Washington Crossing is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP)[5] in Hopewell Township, Mercer County, New Jersey, in the United States.
The CDP and surrounding Hopewell Township lie on the eastern flank of the Washington Crossing Bridge spanning the Delaware River.
[7] The community was the eastern landing point following George Washington's crossing of the Delaware River on the night of December 25–26, 1776, during the American Revolutionary War.
[8] Washington Crossing is on the east bank of the Delaware River in northwestern Mercer County.
New Jersey Route 29 (River Road) passes through the community, leading southeast (downriver) 8 miles (13 km) to Trenton, the state capital, and northwest (upriver) 7 miles (11 km) to Lambertville.