Route 495 is a freeway in Hudson County, New Jersey in the United States that connects the New Jersey Turnpike ( Interstate 95 ) at exits 16E and 17 in Secaucus to the Lincoln Tunnel in Weehawken, providing access to midtown Manhattan.

The road is owned and operated by the New Jersey Turnpike Authority between the New Jersey Turnpike and Route 3, the New Jersey Department of Transportation between Route 3 and Park Avenue near the Union City / Weehawken border, and by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey east of Park Avenue, including the helix used to descend the New Jersey Palisades to reach the entrance of the Lincoln Tunnel.

There is an eastbound exit and westbound entrance for Park Avenue, which provides access to Weehawken and Hoboken, where Route 495 becomes a freeway maintained by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.

The Lincoln Tunnel is north of the city in Weehawken.

Union City is one of five cities in North Hudson served by North Hudson Regional Fire and Rescue, along with North Bergen, Weehawken, West New York, and Guttenberg.

Weehawken is a township in Hudson County, New Jersey, United States.

Weehawken is part of the New York metropolitan area.

Weehawken is one of the towns that comprise North Hudson, sometimes called NoHu in the artistic community.

Weehawken is located at ( 40. 768903 ,- 74. 015427 ).

At its southeastern corner is Weehawken Cove which, along with the rail tracks farther inland, defines Weehawken's border with Hoboken.

Traversing Weehawken is Boulevard East, a scenic thoroughfare offering a sweeping vista of the Hudson River and the Manhattan skyline.

Weehawken is a mostly residential community, but has business district at Lincoln Harbor between the Lincoln Tunnel and Weehawken Cove.

The name Weehawken is generally considered to have evolved from the Algonquian language Lenape spoken by the Hackensack and Tappan.

Weehawken, with a population density about equal to that of Jersey City, is among the most densely populated municipalities in the United States.

Though the panoramic view ( from the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge to George Washington Bridge ) may be its most famous attraction, Weehawken is also home to other sites of historic, aesthetic, and engineering importance:

Weehawken is in the 13th Congressional district, the 33rd New Jersey state legislative district and is part of New Jersey's 2nd state legislative district.

Public transportation in Weehawken is provided by bus, ferry, and light rail.

Hudson-Bergen Light Rail ( HBLR ) service is available westbound to Bergenline and Tonnelle Avenue and southbound to Hoboken, Jersey City and Bayonne at Lincoln Harbor and Weehawken Port Imperial, where transfer to NY Waterway ferries to Midtown and Lower Manhattan is possible.

The Weehawken Sequence, an early 20th century series of approximately 100 oil sketches by local artist John Marin, who worked in the city, is considered is considered among, if not the first, abstract paintings done by an American artist.

West New York is bordered on the north by Guttenberg, on the east by the Hudson River, on the south by Union City and Weehawken, and on the west by North Bergen.

* NY Waterway's Weehawken Port Imperial Ferry Terminal, a state-of-the-art facility opened in 2006, located at the site of The United Fruit Company, which for many years was the largest banana import facility in the nation.

The Bergenline Station of Hudson-Bergen Light Rail is located at the city line with Union City, while the Weehawken Port Imperial is located on the Weehawken waterfront at the foot of Pershing Road near the NY Waterway ferry terminal.

Residents of Westchester County, New York, were serviced by the railroad's Hudson, Harlem, and Putnam lines, into Grand Central Terminal in Manhattan ( Putnam Division trains required a change at High Bridge, NY ), while residents of New Jersey and Rockland County, New York were serviced by the West Shore Line between Weehawken and West Haverstraw, New York: located on the west side of the Hudson River.

NY Waterway uses ferry slips at four terminals in Manhattan as well as terminals and slips in Jersey City, Hoboken, Weehawken, and Edgewater, all located along the Hudson River Waterfront Walkway, and at landings on the East River in Brooklyn and Long Island City.

* Weehawken Water Tower in Weehawken, New Jersey

After crossing the Hudson River to Weehawken, New Jersey, the Lincoln Highway continued across the country to its western terminus in Lincoln Park in San Francisco, California.

In 1913, Lincoln Highway travelers crossed the Hudson River via the Weehawken Ferry from New York City to Union City, New Jersey.

Guttenberg was formerly a farm owned by William Cooper, sold in 1853 to a group of New Yorkers, who had formed the Weehawken Land and Ferry Association.

To date, completed segments in Hoboken and the new parks and renovated piers that abut them are at Hoboken Terminal, Pier A, the promenade and bike path from Newark to 5th Streets, Frank Sinatra Park, Castle Point Park, Sinatra Drive to 12th to 14th Streets, New York Waterway Pier, 14th Street Pier, and 14th Street north to southern side of Weehawken Cove.

The New Jersey legislature created Hudson County in 1840, and in 1843, it was divided into two townships: Old Bergen Township ( which eventually became Jersey City ) and North Bergen Township, which was gradually separated into Hudson County's present day municipalities: Hoboken in 1849, Weehawken and Guttenberg in 1859, and Union Township in 1861.

In the late 2000s, Union City, West New York, Weehawken and North Bergen came to be dubbed collectively as " NoHu ", a North Hudson haven for local performing and fine artists, many of whom are immigrants from Latin America and other countries, in part due to lower housing costs compared to those in nearby art havens such as Hoboken, Jersey City and Manhattan.

Weehawken was formed as a township by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 15, 1859, from portions of Hoboken and North Bergen ( see map ).

Its written history began in 1609 when Henry Hudson, on his third voyage to the New World, sailed down what was later named The North River on the Half Moon and weighed anchor in Weehawken Cove.

In 1661, Weehawken become part of Bergen when it ( and most of northeastern New Jersey ) came under the jurisdiction of the court at Bergen Square.

During the American Revolutionary War, Weehawken was used as a lookout for the patriots to check on the British, who were situated in New York and controlled the surrounding waterways.

Formula One plans to host a street race on a 3. 2-mile circuit in Weehawken and West New York called Grand Prix of America, starting in June 2013.

* AM New York special report on Weehawken

Formula One plans to host a street race on a 3. 2-mile circuit in West New York and Weehawken called Grand Prix of America, starting in June 2013.

In the late 2000s, West New York, Weehawken, Union City and North Bergen came to be dubbed collectively as " NoHu ", a North Hudson haven for local performing and fine artists, many of whom are immigrants from Latin America and other countries, in part due to lower housing costs compared to those in nearby art havens such as Hoboken, Jersey City and Manhattan.

Islands in rivers dividing two jurisdictions were popular duelling sites ; the cliffs below Weehawken on the Hudson River where the Hamilton-Burr duel occurred were a popular field of honour for New York duellists because of the uncertainty whether New York or New Jersey jurisdiction applied.

A race in West New York and Weehawken was later announced in October 2011.

in 1885, the New York, West Shore and Buffalo Railway, a potential competitor with trackage rights along the west shore of the Hudson River, taken over by the NYC as the West Shore Railroad, and developed passenger, freight, and car float operations at Weehawken Terminal.

All trains operated out of Grand Central Terminal in New York, Weehawken Terminal in Weehawken, New Jersey, South Station in Boston, Cincinnati Union Terminal in Cincinnati, Michigan Central Station in Detroit, St. Louis Union Station, and LaSalle Street Station in Chicago.

* Weehawken Terminal operated from 1884 to 1959 as the terminus for New York Central Railroad's West Shore Railroad division as well as for the New York, Ontario and Western Railway.