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{{Infobox NRHP
  | name = Dock Bridge
  | nrhp_type = 
  | image = Dock Bridge - Newark, NJ.jpg
  | caption = Amtrak Dock [[Vertical-lift bridge|Vertical Lift bridge]].
  | location= [[Passaic River]]<br>[[Newark, New Jersey|Newark]] - [[Harrison, New Jersey|Harrison]]<br>[[New Jersey]]
  | coordinates = {{coord|40|44|9|N|74|9|43|W|display=inline,title}}
| locmapin = USA New Jersey Hudson County#New Jersey#USA
  | map_label = Dock Bridge
  | label_size = 
  | label_position = top
  | label_background = transparent
  | built = 1935
  | architect = [[Waddell & Hardesty]]; [[J.A.L. Waddell|Waddell,Dr.J.A.L.]]
  | architecture = [[Truss bridge|Through-Truss]] [[Vertical-lift bridge|Lift Bridge]]
  | added = October 3, 1980
  | area = {{convert|1|acre}}
  | governing_body = Amtrak<ref name = fedreg/>
  | refnum = 80002484<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|2009a}}</ref>
  | designated_other1_name = New Jersey Register of Historic Places
  | designated_other1_abbr = NJRHP
  | designated_other1_link = New Jersey Register of Historic Places
  | designated_other1_date = July 21, 1979
  | designated_other1_number = 1227<ref name=NJRHP>{{cite web | title=New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places - Essex County | url= http://www.nj.gov/dep/hpo/1identify/nrsr_lists/essex.pdf
 | publisher=[[New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection]] - Historic Preservation Office | page=12 | date=2011-09-06 }}</ref>
  | designated_other1_num_position = bottom
  | designated_other1_color = #ffc94b
}}
{{Infobox bridge
| name                = '''Dock Bridge'''
| carries             = [[Amtrak]], [[New Jersey Transit rail operations|NJ Transit]] (West span)<br>and [[Port Authority Trans Hudson|PATH]] and [[Amtrak]]/[[New Jersey Transit rail operations|NJ Transit]] (East span)
| crosses             = [[Passaic River]]
| design              = pair of [[Truss bridge|through-truss]]<br>[[vertical lift bridge]]s
| num_track           = 3 (West span),<br>3 (East span)
| track_gauge         = {{Track gauge|ussg|allk=on}}
| structure_gauge     = [[Association of American Railroads|AAR]] 
| clearance_below     = {{convert|24|ft|m|2|abbr=on}} (closed)<br>{{convert|135|ft|m|2|abbr=on}} (open)
}}
'''Dock Bridge''' is a pair of [[vertical lift bridge]]s crossing the [[Passaic River]] at [[Newark, New Jersey|Newark]], [[Essex County, New Jersey|Essex County]] and [[Harrison, New Jersey|Harrison]], [[Hudson County, New Jersey|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 {{convert|5.0|mi}} upstream from it.<ref name =USACE>{{cite web
  | title = Lower Passaic River Restoration Project Commercial Navigation Analysis
  | publisher = United States Army Corps of Engineers
  | date = July 2, 2010
  | url = http://passaic.sharepointspace.com/Public%20Documents/2010-07-29%20USACE%20Lower%20Passaic%20River%20Commercial%20Navigation%20Analysis.pdf
  | format = PDF
  | accessdate = 2012-03-19}}</ref> Also known as the '''Amtrak Dock Vertical Lift''', it carries  [[Amtrak]], [[New Jersey Transit rail operations|New Jersey Transit]], and [[Port Authority Trans Hudson]] trains. It is listed on the [[New Jersey Register of Historic Places|state]] and [[National Register of Historic Places|federal]] registers of historic places.
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==History==
[[File:PATH Passaic br jeh.JPG|thumb|left|Looking west along the Passaic River]]
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 [[Pennsylvania Station (Newark)|Newark Penn Station]]. The lift span is {{convert|230|ft|m|0}} over bearings (clear channel {{convert|200|ft|m|0|disp=or|sp=us}}), the longest three-track lift span in the world when built.<ref>{{cite news |title=Newark Dedicates Its New Terminal; New Bridge Also Ready |author= |url=http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive/pdf?res=F20C16FC355B107A93C6AB1788D85F418385F9 |newspaper=New York Times |date=1935-03-24}}</ref> 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 (Newark)|Centre Street Bridge]] to the newly built station<ref name="NYT 19370620">{{cite news |title=New Station Open for Hudson Tubes |url=http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FA0B14FB3A541B728DDDA90A94DE405B878FF1D3 |newspaper= New York Times |date=1937-06-20 |page=1}}</ref> With the opening of the eastern span, the PRR closed [[Manhattan Transfer (PRR station)|Manhattan Transfer station]] in the [[Kearny Meadows]], where previously steam and electrical trains were changed and passengers could transfer to trains to [[Penn Station (New York)|New York Penn Station]] on the PRR or to [[Hudson Terminal]] on the H&M.<ref name="NYT 19370620" />

