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  2. New Jersey Pine Barrens - Wikipedia

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    The New Jersey Pine Barrens, also known as the Pinelands or simply the Pines, is the largest remaining example of the Atlantic coastal pine barrens ecosystem, stretching across more than seven counties of New Jersey. Two other large, contiguous examples of this ecosystem remain in the northeastern United States: the Long Island Central Pine ...

  3. Center City Commuter Connection - Wikipedia

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    The Center City Commuter Connection, the four-track (two tracks in both directions) standard-gauge rail link between Suburban Station and the new Market East Station, formally opened for business on November 12, 1984. [2] The old approach to Reading Terminal was then abandoned. It is still mostly present, and is now known as the Reading Viaduct ...

  4. Benjamin Franklin Bridge - Wikipedia

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    The Benjamin Franklin Bridge, originally named the Delaware River Bridge and known locally as the Ben Franklin Bridge, is a suspension bridge across the Delaware River connecting Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Camden, New Jersey. Owned and operated by the Delaware River Port Authority, it is one of four primary vehicular bridges between ...

  5. Wyckoff, New Jersey - Wikipedia

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    Wyckoff is a township in Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.As of the 2020 United States census, the township's population was 16,585, a decrease of 111 (−0.7%) from the 2010 census count of 16,696, which in turn reflected an increase of 188 (+1.1%) from the 16,508 counted in the 2000 census.

  6. History of New Jersey - Wikipedia

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    Paleo-Indians and Native Americans. Paleo-Indians first settled in the area of present-day New Jersey after the Wisconsin Glacier melted around 13,000 B.C. The Zierdt site in Montague, Sussex County and the Plenge site along the Musconetcong River in Franklin Township, Warren County, as well as the Dutchess Cave in Orange County, New York, represent camp sites of Paleo-Indians.

  7. Adventure Aquarium - Wikipedia

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    City Hall. Website. www .adventureaquarium .com. The Adventure Aquarium, formerly the Thomas H. Kean New Jersey State Aquarium, [2] is a for-profit educational entertainment attraction operated in Camden, New Jersey on the Delaware River Camden Waterfront by Herschend Family Entertainment.

  8. Jersey Shore shark attacks of 1916 - Wikipedia

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    The second major attack occurred on Thursday, July 6, 1916, at the resort town of Spring Lake, New Jersey, 45 miles (72 km) north of Beach Haven. The victim was Charles Bruder, 27, a Swiss bell captain at the Essex & Sussex Hotel. Bruder was attacked while swimming 130 yards (120 m) from shore.

  9. Interstate 95 in New Jersey - Wikipedia

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    I-695. → Route 700. Interstate 95 ( I-95) is a major Interstate Highway that runs along the East Coast of the United States from Miami, Florida, north to the Canada–United States border at Houlton, Maine. In New Jersey, it runs along much of the mainline of the New Jersey Turnpike (exit 6 to exit 18), as well as the Pearl Harbor Memorial ...