Bridgeport is a

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that is part of Logan Township, in Gloucester County, in the

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. At the

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, the population of the CDP was 389. in the 2010 census, the population was 504.DP-1 Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 from the 2010 Demographic Profile Data for ZCTA5 08014
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. Accessed March 16, 2015. The area is served as

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ZIP Code 08014.

History

Bridgeport, along with Swedesboro (Sveaborg) and Finns Point (Varkens Kill), was one of only three settlements established in New Jersey as a part of the

New Sweden New Sweden ( sv, Nya Sverige) was a Swedish colony along the lower reaches of the Delaware River in what is now the United States from 1638 to 1655, established during the Thirty Years' War when Sweden was a great military power. New Sweden f ...

colony, the fort at Nya Elfsborg having been abandoned. The settlement was founded around 1650, and originally called Nya Stockholm, "New Stockholm", but the name was changed at a later date. After the

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, a facility was set up in Bridgeport for the use of a continuous wave accelerator called a Rhodotron, from the Belgian company IBA, to irradiate federal mail."Postmaster Asks Senate for Bailout of $5 Billion"
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'', November 9, 2001

Geography

Bridgeport lies along the Delaware River at the mouth of the Raccoon Creek. U.S. Route 322 (US 322) enters New Jersey in Bridgeport via the

Commodore Barry Bridge The Commodore Barry Bridge (also known as the Commodore John Barry Bridge or John Barry Bridge) is a cantilever bridge that spans the Delaware River from Chester, Pennsylvania to Bridgeport, in Logan Township, New Jersey. It is named after the A ...

, and continues on to cross US 130 and Interstate 295 before leaving Logan Township. Route 44 is an old alignment of US 130, beginning at a point north of US 322. Route 324 is an east-west state highway completely within Bridgeport, running from where a ferry used to take US 322 across the river to a dead end next to the current US 322.

Bridgeport Speedway Bridgeport Speedway is a dirt Oval track racing, speedway located in the community of Bridgeport, New Jersey, Bridgeport in Logan Township, New Jersey, Logan Township, Gloucester County, New Jersey, Gloucester County, New Jersey, that consists of ...

is located in the community. There is a private marina and a small airfield in town, and a

Penns Grove Secondary Penns Grove Secondary is a Rail freight transport, rail freight line in the Delaware Valley in the South Jersey, southwestern part of New Jersey. Part of Conrail's South Jersey/Philadelphia Shared Assets Area, South Jersey/Philadelphia Shared Asset ...

line crosses Raccoon Creek at the Conrail Railroad Bridge in Bridgeport at mile 2.0.

Demographics

References

External links

Official Logan Township website
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