New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-02-15
Bridge Across Barnegat
Bay Will Afford New
Run This Season.
MANY FERRY LINES
STILL REMAIN OPEN
West Shore Routes Reported To
Be Attractive-COnnecticut
Making Repairs.

Good roads will be found in New Jer-
Lakewood Continued open weather
makes this trip available at any time. A
number OF motorists have this route as
weekend run and have found II good,
according 10 the Bureau OF Tours OF
the Automobile Club OF America
Division Engineer Edward F. Reed. OF
the Department OF Public Roads OF the
State OF New Jersey announces that n
new road Will be available in the Jersey
coast section next season for those who
wish to keep close to the ocean. new
bridge is being constructed across Barne-
gat Bay from a point north of Seaside
Park 10 Island Heights This will enable
motorists TO continue along the shore
below Point Pleasant and then across TO
Toms River for the Atlantic City trip
When completed this bridge Will be a toll
bridge as it is being constructed by pri-
vate capital.
A toll bridge has been completed across
Barnegat Bay from a point to the east
OF Manahawken. This will afford an ad-
ditional beach trip next season. The
road is now being constructed from Mana
hawken to this bridge. On the Long
Beach side of the bridge road Iuns from
the southerly line of Surf City to the
northerly line of Beach Haven. This un-
dertaking will probably be completed In
May.
The following ferry lines are still oper-
ating and will continue to do so as long
as the weather permits: Garrison to
West Point, n. y; Newburgh to Beacon.
N y; Rondout TO Sleightsburg, n. Y;
Rhinebeck to Kingston. n. Y; New Lon
don to Groton, Conn: jamestown TO New
port, r. /.
The boats Of the Montauk Steamboat
Company are operating on a schedule OF
three days a week between New London,
Sag Harbor, Shelter Island and Green
port Otherwise ferries across the Sound
have all been discontinued for the winter.
Recent reports show good touring con-
ditions from the Nyack ferry west to Suf-
fern, thence by way OF Tuxedo and Gosh
en- TO Middletown and Port Jervis. The
road north TO Newburgh from Tuxedo is
also in good condition by way Of Central
Valley. Good roads will be found from
and Egypt Mills to the Delaware Water
Gap until the spring thaw sets In.
Roads for winter touring are better this
year in Connecticut than ever before. Tho
Bureau of Tours states that the compile
ton Of various stretches along the road
from New York to New Haven greatly
add to the comfort of a trip into Con-
necticut.
A fine road extends from Now York by
and on to Bridgeport. The road Is all
macadam from Bridgeport through STRAIT
ford and Milford to New Haven. Some
places in this road are worn.
New Haven to Hartford affords two
good routes. New Haven to North Haven
via Montowese is all macadam; New
Haven to Wallingford is mostly good, with
some worn stretches; Wallingford TO
Meriden is a splendid new warrenite road
followed by good road through Berlin to
Hartford. This route from New Haven
to Hartford shows great improvement
over the conditions which existed a year
ago.
A splendid optional route Is that from
New Haven TO Hartford, running through
Northford, Durham, Middletown, Crom-
we'll and Rocky Hill to Hartford. This
route is recommended as being very
beautiful.
The roads east of New Haven are also
mostly good Going to New London, the
road over Branford Hill has been com
pleted and is in good condition. Mac
adam, which shows wear In places, then
runs to Guilford, and the balance OF the
road IS mostly good to New London.
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