Editing Perth Amboy, New Jersey (section)

===Roads and highways===
[[File:Victory Bridge from US 9.JPG|thumb|Victory Bridge from US 9]]
[[File:2021-08-24 13 58 10 View south along New Jersey State Route 440 and Middlesex County Route 501 (Middlesex Freeway) from the pedestrian overpass between Lawrence Street and Grove Street in Perth Amboy, Middlesex County, New Jersey.jpg|thumb|left|View south along [[New Jersey Route 440|Route 440]], the largest and busiest highway in Perth Amboy]]
{{As of|2019|3}}, the city had a total of {{convert|75.14|mi}} of roadways, of which {{convert|58.59|mi}} were maintained by the municipality, {{convert|11.11|mi}} by Middlesex County,  {{convert|4.27|mi}} by the [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]] and {{convert|1.17|mi}} by the [[Port Authority of New York and New Jersey]].<ref>[https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/pdf/mileage_Middlesex.pdf Middlesex County Mileage by Municipality and Jurisdiction], [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]], March 2019. Accessed January 18, 2021.</ref>

The city is crisscrossed by many many major roads and highways.<ref>[https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/gis/maps/middlesex.pdf Middlesex County Road Map], [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]]. Accessed December 1, 2019.</ref> Major roads in the city include [[New Jersey Route 35|Route 35]]<ref>[https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/00000035__-.pdf#page=18 Route 35 Straight Line Diagram], [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]], updated March 2016. Accessed December 19, 2019.</ref> [[New Jersey Route 184|Route 184]],<ref>[https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/00000184__-.pdf Route 184 Straight Line Diagram], [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]], updated April 2016. Accessed December 19, 2019.</ref> [[New Jersey Route 440|Route 440]],<ref>[https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/00000440__-.pdf#page=2 Route 440 Straight Line Diagram], [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]], updated May 2016. Accessed December 19, 2019.</ref> [[County Route 501 (New Jersey)|CR 501]]<ref>[https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/12000616__-.pdf#page=2 Middlesex County Route 501 Straight Line Diagram], [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]], updated June 2011. Accessed December 19, 2019.</ref> and [[List of county routes in Middlesex County, New Jersey#616|CR 616]].<ref>[https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/refdata/sldiag/12000624__-.pdf#page=2 Middlesex County Route 616 Straight Line Diagram], [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]], updated January 2014. Accessed December 19, 2019.</ref>

The [[Outerbridge Crossing]], which opened to traffic on June 29, 1928, is a [[Cantilever bridge|cantilever bridge]] over the [[Arthur Kill]] that connects Perth Amboy with [[Staten Island]]. Known locally as the "Outerbridge", it is part of a major route on [[New York State Route 440|NY-440]] / NJ-440 from the south and west to [[New York City]] and [[Long Island]]. Despite the assumption that the name is derived from its location as the southernmost bridge in New York State and Staten Island, the Outerbridge Crossing was named in honor of [[Eugenius Harvey Outerbridge|Eugenius H. Outerbridge]], first Chairman of the [[Port Authority of New York and New Jersey|Port Authority]].<ref>[http://www.panynj.gov/bridges-tunnels/outerbridge-crossing-history.html Outerbridge Crossing History], [[Port Authority of New York and New Jersey]]. Accessed December 19, 2019.</ref> The bridge clears the channel by {{convert|143|ft|abbr=on}}, providing passage for some of the largest ships entering the [[Port of New York and New Jersey]].<ref>[http://www.panynj.gov/bridges-tunnels/outerbridge-crossing-facts-info.html Outerbridge Crossing Facts & Info], [[Port Authority of New York and New Jersey]]. Accessed December 19, 2019.</ref>

[[File:Perth Amboy Station.jpg|thumb|right|Main entrance of Perth Amboy Station]]
The [[Victory Bridge (New Jersey)|Victory Bridge]] carries Route 35 over the [[Raritan River]], connecting Perth Amboy on the north with [[Sayreville, New Jersey|Sayreville]] to the south. From the time of its construction in 1926 until the [[Edison Bridge (New Jersey)|Edison Bridge]] was completed in 1939, all traffic heading across the Raritan River was funneled through the Victory Bridge, whose original single-span swing bridge was replaced under a project completed in 2005 that provides two spans of traffic, including a {{convert|134|m|adj=on}} main span that was the longest precast cantilever segmental construction in the United States at the time of its construction.<ref>[https://www.preservationnj.org/listings/victory-bridge/ Victory Bridge], Preservation New Jersey. Accessed December 24, 2019. "Until the completion of the Thomas Edison Bridge in 1939, the Victory Bridge served as the sole north–south crossing of the Raritan River on the eastern side of the state and carried all of the automobile traffic for what are the present-day routes 9, 34, and 35."</ref><ref>[https://www.state.nj.us/transportation/about/press/2005/102705.shtm Lettiere announces completion of Route 35 Victory Bridge and Victory Circle Project], [[New Jersey Department of Transportation]] press release dated October 27, 2005. Accessed December 24, 2019. "The original Route 35 Victory Bridge was built in 1926, connecting the municipalities of Perth Amboy City and Sayreville Borough in Middlesex County. The 360-foot structure was the longest swing span bridge in New Jersey at the time it was built.... The Route 35 Victory Bridge provides a vital highway link over the Raritan River in Middlesex County. Its traffic volume currently exceeds 20,000 vehicles per day and is projected to exceed 25,000 vehicles per day by 2015. A combined 350,000 cars travel over the Raritan River each day via the Parkway, Route 35 and Route 9."</ref><ref>Figg, Linda; and Pate, W. Denney. [https://www.pci.org/PCI_Docs/Design_Resources/Guides_and_manuals/references/bridge_design_manual/JL-04-September-October__Precast_Concrete_Segmental_Bridges.pdf "Precast Concrete Segmental Bridges -- America's Beautiful and Affordable Icons"], ''PCI Journal'', September–October 2004. Accessed December 24, 2019. "In 2004, the record for a balanced cantilever span length in America was broken again. With a fully match-cast, precast concrete main span of 440 ft (134.1 in), the current record holder is the new twin-span Victory Bridge in northern New Jersey. The 3971 ft (1210 m), $109 million precast concrete segmental bridge will carry traffic 110 ft (33.5 m) above the Raritan River between Perth Amboy and Sayreville, replacing a 1927 steel swing bridge."</ref>