Chaplain Washington–Harry Laderman Bridge

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Harry Laderman Bridge
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The Harry Laderman and Chaplain Washington bridges seen from the Passaic River looking downstream
Coordinates 40°44′31″N74°07′23″W / 40.7420489°N 74.1229440°W / 40.7420489; -74.1229440 (Chaplain Washington-Harry Laderman Bridge)
CarriesI-95.svgNew Jersey Turnpike Shield.svg I-95  / N.J. Turnpike
Crosses Passaic River
Locale Kearny, New Jersey and Newark, New Jersey
Other name(s)Washington & Laderman Memorial Bridge
Named for John P. Washington, U.S. Army lieutenant during World War II; Harry Laderman, late employee of the NJTA
Owner New Jersey Turnpike Authority (NJTA)
Maintained by NJTA
Characteristics
Total length7,294 feet (2,223 m)
Width104 feet (32 m)
No. of lanes 16 (8 on Washington Bridge, 8 on Laderman; 6 northbound, 6 southbound, 4 shoulder lanes)
History
Opened1952 (Washington Bridge); 1970 (Laderman Bridge)
Location
Chaplain Washington-Harry Laderman Bridge
References
[1] [2]

The Chaplain Washington and Harry Laderman Bridges[ citation needed ], or the Chaplain Washington Memorial Bridge and Laderman Memorial Bridge, [ citation needed ] are a pair of bridges that carries the New Jersey Turnpike (Interstate 95) across the Passaic River in northeastern New Jersey. The Washington Bridge built in 1952 and carries the eastern spur of the turnpike; [3] the Laderman Bridge was built in 1970 and carries the western spur.

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Location

When passing over the Passaic the bridges cross the county line at Newark in Essex County and Kearny in Hudson County.

In Newark, the viaducts leading to the bridges align for the southbound merge/northbound separation of the eastern and western spurs just north of the interchange with I-78, which the New Jersey Turnpike Authority (NJTA) refers to as the Southern Mixing Bowl. [4]

The southern end of the bridges is just south of the Pulaski Skyway (U.S. 1-9), under which they pass. [5] [6] As they ascend/descend they pass by the Essex County Resource Recovery Facility and over the Conrail Passaic and Harsimus Line.

In Kearny, the bridges traverse the railroad right-of-way of the PATH system, the Conrail Center Street Branch, NJ Transit Rail Operations, and the Northeast Corridor. They soon enter the Kearny Marshes of New Jersey Meadowlands, where they diverge [7] [8] and soon cross over the Newark-Jersey City Turnpike (CR 508).

The Laderman Bridge reaches its northern end in Saw Mill Creek Wildlife Management Area at the Belleville Turnpike. [9] The western spur continues crosses the Hackensack River in Bergen County.

The Chaplain Washington Bridge ends before the Belleville Turnpike at and the eastern spur briefly touches ground before ascending to cross the Hackensack on the Lewandowski Bridge. [10]

History and designation

Built in 1952 as part of the then-mainline route, now the eastern spur, of the New Jersey Turnpike, the Chaplain Washington span is named after Lieutenant John P. Washington, who was one of 4 chaplains who gave their lives to save soldiers during the sinking of the SS Dorchester in World War II. 18 years later, the Harry Laderman bridge opened directly east of the Washington Bridge as part of the building of the turnpike's western spur extension. This bridge is named after toll booth operator Harry Laderman, an employee of the New Jersey Turnpike Authority who died on the job after a truck slammed into his toll booth at Exit 16E, killing him. [11] [12]

Refurbishment

The NJTA estimates that both the Harry Laderman and Chaplain Washington bridges have the highest rate of truck traffic throughout the entire NJ Turnpike system of highways. [2] The Laderman is rated as structurally deficient on the National Bridge Inventory condition rating scale with numerous cracks, flares, and structural fatigue. [1] [13] The NJTA announced plans in 2014 [14] to rehabilitate the bridge and investigate the structural integrity of the bridge and how to repair it. [2] As of 2019, the bridge’s rehabilitation was about 69 percent complete. [13]

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