The Hudson River Waterfront Walkway, also known as the Hudson River Walkway, is a promenade along the

Hudson Waterfront The Hudson Waterfront is an urban area of northeastern New Jersey along the lower reaches of the Hudson River, the Upper New York Bay and the Kill van Kull. Though the term can specifically mean the shoreline, it is often used to mean the contigu ...

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. The ongoing and incomplete project located on

Kill van Kull __NOTOC__ The Kill Van Kull is a tidal strait between Staten Island, New York and Bayonne, New Jersey in the United States. It is approximately long and wide and connects Newark Bay with Upper New York Bay. The Robbins Reef Light marks the e ...

and the western shore of

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and the

Hudson River The Hudson River is a river that flows from north to south primarily through eastern New York. It originates in the Adirondack Mountains of Upstate New York and flows southward through the Hudson Valley to the New York Harbor between New ...

was implemented as part of a New Jersey state-mandated master plan to connect the municipalities from the

Bayonne Bridge Bayonne Bridge is an arch bridge spanning the Kill Van Kull and connecting Bayonne, New Jersey with Staten Island in New York City. It carries New York State Route 440 (NY 440) and New Jersey Route 440. It is the sixth-longest ...

to the

George Washington Bridge The George Washington Bridge is a double-decked suspension bridge spanning the Hudson River, connecting Fort Lee, New Jersey, with Manhattan in New York City. The bridge is named after George Washington, the first president of the United St ...

with an urban

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and provide contiguous unhindered access to the water's edge. There is no projected date for its completion, though large segments have been built or incorporated into it since its inception. The southern end in

Bayonne Bayonne (; eu, Baiona ; oc, label= Gascon, Baiona ; es, Bayona) is a city in Southwestern France near the Spanish border. It is a commune and one of two subprefectures in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, in the Nouvelle-Aquitain ...

may eventually connect to the Hackensack RiverWalk, another proposed walkway along

Newark Bay Newark Bay is a tidal bay at the confluence of the Passaic and Hackensack Rivers in northeastern New Jersey. It is home to the Port Newark-Elizabeth Marine Terminal, the largest container shipping facility in Port of New York and New Jersey, ...

and

Hackensack River The Hackensack River is a river, approximately 45 miles (72 km) long, in the U.S. states of New York and New Jersey, emptying into Newark Bay, a back chamber of New York Harbor. The watershed of the river includes part of the subur ...

on the west side of the

Hudson County Hudson County is the most densely populated county in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It lies west of the lower Hudson River, which was named for Henry Hudson, the sea captain who explored the area in 1609. Part of New Jersey's Gateway Region in t ...

peninsula, and form part of a proposed Harbor Ring around the harbor. Its northern end is in

Palisades Interstate Park The Palisades Interstate Park Commission (PIPC) was formed in 1900 by Governors Theodore Roosevelt of New York and Foster Voorhees of New Jersey in response to the quarrying operations along the Palisades Cliffs of New Jersey. The Palisades, a Na ...

, allowing users to continue along the river bank and alpine paths to the New Jersey/

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state line and beyond. (A connection to the

Long Path The Long Path is a long-distance trail, long-distance hiking trail beginning in New York City, at the West 175th Street subway station near the George Washington Bridge and ending at Altamont, Albany County, New York, Altamont, New York (state), ...

, a hiking trail with terminus near Albany, is feasible.) As of 2007, eleven miles (18 km) of walkway have been completed, with an additional five miles (8 km) designated HRWW along Broadway in Bayonne. A part of the

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, or ECG, a project to create a nearly 3000-mile (4828 km) urban path linking the major cities along the

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coast runs

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with the HRWW. In 2013 the walkway showed signs of age. Some of the

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s on which it is built succumbed to

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s and effects of Hurricane Sandy in New Jersey, which undermined bedding.

Route

The distance of the walkway from beginning to end is approximately as "the crow flies". It is considerably longer as it follows the contour of the shoreline. It traverses established residential and commercial areas, re-developed piers, wetland preservation zones, industrial and transportation infrastructure, and is dotted with public and private marinas and parks. Expansive views of the water and the New York skyline can be seen from most of its length. It passes through the following municipalities, which have combined population of approximately 545,000, as of the 2010 census.Table 7. Population for the Counties and Municipalities in New Jersey: 1990, 2000 and 2010
,

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, February 2011, Accessed March 13, 2021 *

(63,024) *

Jersey City Jersey City is the second-most populous city in the U.S. state of New Jersey, after Newark.Liberty National Golf Club, and through

Liberty State Park Liberty State Park (LSP) is a park in the U.S. state of New Jersey, located on Upper New York Bay in Jersey City opposite Liberty Island and Ellis Island. The park opened in 1976 to coincide with bicentennial celebrations and is operated and m ...

to Jersey Avenue. Another segment runs from Exchange Place through Newport to Hoboken. *

Hoboken Hoboken ( ; Unami: ') is a city in Hudson County in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 U.S. census, the city's population was 60,417. The Census Bureau's Population Estimates Program calculated that the city's population was 58,690 i ...

