Union Turnpike (Hudson County)

County Route 676
Union Turnpike
Route information
Length:	0.34 mi[1] (0.55 km)
Major junctions
West end:	CR 681 in North Bergen
East end:	CR 691 in North Bergen
Highway system
County routes in New Jersey 500-series • County routes in Hudson County ← CR 675 CR 677 →

County Route 676 in Hudson County, New Jersey is named Union Turnpike and is principally a short 0.34 miles (0.55 km) connecting road between County Route 691, the Bergen Turnpike, and County Route 681, the Paterson Plank Road. The road crosses Tonnelle Ave, south of the New Durham section of the township of North Bergen, New Jersey near the Weehawken Cemetery and Schuetzen Park. In the vicinity are the Lincoln Tunnel Approach and Helix, New Jersey Route 3, Kennedy Boulevard and the Tonnelle Avenue (HBLR station).^[2]

As its name suggests, Union Turnpike unites, or joins, two colonial era turnpike roads. Union was and is still used in the North Hudson section of Hudson County. Union Township, was incorporated as a township by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature on February 28, 1861, from portions of North Bergen Township.,^[3] during the American Civil War era, when many laces took the name in support of the republic. Portions of the township were taken on March 29, 1864, to form the town Union, (late known as Union Hill, which became part of Union City in 1925).,^[3] a part of Guttenberg in 1878.^[3] and finally becoming the town of West New York on July 8, 1898.^[3] 37th Street, an eastbound street descending to the Bergen and Union Turnpikes, was at one time called Union Street before the re-numbering of streets in North Hudson precipatated by the creation of Union City and construction of the Lincoln Tunnel.

See also

• List of county routes in Hudson County, New Jersey
• List of turnpikes in New Jersey

References

1. ^ "Hudson County 676 straight line diagram" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Transportation. http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/09000676__-.pdf. Retrieved 2009-08-02. 
2. ^ Hudson County New Jersey Street Map. Hagstrom Map Company, Inc. 2008. ISBN 0-88097-763-9. 
3. ^ ^{a b c d} "The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries: 1606-1968", John P. Snyder, Bureau of Geology and Topography; Trenton, New Jersey; 1969. p. 148.

Coordinates: 40°46′44″N 74°02′10″W / 40.7788198°N 74.0361872°W / 40.7788198; -74.0361872