Dock Bridge
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Dock Bridge
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Amtrak Dock Vertical Lift bridge.
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 Dock Bridge
Dock Bridge
Dock Bridge
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| Location |
Passaic River Newark - Harrison New Jersey |
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| Coordinates | 40°44′9″N 74°9′43″W / 40.73583°N 74.16194°WCoordinates: 40°44′9″N 74°9′43″W / 40.73583°N 74.16194°W |
| Area | 1 acre (0.40 ha) |
| Built | 1935 |
| Architect | Waddell & Hardesty; Waddell,Dr.J.A.L. |
| Architectural style | Through-Truss Lift Bridge |
| NRHP Reference # | 80002484 |
| NJRHP # | 1227 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | October 3, 1980 |
| Designated NJRHP | July 21, 1979 |
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| Carries |
Amtrak, NJ Transit (West span) and PATH and Amtrak/NJ Transit (East span) |
| Crosses | Passaic River |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | pair of through-truss vertical lift bridges |
| Clearance below | 24 ft (7.32 m) (closed) 135 ft (41.15 m) (open) |
| Rail characteristics | |
| No. of tracks | 3 (West span), 3 (East span) |
| Track gauge | 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge |
| Structure gauge | AAR |
Dock Bridge is a pair of vertical lift bridges crossing the Passaic River at Newark, Essex County and Harrison, Hudson County, New Jersey, United States, used exclusively for railroad traffic. It is the seventh crossing from the river's mouth at Newark Bay and is 5.0 miles (8.0 km) upstream from it. Also known as the Amtrak Dock Vertical Lift, it carries Amtrak, New Jersey Transit, and Port Authority Trans Hudson trains. It is listed on the state and federal registers of historic places.
The bridge was built by the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) for its main line. The west span carries three tracks and opened in 1935 along with the west half of Newark Penn Station. The lift span is 230 feet (70 m) over bearings (clear channel 200 feet or 61 meters), the longest three-track lift span in the world when built. The east spans opened in 1937 when the Hudson and Manhattan Railroad (H&M, later called PATH) shifted its rapid transit trains from the Centre Street Bridge to the newly built station. With the opening of the eastern span, the PRR closed Manhattan Transfer station in the Kearny Meadows, where previously steam and electrical trains were changed and passengers could transfer to trains to New York Penn Station on the PRR or to Hudson Terminal on the H&M.
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