Ku sii wad qodobkaan - Ilaa 1960-yadii, Bridgewater waxaa si weyn loogu yaqaanay bulsho beeraley ah. Sanadihii 1970-yadii, dadkeedu waxay bilaabeen inay koraan markii dadka deggan magaalooyinka waaweyn sida Plainfield iyo Newark ay bilaabeen inay u haajiraan Bridgewater natiijada rabshadihii Plainfield ee 1967 iyo rabshadihii Newark ee 1967.
Waxaad Kadib, Bridgewater waxay bilowday inay hesho qulqulka dadka deggan ee ka shaqeynayay warshadaha dawooyinka, isgaarsiinta, iyo warshadaha maaliyadeed ee Bridgewater iyo Dooxada Raritan. Dhawaan, waxaa sidoo kale jiray koritaan maadaama Bridgewater uu caan ku noqday rakaabka Magaalada New York ee adeegsada Saldhigga Bridgewater ee New Jersey Transit's Raritan Valley Line ama Interstate 78 East si ay ugu safraan Magaalada New York. Bridgewater hadda waa beel horumarsan oo ku taal duleedka magaalada, iyadoo raadadka yar oo ka mid ah taariikhdeeda miyiga ah ay weli ka muuqdaan magaalada (gaar ahaan qaybteeda waqooyi-galbeed). Bridgewater hadda waa degmada labaad ee ugu dadka badan Degmada Somerset, ka dib Franklin Township.