One Mile Segment Will Extend Expressway To Roosevelt Avenue at Belleville/Nutley border

(June 20, 1957) -- The Extension of Route 21 northward through Belleville and Nutley as a six-lane high-speed freeway, bordering the Passaic River, became a reality this week when the State Highway Department received eight bids for construction of a one-mile section from William Street past the Turnpike bridge to Roosevelt Avenue, in Belleville.

The (illegible) Construction Company of Newark, was the lowest of the eight bidders, with its bid of $5,092,636.96.