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
SS Asbury Park in December 2008. The hull was raised and salvaged in the spring of 2009. SS Asbury Park Asbury Park was a high-speed coastal steamer built in Philadelphia, and intended to transport well-to-do persons from New York to summer homes on the New Jersey shore. This vessel was sold to West Coast interests in 1918, and later converted to an automobile ferry, serving on various routes San Francisco Bay, Puget Sound and British Columbia. This vessel was known by a number of other names, including City of Sacramento, Kahloke, Langdale Queen, and Lady Grace. "Asbury Park" had a number of owners