Route 280 Stickel Drawbridge over the Passaic River

The William A. Stickel Bridge is owned by the New Jersey Department of Transportation and connects Interstate Route 280 between the cities of Newark and Harrison, N.J. The structure is a vertical lift drawbridge originally commissioned circa 1946. NJDOT awarded a $32 million contract to IEW Construction group for performing structural steel rehabilitation, replacing the bridge deck, painting, bridge weighing and balancing the bridge, replacing the counterweight wire rope system and overhauling of all mechanical systems that cause the bridge to open to allow the passage of ships on the Passaic River.