Editing Belleville, New Jersey (section)

==Transportation==

===Roads and highways===
[[File:2021-08-25 10 11 21 View south along New Jersey State Route 21 (McCarter Highway) from the overpass for the ramp from Main Street in Belleville Township, Essex County, New Jersey.jpg|thumb|right|[[New Jersey Route 21|Route 21]] southbound in Belleville]]
{{As of|2010|5}}, the township had a total of {{convert|67.17|mi}} of roadways, of which {{convert|57.22|mi}} were maintained by the municipality, {{convert|6.21|mi}} by Essex County and {{convert|3.74|mi}} by the [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]].<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/mileage_Essex.pdf Essex County Mileage by Municipality and Jurisdiction], [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]], May 2010. Accessed July 18, 2014.</ref>

[[New Jersey Route 7|Route 7]],<ref>[https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/pdf/00000007__-.pdf#page=4 Route 7 Straight Line Diagram], [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]], updated May 2015. Accessed February 15, 2023.</ref> [[New Jersey Route 21|Route 21]]<ref>[https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/pdf/00000021__-.pdf#page=3 Route 21 Straight Line Diagram], [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]], updated May 2017. Accessed February 15, 2023.</ref> and [[County Route 506 (New Jersey)|County Route 506]]<ref>[https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/pdf/00000506__-.pdf#page=4 County Route 506 Straight Line Diagram], [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]], updated June 2012. Accessed February 15, 2023.</ref> all pass through Belleville.<ref>[https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/gis/maps/Essex.pdf Essex County Highway Map], [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]]. Accessed February 15, 2023.</ref>

The [[Belleville Turnpike Bridge]] (also known as the Rutgers Street Bridge) crosses the [[Passaic River]], connecting Belleville to [[North Arlington, New Jersey|North Arlington]]. The bridge was formally renamed on July 4, 2013, as the "Lance Corporal Osbrany Montes de Oca Memorial Bridge" in memory of a [[United States Marine Corps]] soldier killed in February 2012 while serving in [[Afghanistan]].<ref>Hickey, James P. [https://web.archive.org/web/20160307083714/http://www.northjersey.com/news/north-arlington-looking-for-answers-on-de-oca-bridge-sign-1.610954 "North Arlington looking for answers on De Oca Bridge sign"], ''South Bergenite'', July 25, 2013, backed up by the [[Internet Archive]] as of March 7, 2016. Accessed September 14, 2017.</ref><ref>[http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2012/Bills/A3000/2676_I1.HTM Assembly, No. 2676 State of New Jersey 215th Legislature] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141003213357/http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2012/Bills/A3000/2676_I1.HTM |date=October 3, 2014 }}, [[New Jersey General Assembly]], introduced March 8, 2012. Accessed August 21, 2013. "Designates State Highway Route 7 bridge between Township of Belleville and Borough of North Arlington 'Lance Corporal Osbrany Montes de Oca Memorial Bridge.'"</ref>

===Public transportation===
The [[Silver Lake station]]<ref>[http://www.njtransit.com/rg/rg_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=LightRailStationLookupFrom&selLineCode=7&selStation=38064&x=41&y=19 Silver Lake station], [[NJ Transit]]. Accessed December 1, 2014.</ref> provides service to [[Pennsylvania Station (Newark)|Newark Penn Station]] on the [[Newark Light Rail]].<ref>[http://www.njtransit.com/pdf/LightRail/sf_lr_nlr_map.pdf Newark Light Rail System Map] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140724005700/http://www.njtransit.com/pdf/LightRail/sf_lr_nlr_map.pdf |date=July 24, 2014 }}, [[NJ Transit]]. Accessed December 1, 2014.</ref>

Until 1966, the [[Newark Branch]] of the [[Erie-Lackawanna Railroad]] provided train service at stations at Belleville and Cleveland Street. The [[New York and Greenwood Lake Railway (1878–1943)|New York and Greenwood Lake Railway]], later the [[Boonton Line]], also served the township.<ref>[http://www.westfieldnj.com/whs/history/Counties/EssexCounty/belleville.htm Belleville History: People and Events], Westfield Historical Society. Accessed August 21, 2013. "Fifty years ago trains were a common sight in Belleville. In 1940 two branches of the Erie Railroad served the town. The Paterson-Newark branch ran north and south, with stops at Essex and Cleveland Streets. Each week 122 trains ran on this line. The Greenwood Lake branch extended east and west between Jersey City and Greenwood Lake. On this line, with its stations at Mill Street and Belwood Park (Hewitt Place), passed 199 trains weekly."</ref> The Newark Branch tracks are now used for freight only, operated by [[Norfolk Southern]].<ref>[https://evogov.s3.amazonaws.com/media/20/media/1297.pdf ''Master Plan for the Township of Nutley, Essex County, NJ''], Township of Nutley, December 19, 2012. Accessed August 26, 2018. "Freight rail service is provided along the former Erie-Lackawanna (Newark Branch) passenger line. The line is currently owned by and operated by the Norfolk Southern Corporation."</ref>

[[NJ Transit]] bus service is available to and from [[Newark, New Jersey|Newark]] on the [[13 (New Jersey bus)|13]], [[27 (New Jersey bus)|27]], [[72 (New Jersey bus)|72]], [[74 (New Jersey bus)|74]], [[90 (New Jersey bus)|90]], [[92 (New Jersey bus)|92]], [[93 (New Jersey bus)|93]] and [[94 (New Jersey bus)|94]] bus lines.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20090522212304/http://www.njtransit.com/sf/sf_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=BusRoutesEssexCountyTo Essex County Bus/Rail Connections], [[NJ Transit]], backed up by the [[Internet Archive]] as of May 22, 2009. Accessed November 8, 2011.</ref><ref>[https://www.njtransit.com/pdf/bus/Essex_County_Map.pdf Essex County Bus Map] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140728205318/https://www.njtransit.com/pdf/bus/Essex_County_Map.pdf |date=July 28, 2014 }}, [[NJ Transit]]. Accessed November 2, 2019.</ref>