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New Jersey is a state situated within both the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. It is the most densely populated of all 50 U.S. states, and is situated at the center of the Northeast megalopolis. New Jersey is bordered on its north and east by New York state; on its east, southeast, and south by the Atlantic Ocean; on its west by the Delaware River and Pennsylvania; and on its southwest by Delaware Bay and Delaware. At 7,354 square miles (19,050 km²), New Jersey is the fifth-smallest state in land area, but with close to 9.3 million residents as of the 2020 United States census, its highest decennial count ever, it ranks 11th in population. The state capital is Trenton, and the state's most populous city is Newark. New Jersey is the only U.S. state in which every county is deemed urban by the U.S. Census Bureau with 13 counties included in the New York metropolitan area, seven counties in the Philadelphia metropolitan area, and Warren County part of the heavily industrialized Lehigh Valley metropolitan area.

New Jersey was first inhabited by Paleo-Indians as early as 13,000 B.C.E., with the Lenape being the dominant Indigenous group when Europeans arrived in the early 17th century. Dutch and Swedish colonists founded the first European settlements in the state, with the British later seizing control of the region and establishing the Province of New Jersey, named after the largest of the Channel Islands. The colony's fertile lands and relative religious tolerance drew a large and diverse population. New Jersey was among the Thirteen Colonies that supported the American Revolution, hosting several pivotal battles and military commands in the American Revolutionary War. On December 18, 1787, New Jersey became the third state to ratify the United States Constitution, which granted it admission to the Union, and it was the first state to ratify the U.S. Bill of Rights on November 20, 1789. (Full article...)

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The Darlington's Bridge at Delaware Station was a highway bridge over the Delaware River in the community of Delaware, New Jersey (known locally as Delaware Station). Formerly a railroad bridge constructed by the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad in 1855, the bridge was sold off when the new one upstream was constructed. Henry V. Darlington, an Episcopal minister in Delaware and nearby Belvidere offered to buy the second-hand bridge for $5,000 (1914 USD, equal to $146,080 today). Darlington converted it into a highway bridge, using two fired members of the nearby Meyer's Ferry to be toll collectors. The bridge prospered, becoming a part of State Highway Route 6 in 1927 and U.S. Route 46 in 1936. In 1932, during the massive state takeover of bridges by the Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission, Darlington refused offers, bargaining his way up to $275,000 (1932 USD, equal to $5,898,415 today) before accepting the sale. This amount was a far cry from the nearby Belvidere-Riverton and Portland-Columbia Covered Bridge, which were accepted for $60,000 (equal to $1,286,927 today) and $50,000 (equal to $1,072,439 today) respectively. On that moment, tolls along the bridge and Route 6 were eliminated. The bridge prospered toll-free for another 21 years, until the construction of the Portland-Columbia Toll Bridge upstream at Columbia. Although Reverend Darlington was still alive to see all this transpire, the Commission ceased operations on the Darlington Bridge on April 3, 1954, and the bridge was immediately demolished.

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The Delaware Memorial Bridge is a set of twin suspension bridges crossing the Delaware River. The toll bridges carry Interstate 295 and U.S. Route 40 between Delaware and New Jersey.

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Robert Menendez (/mɛˈnɛndɛz/; born January 1, 1954) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the senior United States senator from New Jersey, a seat he has held since 2006. A member of the Democratic Party, he was first appointed to the U.S. Senate by Governor Jon Corzine, and chaired the United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations from 2013 to 2015, and again from 2021 to 2023.

In 1974, at the age of 20, Menendez was elected to the Union City School District's Board of Education. He received degrees from Saint Peter's University and Rutgers Law School. In 1986, he was elected mayor of Union City. In 1988, while continuing to serve as mayor, he was elected to represent the state's 33rd district in the New Jersey General Assembly and, within three years, moved to the New Jersey Senate, upon winning the March 1991 special election for the 33rd Senate district. The next year, Menendez won a seat in the House of Representatives and represented New Jersey's 13th congressional district for six two-year terms, from 1993 to 2006. In January 2006, he was appointed to fill the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by Jon Corzine (who had been elected governor of New Jersey) and was elected to a full six-year term in November; he was reelected in 2012 and 2018. (Full article...)

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... that the Hudson County Courthouse in Jersey City, New Jersey contains artwork by Francis David Millet, Kenyon Cox, Edwin Blashfield and Howard Pyle?
... that before "the mouth that roared" was mayor of Jersey City, he was vice-president of Hudson County Community College?
... that the original and current Landing Road bridges in Landing, New Jersey, stood side-by-side until the demolition of the older structure?

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Image 1Atop the Hudson Palisades in Englewood Cliffs, Bergen County, overlooking the Hudson River, the George Washington Bridge, and the skyscrapers of Midtown Manhattan, New York City (from New Jersey)
Image 2Washington Rallying the Americans at the Battle of Princeton, a portrait by William Ranney depicting George Washington rallying Continental Army troops at the Battle of Princeton in January 1777 (from New Jersey)
Image 3Koreatown, Bergen County, across the George Washington Bridge from New York City (from New Jersey)
Image 4A modern map which approximates the relative size and location of the settled areas of New Netherland and New Sweden, which was never officially recognized by the Dutch Republic (from History of New Jersey)
Image 5Two Hudson–Bergen Light Rail trains in Jersey City (from New Jersey)
Image 6Nassau Hall at Princeton University, an Ivy League university and one of the world's most prominent research institutions, served briefly as the U.S. Capitol in the 18th century. (from New Jersey)
Image 7MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, one of only two NFL stadiums shared by two teams, is home to the New York Giants and New York Jets. (from New Jersey)
Image 8Governor Woodrow Wilson (1911) (from History of New Jersey)
Image 9A NJ Transit train on the Northeast Corridor in Rahway (from New Jersey)
Image 10At 69.6 mi (112.0 km) in length, Raritan River is the longest river entirely within New Jersey, flowing from Raritan Valley near Clinton (above), eastward to Raritan Bay and the Atlantic Ocean. (from New Jersey)
Image 11High-rise residential complexes in the borough of Fort Lee (from New Jersey)
Image 12Delaware Water Gap is shared between Warren County and neighboring Pennsylvania. (from New Jersey)

