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Originally published in 1939
Some of this information may no longer be current and in that case is presented for historical interest only.
Edited by GET NJ, COPYRIGHT 2003
The view farther R. is up the valleys of the Hackensack and the Passaic
Rivers. The best picture of Newark, straight ahead, is from the cantilever
span across the Passaic River. At the western end of the skyway US 1
enters the Newark city limits. Elevated on a fill, the road takes a straight
course through a concentrated industrial area, with freight tracks of the
Pennsylvania R.R. running parallel (R). Westward along the route is one
of Newark's poorer residential districts.
Once more the highway climbs, bridging the main freight line of the
Lehigh Valley R.R. It descends on a broad embankment, curving in a wide
arc. On both sides are home-made huts and garden patches, occupying
what was formerly a dumping ground. Built of materials salvaged from
dumps, the huts have served for several years as daytime shelters for men,
women, and children from needy families in Newark, who come here to
raise vegetables for immediate consumption and for canning. The gar-
deners take almost belligerent pride in their work, competing for prizes
for the best yields. In summer the huts are brightly decorated with flowers,
flags, and latticework.
At 17.5 miles, at a traffic circle, is the junction with a paved road.
Left on this road to NEWARK AIRPORT, 0.2 miles (see NEWARK).
At 18.5 m. is the junction with State 21 and US 22 (see Tour 2), over-
passed by westbound traffic on US 1.
Right on State 21 to the business center of NEWARK, 1.8 m. (33 alt., 442,337
pop.) (see NEWARK).
Points of Interest: Newark Library, Plume House, First Presbyterian Church,
Newark Museum, Weston Electric Plant, Sacred Heart Cathedral, Borglum's
Statue of Abraham Lincoln, and others.
Between this junction and Elizabeth the road is a broad belt of asphalt,
so crowded with trucks and pleasure cars that it is of more than usual
danger. Concrete paving has not yet been laid because the earth fill is still
settling into the marsh. On both sides of the low embankment the flats
are covered with tall meadow grass and cattails, brightened with sunflowers in the summer months.
Several miles to the south is (L) the sweeping arch of BAYONNE
BRIDGE, completed in 1928 and extending across Kill van Kull between
Bayonne, N. J., and Staten Island, N. Y. With a span of 1,675 feet, it is
the longest steel-arch bridge in the world. Almost straight ahead is the
cantilever span of GOETHALS BRIDGE, finished in 1931, between Eliza-
beth, N. J., and Staten Island, N. Y.
Some of the large industrial plants of Newark are R. Next to the main.
line tracks of the Pennsylvania R.R. is ELIZABETH AIRWAY RADIO (L), a
station maintained by the U. S. Department of Commerce to guide planes
within a radius of loo miles by means of the radio beam to Newark
Airport.
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