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New Jersey (
i/nuːˈdʒɜrzi/; sometimes referred to as Jersey) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. It is bordered on the north by New York, on the east by the Atlantic Ocean, on the southwest by Delaware, and on the west by Pennsylvania. Parts of New Jersey lie within the sprawling metropolitan areas of New York and Philadelphia.
Inhabited by Native Americans for more than 2,800 years, the first European settlements in the area were established by the Swedes and Dutch in the early 1600s. The English later seized control of the region, naming it the Province of New Jersey, which was granted to Sir George Carteret and John Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton as a colony. The name was taken from the largest of the English Channel Islands, Jersey. New Jersey was an important site during the American Revolutionary War; several decisive battles were fought there. The winter quarters of the revolutionary army were established twice by George Washington in Morristown, which was called the military capital of revolution. Cities such as Paterson and Trenton later helped drive the Industrial Revolution in the nineteenth century. New Jersey's position at the center of the Northeast megalopolis, between Boston, New York City, Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington, D.C., fueled its rapid growth through the suburban boom of the 1950s and beyond.
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After World War II, freeway approaches were planned for both sides of the Ben Franklin Bridge, which was completed in 1926 and served as a part of US 30. In Pennsylvania, the Vine Street Expressway was planned to run along the northern edge of Center City Philadelphia to the Schuylkill River, while in New Jersey, the North-South Freeway was to head south along the Route 42 corridor. When the Interstate Highway System was created in the 1950s, this stretch of highway was a part of I-80S, with Interstate 680 continuing on the Schuylkill Expressway to the Walt Whitman Bridge. In 1964, the designations became I-76 and I-676, respectively, and in the 1970s the two routes were switched onto their current alignments. I-676 in New Jersey was completed between I-76 and Morgan Boulevard by 1960 and north of there to downtown Camden by the 1980s. The Vine Street Expressway was opened from the Schuylkill Expressway to 18th Street by 1960 and east of there to the Ben Franklin Bridge on January 10, 1991 after several obstacles to construction.
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- ...that the original plans for the Laurence Harbor New Jersey Transit station included a large commercial and residential development?
- ... that at a fantasy basketball camp, John W. Rogers, Jr. defeated Michael Jordan in a game of one-on-one, witnessed by John Thompson, Jr., Mike Krzyzewski and Damon Wayans?
- ...that Grove Church Cemetery has been called "a cemetery for the living"?
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In 1950, Ward was named a first-team All-American, and the following year, he received consensus first-team honors. He served as the Maryland head football coach from 1967 to 1968, but without success. He coached football for a total of 22 years, including assistant coaching positions at Oklahoma, Iowa State, and Army, and in the Canadian Football League. Ward was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a player in 1980.
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- Albert Einstein
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- Archaeomarasmius
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- Atlantic City – Brigantine Connector
- Battle of Bound Brook
- Battle of Iron Works Hill
- Battle of Millstone
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- Battle of Short Hills
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- Battle of the Assunpink Creek
- Beefsteak (banquet)
- Bill Bradley
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- Bruce Willis
- Carlton Hill (Erie Railroad station)
- Dan Borislow
- Darlington's Bridge at Delaware Station
- Effects of Hurricane Isabel in New Jersey
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- George Thomas Coker
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- Hard Justice (2008)
- Hudson County Courthouse
- Interstate 295 (Delaware – New Jersey)
- Interstate 676
- Jill Biden
- Joe Borden
- John W. Rogers, Jr.
- Jon Corzine
- Jonathan Jennings
- Laurence Harbor (NJT station)
- New Jersey Route 17
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- New Jersey Route 79
- New Jersey Route 158
- New Jersey Route 495
- New Jersey State Constitution
- New York and New Jersey campaign
- No Mercy (2004)
- Palisades Interstate Parkway
- Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
- Riverton–Belvidere Bridge
- Seton Hall University
- Teaneck, New Jersey
- The Sopranos
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- U.S. Route 30 in New Jersey
- Walter Walsh
- Washington's crossing of the Delaware River
