Editing Sea Bright, New Jersey (section)

==History==
In the early 1840s, the area of present-day Sea Bright was a fishing community of simple shacks near the beach dunes; Ocean House, the area's first hotel, opened in 1842, featuring access to fishing and sea bathing.<ref>[http://nynjbaykeeper.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Sea_Bright_Final.pdf Borough of Sea Bright], New York/New Jersey Baykeeper. Accessed May 9, 2017. "During the early 1840s a small cluster of shacks was located on the barrier beach.... In 1842 the first hotel (Ocean House) able to accommodate 300 patrons was opened. This hotel catered to patrons in the area for fishing and sea bathing."</ref><ref name=BoroughHistory>[http://www.seabrightnj.org/sbnj/Departments/Beach/History/History/ History], Sea Bright, New Jersey. Accessed May 2, 2017.</ref> The area was called "Nauvoo", a [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] word, meaning "bright sea".<ref name=Bishop/> An alternative explanation, which the borough credits as the source,<ref name=RecoveryPlan/> is that the name is derived from the [[Hebrew language]] meaning "pleasant place," which was the same name that [[Mormon]] leader [[Joseph Smith]] gave to [[Nauvoo, Illinois|Nauvoo]], the [[Illinois]] town he founded in 1839. Smith is said to have visited Monmouth County during a missionary journey in 1840.<ref>Kimball, Stanley B. [https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/ensign/1973/04/discovery-nauvoo-found-in-seven-states?lang=eng "Discovery: 'Nauvoo' Found in Seven States"], ''[[Ensign (LDS magazine)|Ensign]]'', April 1973. Accessed August 1, 2012. "The name itself is derived from one or both of two Hebrew roots—nawaw and nawvaw (or a {{sic|varient}} nawveh), both of which mean something becoming, pleasant, suitable, beautiful, a pasture, a place of rest and beauty.... The earliest non-Mormon use of Nauvoo is in reference to a small fishing village of about 50 men and boys in Monmouth County on the New Jersey shore (now a part of Sea Bright). Although direct evidence is thus far lacking, this Nauvoo was most likely the result of a missionary trip by Joseph Smith and Orson Pratt into Monmouth County from Philadelphia during January 1840."</ref><ref>Martin, Antoinette. [https://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/21/realestate/in-the-region-new-jersey-20-million-dollar-homes-planned-in-sea-bright.html "In the Region/New Jersey; 20 Million-Dollar Homes Planned in Sea Bright"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', March 21, 2004. Accessed May 2, 2017. "The name Nauvoo is believed to have been bestowed on the fishing village by the Mormon leader Joseph Smith, who visited Monmouth County on a preaching mission and meant for the name to reflect the Hebrew for 'a pleasant place.'"</ref><ref name=Bishop>[https://mobile.visitmonmouth.com/page.aspx?Id=3262 "Sea Bright Municipal Records"]{{Dead link|date=March 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, [[Monmouth County, New Jersey]], copy of article "My Home Town: Sea Bright," by [[Jim Bishop]] in the ''[[Red Bank Register]]'', August 25, 1960. Accessed May 2, 2017. "Long ago, the Indians called it Nauvoo, which means bright sea. [The late Monmouth County historian, George H. Moss Jr., in his book ''Another Look at Nauvoo to the Hook'' (1990) stated that Nauvoo was not an Indian word but Sephardic Hebrew, meaning 'beautiful or pleasant place,' and that it might have been named by Mormon leader Joseph Smith who visited Monmouth County in 1839 and used the same name for the town he founded in Illinois.]"</ref>

The first bridge across the [[Shrewsbury River]] connecting Sea Bright to [[Rumson, New Jersey|Rumson]] was constructed in 1870. After several iterations of the bridge, Monmouth County had announced plans for a replacement of the existing span built in 1950 that connects to Ocean Avenue in Sea Bright with a new bridge, due to the structural deficiency and function obsolete state of the existing structure. They predicted that the project would be completed in 2020 at a site south of the current crossing.<ref>Sheehan, Liz. [http://tworivertimes.com/public-hearing-scheduled-on-replacement-of-aging-sea-bright-rumson-bridge/ "Public Hearing Scheduled on Replacement of Aging Sea Bright-Rumson Bridge"], ''The Two River Times'', April 28, 2016. Accessed May 10, 2017. "The existing bridge, also known as Monmouth County Bridge S-32, was built over the Shrewsbury River in 1950 and runs from Rumson Road in Rumson to Ocean Avenue in the borough.... According to the NY/NJ Baykeeper, the first bridge was constructed between the two towns in 1870 and was rebuilt several times."</ref> The current bridge, which is becoming harder to maintain over time, has been repaired twice in the 21st century, once in 2002 and again in 2013.<ref name=BridgeFAQ/> A bridge replacement project is scheduled to end in 2025.<ref name=BridgeFAQ/> The new bridge will include two wide shoulders, something the original bridge lacked. It will also include other improvements, such as modernized draw controls, a access ramp to the nearby Sea Bright Beach from the Route 36 intersection, pedestrian beacons and striped crosswalks with the Ward Avenue intersection, and upgrades to the nearby Sea Bright park.<ref name=BridgeFAQ/> Demolition of a nearby [[Dunkin' Donuts]] was deemed necessary in order to construct the replacement bridge.<ref name=BridgeFAQ/>

The [[Sea Bright Skiff]] was developed on the Jersey Shore in the early 19th century for fishing offshore, by being launched through the surf and returned to shore.<ref>Parker, Reuel B. [http://www.proboat.com/2013/07/the-sea-bright-38/ "The Sea Bright 38"], ProBoat.com, July 18, 2013. Accessed May 9, 2017. "The Sea Bright skiff is an American innovation that first appeared on the beaches of New Jersey in the early 19th century."</ref>