Editing Knowlton Township, New Jersey (section)

==Transportation==
===Roads and highways===
[[File:2021-06-16 09 23 39 View west along Interstate 80 from the overpass for Decatur Street in Knowlton Township, Warren County, New Jersey.jpg|thumb|View west along [[Interstate 80 in New Jersey|Interstate 80]] in Knowlton Township]]
{{As of|2010|5}}, the township had a total of {{convert|67.96|mi}} of roadways, of which {{convert|37.33|mi}} were maintained by the municipality, {{convert|13.67|mi}} by Warren County and {{convert|16.83|mi}} by the [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]] and {{convert|0.13|mi}} by the [[Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission]].<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/mileage_Warren.pdf Warren County Mileage by Municipality and Jurisdiction], [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]], May 2010. Accessed July 18, 2014.</ref>

[[Interstate 80 in New Jersey|Interstate 80]] (Bergen-Passaic Expressway) is the main east–west limited access road, passing through the township for {{convert|7.24|mi}} with a junction at Routes 94 and 46.<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/00000080__-.pdf Interstate 80 Straight Line Diagram], [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]], April 2014. Accessed August 8, 2016.</ref> [[New Jersey Route 94|Route 94]] passes through the northern portion of the township for {{convert|3.92|mi}}.<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/00000094__-.pdf New Jersey Route 94 Straight Line Diagram], [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]], April 2014. Accessed August 8, 2016.</ref> [[U.S. Route 46]] runs for {{convert|5.50|mi}} through the township's southern portion.<ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/00000046__-.pdf U.S. Route 46 Straight Line Diagram], [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]], July 2014. Accessed August 8, 2016.</ref> The [[Portland–Columbia Toll Bridge]] (part of Route 94), which is owned and operated by the [[Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission]], crosses the [[Delaware River]] and connects with [[Pennsylvania Route 611]] in [[Portland, Pennsylvania]].<ref>[https://www.drjtbc.org/default.aspx?pageid=75 Portland-Columbia Toll Bridge] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160429201846/https://www.drjtbc.org/default.aspx?pageid=75 |date=2016-04-29 }}, [[Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission]]. Accessed August 8, 2016.</ref><ref>[http://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/enlarged_view_29.pdf Enlarged View of Interstate 80, U.S. Route 46 and New Jersey Route 94 in Knowlton Township], [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]], June 2009. Accessed August 8, 2016.</ref>

[[File:Warrington Stone Bridge over the Paulins Kill, Warrington, NJ.jpg|thumb|right|250 px|The [[Warrington Stone Bridge]] crosses the bucolic [[Paulins Kill]].]]
[[File:Paulins Kill Viaduct, Hainesburg, NJ - October 2023.jpg|thumb|250px|right|In the woods near Hainesburg is the [[Paulinskill Viaduct]] along the [[Lackawanna Cut-Off]], the former main line of the [[Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad]]. The viaduct, 115 feet (35 m) tall and 1,100 feet (335 m) long, was the largest reinforced concrete ''structure'' in the world when it was completed in 1910.]]

===Rail history===
Much of Knowlton's development after 1850 can be traced to the presence of the five railroad lines that criss-crossed the township: the [[Lackawanna Old Road|Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad's Old Road]] and, later, the [[Lackawanna Cut-Off]], the [[New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway]], the [[Lehigh and New England Railroad]], and the [[Blairstown Railway]]. All of these rail lines were later abandoned. In their heyday, however, two rail lines and three railroads served the town of Delaware: the [[New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway|New York, Susquehanna and Western]] (formerly Blairstown) Railway; and the Old Road of the [[Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad]] (which also had granted trackage rights to the [[Pennsylvania Railroad]], technically a sixth railroad). The community of Columbia was also served by the NYS&W (Hainesburg also had a station), with the [[Lehigh and New England Railroad]] also passing through town.

In more recent years, development within Knowlton has been tied to the presence of [[U.S. Route 46]] and, since the early 1970s, [[Interstate 80 in New Jersey|Interstate 80]]. Many Knowlton residents use Route 80 to commute to their jobs either further east in New Jersey or further west in [[Pennsylvania]]. [[New Jersey Route 94|Route 94]] crosses through the township. Two bridges cross the [[Delaware River]], connecting the township to Pennsylvania; the [[Portland–Columbia Toll Bridge]], opened in 1953, connects Route 94 to [[Pennsylvania Route 611]] in [[Portland, Pennsylvania|Portland]], Pennsylvania.<ref>[http://www.drjtbc.org/default.aspx?pageid=75 Portland-Columbia Toll Bridge] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110526223552/http://www.drjtbc.org/default.aspx?pageid=75 |date=2011-05-26 }}, [[Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission]]. Accessed June 6, 2013. "Opened to traffic on December 1, 1953, the main river bridge consists of a ten-span steel girder system with total length of 1,309 feet and a 32-foot curb-to-curb width."</ref> The two places are also connected by the [[Portland–Columbia Pedestrian Bridge]], which dates back to a structure constructed in 1869 and was dedicated for pedestrian use when the vehicular toll bridge was completed in 1953.<ref>[http://www.drjtbc.org/default.aspx?pageid=119 Portland-Columbia Toll Supported Pedestrian Bridge] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120204094438/http://www.drjtbc.org/default.aspx?pageid=119 |date=2012-02-04 }}, [[Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission]]. Accessed June 6, 2013. "The original structure, constructed in 1869 as a vehicular bridge, was a four-span timber bridge reinforced with wooden arches."</ref>