| County Route 676 | ||||
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| Union Turnpike | ||||
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| Length: | 0.34 mi[1] (0.55 km) | |||
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| West end: | CR 681 in North Bergen | |||
| East end: | CR 691 in North Bergen | |||
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County Route 676 in Hudson County, New Jersey is named Union Turnpike and is principally a short 0.34 miles (0.55 km) connecting road between County Route 691, the Bergen Turnpike, and County Route 681, the Paterson Plank Road. The road crosses Tonnelle Ave, south of the New Durham section of the township of North Bergen, New Jersey near the Weehawken Cemetery and Schuetzen Park. In the vicinity are the Lincoln Tunnel Approach and Helix, New Jersey Route 3, Kennedy Boulevard and the Tonnelle Avenue (HBLR station).[2]
As its name suggests, Union Turnpike unites, or joins, two colonial era turnpike roads. Union was and is still used in the North Hudson section of Hudson County. Union Township, was incorporated as a township by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature on February 28, 1861, from portions of North Bergen Township.,[3] during the American Civil War era, when many laces took the name in support of the republic. Portions of the township were taken on March 29, 1864, to form the town Union, (late known as Union Hill, which became part of Union City in 1925).,[3] a part of Guttenberg in 1878.[3] and finally becoming the town of West New York on July 8, 1898.[3] 37th Street, an eastbound street descending to the Bergen and Union Turnpikes, was at one time called Union Street before the re-numbering of streets in North Hudson precipatated by the creation of Union City and construction of the Lincoln Tunnel.