(50,005) *

Weehawken Weehawken is a township in the northern part of Hudson County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It is located largely on the Hudson Palisades overlooking the Hudson River. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 17,197.

(12,554) * West New York (49,708) * Guttenberg (11,176) *

North Bergen North Bergen is a township in the northern part of Hudson County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2020 U.S. census, the township had a total population of 63,361. The township was founded in 1843. It was much diminished in territory by a ...

(60,773) * Edgewater (11,513) * Fort Lee (35,345)

History

A walkway or promenade along the northeastern New Jersey waterfront was first discussed at a state level in the late 1970s. In 1988, the

New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) is a government agency in the U.S. state of New Jersey that is responsible for managing the state's natural resources and addressing issues related to pollution. NJDEP now has a staff ...

created the Coastal Zone Management Rules, which outlined the regulations and specifications for its construction. They require anyone building within of the water's edge to provide a minimum of wide open, public space along the shoreline. Construction must be permitted by the agency and paid for by the developer. In 1999, the

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and the New Jersey Builders Association challenged the obligation in court as an unfair taking of private property under

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, saying that property owners should be compensated as specified by the "Takings clause" of the Fifth Amendment. A federal judge rejected the suit, upholding a state rule that requires property owners to provide access to the waterfront. By the end of 2019, most of the Walkway was complete. Only seven "gaps" remain to be built from Liberty State Park in Jersey City to the George Washington Bridge. Major sections of the Walkway remain unbuilt in industrial Bayonne. Hudson River Panorama of Manhattan

Parks and points of interest

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* Bergen Point **

, world's third-longest steel

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** Collins Park **Bradys Dock **former

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Tank Cleaning Services/Texaco Tank Farm ** Port Johnson **

Constable Hook Constable Hook is a cape located on the north side of the outlet of Kill van Kull into Upper New York Bay in Bayonne, New Jersey. The cape has long been an important site of marine transfer operations in the Port of New York and New Jersey. Just o ...

Robbins Reef Light The Robbins Reef Light Station is a sparkplug lighthouse located off Constable Hook in Bayonne, Hudson County, New Jersey, United States, along the west side of Main Channel, Upper New York Bay. Note that although the light is clearly shown on th ...

**Bayonne Golf Course - site of most extensive

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reclamation project in New Jersey *The Peninsula at Bayonne Harbor, site of former Military Ocean Terminal at Bayonne ** Tear of Grief - gift from Russia commemorating September 11, 2001 **

Cape Liberty Cruise Port The Cape Liberty Cruise Port is one of three trans-Atlantic passenger terminals in the Port of New York and New Jersey. It is located in Bayonne, New Jersey at the north side of the long pier of the Peninsula at Bayonne Harbor, a former military ...

Port Jersey Port Jersey, officially the Port Jersey Port Authority Marine Terminal and referred to as the Port Jersey Marine Terminal, is an intermodal freight transport facility that includes a container terminal located on the Upper New York Bay in the Po ...

**Waterfront Observation Tower and

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for endangered

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** Greenville Yards ** Liberty National Golf Course-southern section * Caven Point **Caven Athletic Complex **

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station ** Port Liberte **

-Caven Point Branch **US Army Reserve Center ** Liberty National Golf Course-main section *

** Black Tom, site of World War I sabotage explosion **

Central Railroad of New Jersey Terminal The Central Railroad of New Jersey Terminal, also known as Communipaw Terminal and Jersey City Terminal, was the Central Railroad of New Jersey's waterfront passenger terminal in Jersey City, New Jersey. The terminal was built in 1889, replacin ...

**Hornblower Cruises ferry to

Ellis Island Ellis Island is a federally owned island in New York Harbor, situated within the U.S. states of New York and New Jersey, that was the busiest immigrant inspection and processing station in the United States. From 1892 to 1954, nearly 12 mi ...

and

Liberty Island Liberty Island is a federally owned island in Upper New York Bay in the United States. Its most notable feature is the Statue of Liberty (''Liberty Enlightening the World''), a large statue by Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi that was dedicated in ...

Liberty Science Center Liberty Science Center is an interactive science museum and learning center located in Liberty State Park in Jersey City, New Jersey, United States. At its opening it was the largest such planetarium in the Western Hemisphere and the world's ...

Morris Canal The Morris Canal (1829–1924) was a common carrier anthracite coal canal across northern New Jersey that connected the two industrial canals at Easton, Pennsylvania across the Delaware River from its western terminus at Phillipsburg, New Jer ...

Big Basin *

Paulus Hook Paulus Hook is a community on the Hudson River waterfront in Jersey City, New Jersey. It is located across the river from Manhattan. The name Hook comes from the Dutch word "hoeck", which translates to "point of land." This "point of land" ...

