| County Route 682 | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pershing Road | ||||||||||
| Route information | ||||||||||
| Length: | 0.42 mi[1] (0.68 km) | |||||||||
| Major junctions | ||||||||||
| South end: | Ferry Road in Weehawken | |||||||||
| North end: | CR 505 in Weehawken | |||||||||
| Highway system | ||||||||||
|
County routes in New Jersey
|
||||||||||
Pershing Road travels for 0.42 miles (0.68 km) on the Hudson Palisades in Weehawken, New Jersey between Boulevard East and Weehawken Port Imperial and carries the designation Hudson County Route 682. At County Route 505 (Boulevard East), the road meets 47th Street (County Route 680)[2] and 48th Street (County Route 684),[3] two of the very few two-way streets in the urban grid of North Hudson, both of which travel west to Bergenline Avenue and Kennedy Boulevard.[4] It is named for First World War hero John J. Pershing. Earlier names have included Clifton Road, named for the estate on whose land it was located, and Hillside Road, which would speak to its location.
Pershing Road, like the Hackensack Plank Road and the Paterson Plank Road, provides access between the Hudson River waterfront and the top of the cliffs and ascends parallel to the face of the escarpment. Between 1892-1949 street cars, initially operated by the North Hudson Railway Company, and later the Public Service Railway lines 19 Union City, 21 West New York, 23 Palisade, 25 Weehawken ran along the road to the West Shore Railroad Terminal, where ferries traversing the river to Manhattan departed. From 1913 until the 1927 opening of the Holland Tunnel, Pershing Road was a component of the Lincoln Highway, the first transcontinental highway in the United States.
A broad public stairway known as the Grauert Causeway met the road at the base of cliff at a viaduct crossing over a rail right of way[5] Now abandoned, it has been replaced by a metal stairwell structure which connects the Hudson Bergen Light Rail Port Imperial station.[6] Pershing Road Park along the Hudson River Waterfront Walkway is near the foot of the road.
The road will be part of the proposed Port Imperial Street Circuit of the Grand Prix of America in 2013.[7][8]