Editing Belleville, New Jersey (section)

===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>