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The New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) has 20 drawbridges throughout the state. NJDOT employees operate these drawbridges and also inspect them three times a year. Each bridge opens on an individual schedule to accommodate both land and water transportation. Bridges are subject to various use regulations.

Bridge
Name
Location Span Type Operating
Regulation
Shift Schedule
I-280 Stickel Newark
Lift
8-hour notice

Call 973.770.5000
Unmanned
Route 1&9 Hackensack River Jersey City
Lift
On demand 24-hours
Route 1&9 Passaic River Newark
Lift
4-hour notice

Call 201.332.2779 or 973.589.5143
Unmanned
Route 3
Passaic River
Rutherford
Bascule
24-hour notice

Call 973.770.5000
Unmanned
Route 7 Hackensack River Jersey City
Lift
On demand 24-hours
Route 7
Passaic River
Belleville
4-hour notice

Call 201.795.0631 or
201.955.2167 or 201.259.2990
Unmanned
Route 13 Lovelandtown Point Pleasant
Lift
On demand 24-hours
Route 30
Beach Thorofare
Atlantic City
Bascule
4/1 to 10/31
On demand from 7am-11pm
4-hour notice all other times

11/1-3/31
On demand from 7am-3pm
4-hour notice all other times

Call 609.399.2310
16-hours

On call from 11pm-7am
Route 35 Cheesequake Creek Morgan
Bascule
5/1 to 10/31
On the hour from 7am-7pm
On demand from 7pm-11pm
2-hour notice from 11pm-7am

12/1 to 3/31
2-hour notice

Call 732.721.0938 or 732.681.0637
16-hours
Route 35 Manasquan River Brielle
Double Bascule
5/15 to 9/30
1/4 hour before and 1/4 hour after the hour -
Saturday, Sunday and federal holidays from 8am-5pm
Monday through Thursday from 4pm-7pm
Friday from 12pm-7pm

4-hour notice from 11pm-8am

On demand all other times

Call 732.899.9341
16-hours
Route 37 Barnegat Bay Island Heights
Double Bascule
Memorial Day to Labor Day
On the hour and 1/2 hour from 8am-8pm

On demand from 7am-8am and 8pm-11pm

4/1 to 11/30
4-hour notice from 11pm-8am

12/1 to 3/1
On demand 7am-11pm

Call 732.899.9341
16-hours
Route 40
Beach Thorofare
Atlantic City
Double Bascule
6/1 to 9/30
On the hour and 1/2 hour from 9am-4pm and 6pm-9pm

On demand all other times

Year round
4-hour notice from 11pm-7am

11/1 to 3/31
4-hour notice from 3pm-11pm
16-hours
Route 44
Mantua Creek
Paulsboro
Lift
3/1 to 11/30
On demand from 7am-11pm

4-hour notice from 11pm-7am

12/1 to 2/28
4-hour notice

Call 856.222.2098
16-hours
On call from 11pm-7am
Route 46 Hackensack River Little Ferry
Double Bascule
6-hour notice

Call 973.770.5000
Unmanned
Route 47
George Redding
Wildwood
Bascule
On demand 24-hours
Route 49
Salem River
Salem
Lift
24-hour notice

Call 856.222.2098
Unmanned
Route 50 Tuckahoe Upper Township
Bascule
24-hour notice

Call 856.222.2098
Unmanned
Route 52
Beach Thorofare
Ocean City
Bascule
Memorial Day to Labor Day
On the hour and 1/2 hour
from 8am-8pm

On demand all other times
24-hours
Route 52
Ship Channel
Somers Point
Bascule
Memorial Day to Labor Day
On the hour and 1/2 hour
from 8am-8pm

On demand from 7am-8am and 8pm-11pm

24-hour notice from 11pm-7am for recreational vessels

30-minute notice from 11pm-7am for emergency and government vessels

Call 856.222.2098
16-hours
On call from 11pm-7am
Route 71
Shark River
Belmar
Double Bascule
5/15 to 9/30
On the hour and 1/2 hour from 4pm-7pm on Monday through Friday and 9am-9pm on Saturday, Sunday and Holidays

On demand all other times
24-hours
Route 88 Veterans’ Memorial Point Pleasant
Lift
On demand 24-hours
Route 130 Raccoon Creek Bridgeport
Lift
3/1 to 11/30
On demand from 7am-11pm
4-hour notice from 11pm-7am

12/1 to 2/28
4-hour notice

Call 856.222.2098
16-hours

On call from 11pm-7am
 
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  Last Updated:  April 1, 2010