Boating, Fishing, and Travel Information for Highlands, NJ

There are good small-craft facilities at Highlands.
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Highlands is a summer resort on the west side of Shrewsbury River 1.5 miles inside the entrance.
The Shrewsbury River and the Navesink River empty through a common entrance into the southern extremity of Sandy Hook Bay eastward of the Highlands of Navesink.
A Federal project provides depths of 12 feet from Sandy Hook Bay to a point just above the bascule bridge at Highlands, thence 9 feet in Shrewsbury River to the Branchport Avenue Bridge at Long Branch, about 7.4 miles above the mouth.
All submarine cables within the area in about 40°24’12″N., 73°59’00″W., in Shrewsbury River have been abandoned. Mariners are cautioned that the cables remain in place.
The railroad bridge across Shrewsbury River at Highlands is in ruins; caution is advised. In 2010, the State Route 36 highway bridge (Highlands Bridge) 100 yards above the railroad bridge had been removed and a fixed bridge with a design clearance of 65 feet was under construction to replace the bascule bridge.