Pershing Road (Hudson County)
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View looking south from top of Pershing Road near Boulevard East
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 CR 682
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| Namesake | John J. Pershing |
| Owner | Township of Weehawken |
| Maintained by | Weehawken Public Works |
| Length | 0.42 mi (0.68 km) |
| Location | Hudson County, New Jersey |
| Nearest metro station |
Port Imperial (Hudson–Bergen Light Rail) |
| Coordinates | 40°46′30″N 74°00′47″W / 40.774887°N 74.013176°WCoordinates: 40°46′30″N 74°00′47″W / 40.774887°N 74.013176°W |
| South end | Carlyle Court in Weehawken |
| North end |
 CR 505 (Boulevard East) in Weehawken |
Pershing Road travels for 0.42 miles (0.68 km) on the Hudson Palisades in Weehawken, New Jersey between Boulevard East and Weehawken Port Imperial and carries the designation Hudson County Route 682. At County Route 505 (Boulevard East), the road meets 47th Street (County Route 680) and 48th Street (County Route 684), two of the very few two-way streets in the urban grid of North Hudson, both of which travel west to Bergenline Avenue and Kennedy Boulevard. It is named for World War I hero John J. Pershing. Earlier names have included Clifton Road, named for the estate on whose land it was located, and Hillside Road, which would speak to its location.
Pershing Road, like the Hackensack Plank Road and the Paterson Plank Road, provides access between the Hudson River waterfront and the top of the cliffs and ascends parallel to the face of the escarpment. Between 1892 and 1949, street cars, initially operated by the North Hudson Railway Company, and later the Public Service Railway lines 19 Union City, 21 West New York, 23 Palisade, 25 Weehawken ran along the road to the Weehawken Terminal, where ferries traversing the river to Manhattan departed.
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