Lehigh Valley Railroad Bridge
| Upper Bay Bridge | |
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| Coordinates | 40°41′57″N 74°07′10″W / 40.699052°N 74.119574°WCoordinates: 40°41′57″N 74°07′10″W / 40.699052°N 74.119574°W |
| Carries | North Jersey Shared Assets |
| Crosses | Newark Bay |
| Locale |
Newark and Bayonne New Jersey |
| Official name | Upper Bay Bridge |
| Other name(s) | Bridge K072 Lehigh Valley Drawbridge |
| Owner | Conrail Shared Assets (CSAO) |
| Maintained by | Conrail |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | Vertical lift bridge |
| Total length | 3,044 ft (928 m) |
| Clearance above | 35-39 feet |
| History | |
| Opened | 1930 |
The Upper Bay Bridge, or the Lehigh Valley Railroad Bridge, is a vertical lift bridge spanning the Newark Bay in northeastern New Jersey. It is used by CSX Transportation travelling through the North Jersey Shared Assets Area of the United States rail network along the National Docks Secondary line. The bridge is just north and parallel to the New Jersey Turnpike's Newark Bay Bridge. A notable train using the bridge is the Juice Train, which originates in Florida.
The western end of the bridge is near Oak Island Yard north of Port Newark-Elizabeth Marine Terminal and Newark International Airport in an industrial area of Ironbound Newark. Its eastern end is in Bayonne, where rail lines continue east across Bergen Hill to maritime, industrial, distribution complexes at Port Jersey, Greenville Yards, Constable Hook, and others along the shores of the Upper New York Bay and Kill Van Kull. The New York New Jersey Rail LLC operates a carfloat at this end with transfers to Bush Terminal Yard at the former Bush Terminal. Connections to the rail network to the north are made using the National Docks line through Jersey City and the Long Dock Tunnel to Croxton Yard.
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