[3] The flood of January 8, 1841, carried away three spans, two piers and the stone toll-house all on the New Jersey side.

[6] For five months, the bridge was closed from 6 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays through Fridays, remaining fully open only on weekends.

[7] Work done on the bridge included blast cleaning and painting the bridge truss, rehabilitating the roadway deck and sidewalk, making structural repairs, and improving road signs, railings and lighting.

[8] The fire of 1923 was depicted in a famous painting by Edward Willis Redfield who in 1898 had purchased and lived in a farm just north of the bridge.

[10] Both were inspired by the sounds of traffic on the metal grating, and both feature recordings of the bridge and river.