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Hospitals/medical centers near Old Bridge:

  • JOHN F KENNEDY MEDICAL CENTER (about 7 miles; EDISON, NJ)
  • RARITAN BAY MEDICAL CENTER (about 10 miles; PERTH AMBOY, NJ)
  • ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON UNIV HOSP (about 10 miles; NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Old Bridge:
  • NEWARK LIBERTY INTL (about 23 miles; NEWARK, NJ; ID: EWR)
  • LAKEHURST NAES /MAXFIELD FIELD (about 26 miles; LAKEHURST, NJ; ID: NEL)
  • PORT AUTH-DWNTN-MANHATTAN/WALL ST (about 32 miles; NEW YORK, NY; ID: JRB)
Other public-use airports nearest to Old Bridge:
  • OLD BRIDGE (about 6 miles; OLD BRIDGE, NJ; ID: 3N6)
  • LINDEN (about 17 miles; LINDEN, NJ; ID: LDJ)
  • CENTRAL JERSEY REGIONAL (about 20 miles; MANVILLE, NJ; ID: 47N)
Amtrak stations near Old Bridge:
  • 11 miles: NEW BRUNSWICK (FRENCH & ALBANY STS.). Services: ticket office, fully wheelchair accessible, enclosed waiting area, public restrooms, public payphones, snack bar, ATM, free short-term parking, free long-term parking, call for car rental service, taxi stand, public transit connection.
  • 12 miles: METROPARK (ISELIN, 100 MIDDLESEX-ESSEX TPK.). Services: ticket office, fully wheelchair accessible, enclosed waiting area, public restrooms, public payphones, paid short-term parking, call for car rental service, taxi stand, public transit connection.
College/University in Old Bridge:
  • CHARLES E GREGORY SCHOOL OF NURSING (Full-time enrollment: 24; Location: 8998 RTE 18 N; Private, not-for-profit)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Old Bridge:
  • MIDDLESEX COUNTY COLLEGE (about 7 miles; EDISON, NJ; Full-time enrollment: 6,739)
  • RUTGERS UNIVERSITY-NEW BRUNSWICK (about 10 miles; NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ; FT enrollment: 30,649)
  • DEVRY INSTITUTE (about 12 miles; NORTH BRUNSWICK, NJ; FT enrollment: 2,897)
  • BROOKDALE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 15 miles; LINCROFT, NJ; FT enrollment: 7,533)
  • UNION COUNTY COLLEGE (about 18 miles; CRANFORD, NJ; FT enrollment: 5,856)
  • CUNY COLLEGE OF STATEN ISLAND (about 19 miles; STATEN ISLAND, NY; FT enrollment: 8,135)
  • KEAN UNIVERSITY (about 21 miles; UNION, NJ; FT enrollment: 8,627)
Public high school in Old Bridge:
Public elementary/middle schools in Old Bridge:
Private elementary/middle schools in Old Bridge:
  • ST THOMAS THE APOSTLE SCHOOL (Students: 469; Location: 333 HIGHWAY 18; Grades: PK - 8)
  • ST AMBROSE SCHOOL (Students: 467; Location: 94 THROCKMORTON LANE; Grades: PK - 8)
  • GOOD SHEPHERD CHILDRENS CENTER (Students: 172; Location: 3139 COUNTY ROAD 516; Grades: PK - KG)
Library in Old Bridge:
  • OLD BRIDGE PUBLIC LIBRARY (Operating income: $1,875,973; Location: 1 OLD BRIDGE PLAZA; 171,986 books; 5,503 audio materials; 4,325 video materials; 331 serial subscriptions)

HISTORY OF OLD BRIDGE:

Old Bridge Township is a Township in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, the township had a total population of 60,456.

What is now Old Bridge Township was originally incorporated as Madison Township by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 2, 1869, from portions of South Amboy Township (now City of South Amboy).

On November 5, 1975, voters approved a referendum, by a 7,150-4,888 margin changing the township's name to Old Bridge Township.

The township's name was changed to avoid confusion with the borough of Madison in Morris County.

Old Bridge Township has consistently been a contender for the best places to live in the United States by Money Magazine.

The first inhabitants of the area known as Old Bridge, were the Lenni Lenape Native Americans. They, like many people today, migrated to the shore along the Raritan each summer from their hunting grounds in the north. When the English gained control from the Dutch in 1664, the state was divided into two provinces, East Jersey and West Jersey. In 1682, the general assembly of East Jersey defined the boundaries of Middlesex County as containing all plantations on both sides of the Raritan River, as far as Cheesequake Harbor to the east, then southwest to the Provincial line. This Southwest line is the border of Monmouth and Middlesex Counties and the Township's southern border.

 

In 1684, South Amboy Township was formed. At that time, it covered an area that now consists of the Townships of Monroe and Old Bridge and the Boroughs of Sayreville and South Amboy. The Township comprises 42 square miles (109 km˛) that separated from South Amboy on March 2, 1869, and was called Madison Township. In 1975, the name was changed by referendum to the Township of Old Bridge, to differentiate the township from the Borough of Madison, in Morris County. The first settlers were John Warne, son of one of the original proprietors of East Jersey, and John and Susannah Brown, who obtained a 1,000 acre (4 km˛) land grant from King George II of Great Britain in 1737. A section of the Township still carries the name Browntown.