Locust, Middletown Township, New Jersey. Accessed September 27, 2024. "From earliest times, farming and fishing were Locust's principal occupations. In the early 19th century, the “Shrewsbury” or Navesink River oyster was considered a great delicacy.... Those same steamboats returned with the first summer visitors to the area, and by the 1860s Locust had begun it transformation from a farming/fishing community into a haven of season country residences for well-to-do New Yorkers."
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Home Page, Monmouth County Oceanic Bridge. Accessed September 27, 2024. "Monmouth County is in the Local Concept Development (LCD) Study phase to identify improvement alternatives for the existing Oceanic Bridge (S-31) over the Navesink River between the Borough of Rumson and Township of Middletown. Constructed in 1939, the Oceanic Bridge is in need of a major rehabilitation or replacement."
