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Perth Amboy features a historic waterfront, which has gone through significant revitalization. [1] Perth Amboy's waterfront is where the city was first settled and one of the few places left in New Jersey that has a historic and marina culture surrounded by water. Local attractions include two small museums, an art gallery, a yacht club, and a ...
Perth Amboy was formed by Royal charter on August 4, 1718, within various townships and again by the New Jersey Legislature on December 21, 1784, within Perth Amboy Township and from part of Woodbridge Township. Perth Amboy Township was formed on October 31, 1693, and was enlarged during the 1720s to encompass Perth Amboy city.
CR 653 in Perth Amboy: Maurer Road CR 611 in Perth Amboy: Decommissioned in 2013 [6] though a 0.16-mile (0.26 km) is still designated and open CR 655: 2.08 3.35 CR 654 in Perth Amboy: Florida Grove Road Route 35 on the Perth Amboy/Woodbridge Township line CR 656: 4.21 6.78 Dead end in Edison: Riverside Drive, Smith Street Front Street in Perth ...
Route 440 is a state highway in New Jersey, United States.It comprises two segments, a 5.15-mile (8.29 km) freeway in Middlesex County linking Interstate 287 (I-287) and the New Jersey Turnpike (), in Edison to the Outerbridge Crossing in Perth Amboy and an 8.18-mile (13.16 km) four-lane divided highway in Hudson County running from the Bayonne Bridge in Bayonne to US Route 1-9 Truck (US 1-9 ...
The Victory Bridge is a highway bridge in the U.S. state of New Jersey that carries Route 35 over the Raritan River, connecting the Middlesex County communities of Perth Amboy on the north and Sayreville to the south. The bridge is operated and maintained by the New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT). Photo of the original Victory Bridge
Route 35 is a state highway in the U.S. state of New Jersey, primarily traveling through the easternmost parts of Middlesex, Monmouth, and Ocean counties. It runs 58.11 mi (93.52 km) from the entrance to Island Beach State Park in Berkeley Township, Ocean County to an intersection with Lincoln Highway/St. Georges Avenue in Rahway, Union County.
PERTH AMBOY – The downtown park at Smith Street and Madison Avenue, formerly known as Fink Park, is about to undergo an upgrade as part of an effort to curate more green spaces throughout city ...
When the city was incorporated in 1683, settlers began to call the land "Ambo" or "Amboy Point", and finally "Amboy." The name means "place resembling a bowl." [1] In 1686, when the settlement became the capital of East Jersey, Perth was added to the name in honor of one of the Proprietors under the Royal grant, the James Drummond, 1st Duke of ...