CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS: NJ-2
APPROPRIATION / PHASE: Operation & Maintenance, General
BUSINESS PROGRAM: Navigation
LOCATION: Salem River, Salem County, New Jersey
DESCRIPTION: The project provides for an entrance channel 16' deep and 150' wide in the Delaware River across Salem Cove to the mouth thence 16' deep and 100' wide to the fixed highway bridge in Salem. It also provides for a cutoff between the mouth and Salem. The project length is approximately 5 miles.
PROJECT GOALS: The purpose of this project provides for an entrance channel in the Delaware River across Salem Cove to the fixed highway bridge in Salem.
COMMENTS: The Port of Salem is a shallow-draft port located in the vicinity of the Salem River Cut-Off on the Salem River in Salem, New Jersey. The Port is located approximately 2 miles east of the Delaware River, and 54 miles from the Atlantic Ocean. The Port became a foreign trade zone in 1987. Commodities include bulk cargo (construction aggregate), break bulk cargo, containers (clothing, agricultural produce). Port activity also has at times involved literage.
PROJECT MANAGER: Monica Chasten