-Peninsula Park **

-Little Basin ** Colgate Clock, with claims to being the world's largest ** Goldman Sachs Tower, tallest building in New Jersey. ** Exchange Place, downtown Jersey City's "financial" district ** Katyń Memorial * Pavonia **

Hudson and Manhattan Railroad Powerhouse The Hudson and Manhattan Railroad Powerhouse, also known as the Jersey City Powerhouse in Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey, United States, was built in 1908. The powerhouse made possible the subway system between New Jersey and New York f ...

Harsimus Cove Harsimus (also known as Harsimus Cove) is a neighborhood within Downtown Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey, United States. The neighborhood stretches from the Harsimus Stem Embankment (the Sixth Street Embankment) on the north to Christopher ...

site one of early European settlements ** Pavonia/Newport, site of

Erie Railroad The Erie Railroad was a railroad that operated in the northeastern United States, originally connecting New York City — more specifically Jersey City, New Jersey, where Erie's Pavonia Terminal, long demolished, used to stand — with Lake Erie ...

Pavonia Terminal Pavonia Terminal was the Erie Railroad terminal on the Hudson River situated on the landfilled Harsimus Cove in Jersey City, New Jersey. The station opened in 1861 and closed in 1958 when the Erie Railroad moved its passenger services to nearb ...

(1861–1958) **

Holland Tunnel The Holland Tunnel is a vehicular tunnel under the Hudson River that connects the New York City neighborhood of Hudson Square in Lower Manhattan to the east with Jersey City in New Jersey to the west. The tunnel is operated by the Port Authorit ...

Ventilation Tower, with twin across river ***'' Water's Soul'' (2021) sculpture **13 panel exhibition of history of environment, development of lower Hudson River **Long Slip *

Hoboken Terminal Hoboken Terminal is a commuter-oriented intermodal passenger station in Hoboken, Hudson County, New Jersey. One of the New York metropolitan area's major transportation hubs, it is served by nine NJ Transit (NJT) commuter rail lines, one Met ...

, 1908 national landmark and major transportation hub **

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** Marineview Plaza, urban renewal project in the

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style **

Stevens Institute of Technology Stevens Institute of Technology is a private research university in Hoboken, New Jersey. Founded in 1870, it is one of the oldest technological universities in the United States and was the first college in America solely dedicated to mechanica ...

Castle Point Castle Point is a local government district with borough status in south Essex, east of central London. The borough comprises the towns and villages of Canvey Island, Hadleigh, South Benfleet, and Thundersley. The borough council is situated a ...

, serpentine rock bluff ** Sybil's Cave, long-abandoned site of spring and inspiration for

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's " The Mystery of Marie Roget" **

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**Maxwell Place i previous home of Maxwell House coffee ** Hudson Tea Building, massive former

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Tea plant *

Weehawken Cove Weehawken Cove is a cove on the west bank of the Hudson River between the New Jersey municipalities of Hoboken to the south and Weehawken to the north. At the perimeter of the cove are completed sections the Hudson River Waterfront Walkway, of ...

, where

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's Half Moon anchored in 1609 ** Lincoln Harbor **Riva Point **The Atrium, home to events sponsored by the proposed Hudson River Performing Arts Center **King's Bluff, at the foot of which the Burr-Hamilton duel took place in 1804 **

Lincoln Tunnel The Lincoln Tunnel is an approximately tunnel under the Hudson River, connecting Weehawken, New Jersey, to the west with Midtown Manhattan in New York City to the east. It carries New Jersey Route 495 on the New Jersey side and unsigned New ...

Ventilation Towers **Weehawken park and Municipal Athletic Fields ** Hudson Riverfront 9/11 Memorial **

West Shore Railroad The West Shore Railroad was the final name of a railroad that ran from Weehawken, New Jersey, on the west bank of the Hudson River opposite New York City, north to Albany, New York, and then west to Buffalo. It was organized as a competitor ...

Tunnel, used by Hudson-Bergen Light Rail ** Weehawken Port Imperial * Guttenberg ** Galaxy Towers, a trio of octagonal highrises built in the late 1970s ** Palisades Medical Center (

) * Edgewater **Edgewater Harbor **Municipal Building ** Edgewater Cemetery, with 19th and 20th century graves **Previous site of the

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, decommissioned ferry and registered national historic place **

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**Old Municipal Building now a museum ** Edgewater Landing **Veterans Park/Edgewater Community Center-site of plaque commemorating

Vriessendael Vriessendael was a patroonship on the west bank of the Hudson River in New Netherland, the seventeenth century North American colonial province of the Dutch Empire. The homestead or plantation was located on a tract of about about an hour's walk ...

, the first European settlement in what would become contemporary

Bergen County Bergen County is the most populous county in the U.S. state of New Jersey.Edgewater Colony *

**Mt. Constitution, atop which sits Fort Lee Historic Park, site of

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's 1776 encampment Fort ConstitutionAdams, ''Hudson River Guidebook'', p. 106 **

References

External links

Bergen County HRWW

Bayonne masterplan

Hudson River WaterfrontThe Harbor Ring Project
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Route

History

Parks and points of interest

See also

References

External links