The plan also includes a nine-mile rail line connecting Newark and Elizabeth with the Newark Airport monorail.

The canal connected Newark with the New Jersey hinterland, at that time a major iron and farm area.

The Bridge Street Bridge is a swing bridge over the Passaic River connecting Newark and Harrison, New Jersey.

An extension of Maryland's MARC commuter rail service has been discussed, connecting Newark to Baltimore and Washington D.C.

There are plans for a new rail bridge and rehabilitation of the rail line to serve a commuter rail service to connect Union City, Fremont, and Newark to various Peninsula destinations.

Mr. Greenberg called 570 Broad Street "the last link connecting north and south in downtown Newark" and said that its renovation would put Newark "one floor higher on the ascent to renaissance."

As originally designed, it connected Newark with the area north and west of the Pompton River in what is now Riverdale.

A main telephone link connecting New York and Newark to the rest of the world was severed accidentally.

About a mile away on the Lincoln Highway, a bridge of the same design spans the Passaic River and connects Kearny and Newark.

It connects Newark with Lower Manhattan via the Holland Tunnel in Jersey City and intersects the mainline near Newark Liberty International Airport.