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A map of the Camden and Amboy in 1869. The state of New Jersey chartered both the Camden and Amboy and the Delaware and Raritan Canal Company on February 4, 1830, to develop connections between New York City and Philadelphia. [1] The two companies, though remaining independent, agreed to cooperate and became known as the "Joint Companies."
U.S. Route 130 (US 130) is a U.S. Highway that is a spur route of U.S. Route 30, located completely within the state of New Jersey.It is signed with north and south cardinal directions, following a general northeast–southwest diagonal path, with north corresponding to the general eastward direction and vice versa.
It was consolidated with the Camden and Amboy Railroad and the Delaware and Raritan Canal Company in 1872 to form the United New Jersey Railroad and Canal Company, which was later leased by the Pennsylvania Railroad. Today, its former main line between Newark, New Jersey, and New Brunswick, New Jersey, is part of Amtrak's Northeast Corridor.
That year however, there were some upgrades made to the road, but not by much. In 1867, the competitor Camden and Amboy Railroad merged with the United New Jersey Railroad to create a new company. In December 1871, that company then became part of the Pennsylvania Railroad, which was one of the major railroads at that point. The railroad also ...
Map of the Easton and Amboy Railroad. Easton and Amboy Railroad was a railroad built across central New Jersey by the Lehigh Valley Railroad (LVRR) in the 1870s. The line was built to connect the Lehigh Valley Railroad coal hauling operations in Pennsylvania with the Port of New York and New Jersey to serve consumer markets in New York metropolitan area.
The Camden and Amboy and New Jersey Rail Road were among the earliest North American [1] railroads. The Pennsylvania Railroad leased the United New Jersey Railroad and Canal Company in 1872. The C&A first purchased and operated the John Bull locomotive, the oldest surviving operable steam locomotive in the world today. It was imported from ...
On December 1, 1871, the Pennsy leased the United New Jersey Railroad and Canal Company, which included the original Camden and Amboy Railroad from Camden, New Jersey (across the Delaware River from Philadelphia) to South Amboy, New Jersey (across Raritan Bay from New York City), as well as a newer line from Philadelphia to Jersey City, New ...
View west along CR 516 at Amboy Road (CR 645) in Old Bridge. The highway extends 19.2 miles (30.9 km) from Route 18/CR 527 in Old Bridge to Route 36 in Middletown.It is known as Old Bridge-Matawan Road for its entire length in Old Bridge where it interchanges with US 9, and then continues several more miles to the Old Bridge/Matawan border, where it enters Monmouth County.