The present day seven-span stone arch road bridge was built in 1892 and stretches 595 feet (181 m) across the Raritan River to New Brunswick. The wood plank Albany Street Bridge was dismantled in 1848 and reconstructed in 1853.
A toll bridge replaced the ferry in 1795. This river crossing was run by generations of different owners and a ferry house tavern operated for many years in the 18th century. He established a ferry service and the main road then was redirected to lead straight to the ferry landing.
In 1685, John Inian bought land on both shores of the Raritan River and built two new landings downstream from the Assunpink Trail's fording place, which was later developed as Raritan Landing. The earliest settlers of the land that would become Highland Park were the Lenape Native Americans, who hunted in the hills along the Raritan River and had trails that crisscrossed the area, providing a link between the Delaware River and Hudson River areas. The borough was named for its location above the Raritan River. Highland Park was formed as a borough by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 15, 1905, when it broke away from what was then known as Raritan Township (present-day Edison). As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 15,072, an increase of 1,090 (+7.8%) from the 2010 census count of 13,982, which in turn reflected a decline of 17 (−0.1%) from the 13,999 counted in the 2000 census. The borough is located on the northern banks of the Raritan River, in the Raritan Valley region. state of New Jersey, in the New York City metropolitan area. Highland Park is a borough in Middlesex County, in the U.S.
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