Map of counties in New Jersey by racial plurality, per the 2020 census

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Image 14Former U.S. president Lyndon Johnson meets Alexei Kosygin in Glassboro (1967) (from History of New Jersey)
Image 15Washington Crossing the Delaware, an 1851 portrait by Emanuel Leutze depicting Washington's covert crossing the Delaware River from Bucks County, Pennsylvania to Mercer County on December 25, 1776, prior to the Battle of Trenton (from New Jersey)
Image 16Map of New Jersey's major transportation networks and cities (from New Jersey)
Image 17A heat map showing median income distribution in New Jersey by county (from New Jersey)
Image 18Skyscrapers in Jersey City, one of the most ethnically diverse cities in the world (from New Jersey)
Image 19New Jersey population density as of 2020 (from New Jersey)
Image 20Molly Pitcher at the Battle of Monmouth (from History of New Jersey)
Image 21The Atlantic City boardwalk, as seen from Caesars Atlantic City, opened in 1870, as the world's first boardwalk. At 5+1⁄2 miles (8.9 km) long, it is also the world's longest and busiest boardwalk. New Jersey is home to the world's highest concentration of boardwalks.
Image 22Michael Schleisser and the "Jersey man-eater" as seen in the Bronx Home News (1916) (from History of New Jersey)
Image 23New Jersey's telephone area codes (from New Jersey)
Image 24A 1950s-style diner in Orange (from New Jersey)
Image 25Federal Courthouse in Camden, which is connected to Philadelphia via the Benjamin Franklin Bridge in the background (from New Jersey)
Image 26The Jersey Shore extends inland from the Atlantic Ocean into its many inlets, including Manasquan Inlet, looking westward at sunset from the jetty at Manasquan. (from New Jersey)
Image 27New Brunswick, nicknamed the Hub city and the Healthcare City, is a focus city for academia, healthcare, and culture in New Jersey. (from New Jersey)
Image 28A fleet of naval forces being constructed in the Camden shipyards (1919) (from History of New Jersey)
Image 29Cape May–Lewes Ferry connects New Jersey and Delaware across Delaware Bay. (from New Jersey)
Image 30Prudential Center in Newark, home of the NHL's New Jersey Devils (from New Jersey)
Image 31Military map by William Faden with troop movements during the Ten Crucial Days (from History of New Jersey)
Image 32A map of New Netherland and New Sweden in New Jersey during the colonial era (from New Jersey)
Image 33Results of the 1910 gubernatorial election in New Jersey. Wilson won the counties in blue. (from History of New Jersey)
Image 34Map of the 107-mile-long (172 km) Morris Canal across North Jersey (from New Jersey)
Image 35Metropolitan statistical areas and divisions of New Jersey; those shaded in blue are part of the New York City Metropolitan Area, including Mercer and Warren counties. Counties shaded in green, including Atlantic, Cape May, and Cumberland counties, belong to the Philadelphia Metropolitan Area. (from New Jersey)
Image 36The Province of New Jersey, Divided into East and West, commonly called The Jerseys,
1777 map by William Faden (from History of New Jersey)
Image 37A letter sent to Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle containing anthrax powder caused the deaths of two postal workers. (from History of New Jersey)
Image 38Old Queens at Rutgers University, the largest state university system in New Jersey (from New Jersey)
Image 39The design of the dome-capped New Jersey State House in Trenton differs from most other U.S. state houses in not resembling the U.S. Capitol. (from New Jersey)
Image 40Paterson, sometimes known as Silk City, has become a prime destination for an internationally diverse pool of immigrants, with at least 52 distinct ethnic groups. (from New Jersey)
Image 41India Square in the Marion Section of Jersey City is home to the highest concentration of Asian Indians in the Western Hemisphere. (from New Jersey)
Image 42The Great Falls of the Passaic River (from History of New Jersey)
Image 43Great Falls of the Passaic River in Paterson was designated a U.S. National Historical Park in 2009. (from New Jersey)
Image 44The Hindenburg just moments after catching fire (1937) (from History of New Jersey)
Image 45Ethnic origins in New Jersey (from New Jersey)
Image 46The George Washington Bridge, connecting Fort Lee (foreground) in Bergen County across the Hudson River to New York City (background), is the world's busiest motor vehicle bridge. (from New Jersey)
Image 47Sunset on the beach at Atlantic City, an oceanfront resort and the nexus of New Jersey's gambling industry (from New Jersey)
Image 48Cranberry harvest (from New Jersey)
Image 49George B. McClellan, was an American soldier, Civil War Union general, civil engineer, railroad executive, and politician who served as the 24th governor of New Jersey. (from History of New Jersey)
Image 50The original provinces of West and East New Jersey are shown in yellow and green respectively. The Keith Line is shown in red, and the Coxe and Barclay Line is shown in orange. (from History of New Jersey)
Image 51New Jersey is named after the English Channel island of Jersey (from History of New Jersey)

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