New Jersey Route 88 crosses the Point Pleasant Canal, the Veterans Memorial Bridge, opened in 1986 replacing an obsolete bascule lift bridge completed in 1928. Route 88 was referred to in the 1973 song "Spirit in the Night" by Bruce Springsteen on his debut album "Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J.". New Jersey Route 88 Route 88 is a state highway in the northern part of Ocean County, New Jersey, United States. It runs from an intersection with U.S. Route 9 (US 9) and County Route 547 (CR 547) in Lakewood Township to an intersection with Route 35 in Point Pleasant. It is a two-lane
Metropolitan Hotel (Asbury Park) Metropolitan Hotel (Asbury Park) The Metropolitan Hotel was a 180-room historic structure located at 309 Asbury Avenue in Asbury Park, New Jersey and was one of the last large hotels operating in Asbury Park before it closed in 1989. In September 2007, it was announced that the Metropolitan Hotel had deteriorated to a point in which restoration or rehabilitation was no longer a possibility. The hotel was demolished in early March 2008. The most recent structure was not the original, although a hotel had operated on the site under this name since the 1880s. The main structure was a Spanish