Somerville.
Route 28 is a two-to four-lane road its entire length that passes through suburban areas and runs within a close distance of New Jersey Transit ’ s Raritan Valley Line for much of its length.
The route was designated in 1927 to run from Frenchtown to Raritan, Somerset County, running along its current alignment to Flemington and following present-day U. S. Route 202 between Flemington and Raritan.
Bridge stamp for Route 12. Route 12 was legislated as a new route in the 1927 New Jersey state highway renumbering that was to run from Frenchtown east to Route 28 in Raritan, Somerset County, running along its current alignment to Flemington and following present-day U. S. Route 202 to Raritan.
The town is perhaps best known for its two mills which sit on opposite banks of the South Branch Raritan River.
The school plans to build a permanent structure as part of the Campus for Jewish Life ( formerly known as the YM-YWHA of Raritan Valley ) to replace its current facility the school has rented located near Trinity Presbyterian Church.
Hazlet derived its name from a Dr. John Hazlett who had an estate in Raritan Township near the Keyport-Holmdel Turnpike, now Holmdel Road.
While South Bound Brook does not have the legacy of flooding that its sister town Bound Brook on the north bank of the Raritan River has, flooding can be a problem in South Bound Brook during major river flooding events, such as a 100-year flood event.
While escaping the worst flooding, due to its elevated perch above the Raritan River, South Bound Brook did experience flood waters in the two-to three-foot range near the canal, including in portions of the downtown area along Main Street.
Crosswicks Creek and its juncture with the Delaware River, otherwise known as the Trenton-Hamilton Marsh, is a very significant ecosystem and, with the peninsula of land and waterways to the northwest of Bordentown Township known, respectively, as Duck Island, Duck Creek and the Delaware and Raritan Canal, it is protected by the State of New Jersey as the Duck Island Recreation Area.
The town overlooks where the Atlantic Ocean and Raritan Bay meet at Sandy Hook, and its hills mark the highest point on the eastern seaboard of the U. S. south of Maine.
It flows for approximately 16 mi ( 25. 7 km ) before slowing in tidewater at New Brunswick, and its estuary extends 14 mi ( 22. 5 km ) more entering the western end of Raritan Bay at South Amboy.
The river is featured in the title of Rutgers ' alma mater, On the Banks of the Old Raritan, and its flooding is mentioned in the song.
Two water purification plants, operated by New Jersey American Water, are located where the Raritan River and its largest tributary ( the Millstone River ) meet just east of Manville, New Jersey.
The flooding problems mainly affect the town of Bound Brook, which is partially built on a natural flood plain at the junction of several tributaries, and Manville, which has a large neighborhood known as Lost Valley that lies on the flood plain between the Raritan River and its largest tributary river, which is known as the Millstone River.
For its final stretch, Route 175 heads along the Delaware and Raritan Canal until coming to an end at a merge with Route 29 in Ewing Township.
Rutgers University built the Sonny Werblin Recreation Center on its Busch Campus, near High Point Solutions Stadium in Piscataway, New Jersey, across the Raritan River from its main campus in New Brunswick.
On its western side, the peninsula encloses Sandy Hook Bay, a triangular arm of Raritan Bay.
The channel is approximately 10 miles ( 16 km ) long and connects Raritan Bay on its south end with Newark Bay on the north.
During the lowstand in sea level caused by the Wisconsin glacier, the Raritan River carved back into its headlands and captured the major drainages from the Newark Basin.

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