Dee ihe ga-aga n'ihu na paragraf a - Ruo afọ 1960, a maara Bridgewater nke ọma dị ka obodo ọrụ ugbo. N'afọ ndị 1970 ọnụ ọgụgụ ndị bi na ya malitere ito mgbe ndị bi n'obodo ukwu ndị dị ka Plainfield na Newark malitere ịkwaga na Bridgewater n'ihi ọgba aghara Plainfield na 1967 na ọgba aghara Newark.
Ọ dị mma. Mgbe nke ahụ gasịrị, Bridgewater malitere ịnata ọtụtụ ndị bi na ya bụ ndị na-arụ ọrụ na ụlọ ọrụ ọgwụ, telecommunications, na ụlọ ọrụ ego siri ike na Bridgewater na Raritan Valley. N'oge na-adịbeghị anya, enwekwara uto ka Bridgewater na-ewu ewu na ndị njem New York City ndị na-eji ọdụ Bridgewater na New Jersey Transit's Raritan Valley Line ma ọ bụ Interstate 78 East iji gaa New York City. Bridgewater bụ obodo mepere emepe nke mepere emepe ugbu a, na ọ bụ naanị akara ole na ole nke ime obodo ya ka na-apụta ìhè n'obodo (ọkachasị na mpaghara ugwu ọdịda anyanwụ ya). Bridgewater bụ ugbu a Somerset County nke abụọ kachasị nwee obodo, mgbe Franklin Township.