==Description==
The west span carries three tracks for the [[Northeast Corridor]] (NEC). The east structure (spab) carries two [[Port Authority Trans Hudson|PATH]] tracks and one [[Amtrak]]/[[New Jersey Transit rail operations|NJ Transit]] track. <!-- Made no sense -->

The lower {{convert|17|mi}} downstream of the {{convert|90|mi|adj=on}} long Passaic River below the [[Dundee Canal|Dundee Dam]] is [[tide|tidally influenced]] and [[Navigability|navigable]].<ref name="USACE"/> When closed the bridge has a vertical clearance of {{convert|24|ft|m}} above mean high water and opens to clear {{convert|135|ft|m|abbr=on}}.<ref name="USCG">U.S. Coast Guard, New York, NY (2009-05-28). [http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2009/pdf/E9-12383.pdf <nowiki>"Drawbridge Operation Regulations; Passaic River, Harrison, NJ, Maintenance. Notice of temporary deviation from regulations."</nowiki>] ''Federal Register,'' {{USFR|74|25448}}.</ref>  It is infrequently lifted and, prior to 2014,<ref>{{cite web | url=https://twitter.com/PATHTrain/status/509377125959630848 | accessdate = 9 September 2014 | title = Due to the opening of the Amtrak Dock Bridge, service on the NWK-WTC line is suspended}}</ref> had not received a request for a river traffic opening since 2004.<ref name="USCG" /> In 2011 regulations were changed so that it need not be open on demand (as it previously had<ref>http://cfr.vlex.com/vid/117-passaic-river-19757052</ref>) but with a 24-hour notice.<ref name = fedreg>[http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2011-10-21/pdf/2011-26549.pdf Federal Register (Vol. 76, No. 204) October 21, 2011 Rules and Regulations]</ref> During 4 year removal of dredged materials from the Passaic the bridge is expected to open upwards of 10 times per day <ref>http://www.nj.com/traffic/index.ssf/2014/10/amtrak_and_nj_transit_fear_passaic_river_dredging.html#incart_river</ref>

{{wide image|Dock Bridge Harrison Newark June 2015 panorama.jpg|1500px|The Dock Bridge connecting Harrison and Newark}}

==See also==
*[[Gateway Project]], regional transportation improvement project
*[[List of crossings of the Lower Passaic River]]
*[[List of bridges, tunnels, and cuts in Hudson County, New Jersey]]
*[[New Jersey Transit Rail Operations#Movable bridges|List of NJT movable bridges]]
*[[National Register of Historic Places listings in Essex County, New Jersey]]
*[[List of bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in New Jersey]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://wiki.worldflicks.org/dock_drawbridge_and_interlocking_tower.html Aerial photo of Dock Bridge and interlocking tower]
*[http://wikimapia.org/3309877/Dock-Drawbridge-and-Interlocking-Tower Dock Drawbridge and Interlocking Tower]
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{{NRHP in Hudson County, New Jersey}}
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[[Category:Bridges completed in 1935]]
[[Category:Bridges in Hudson County, New Jersey]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Hudson County, New Jersey]]
[[Category:Transportation in Hudson County, New Jersey]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Newark, New Jersey]]
[[Category:Harrison, New Jersey]]
[[Category:Transportation in Newark, New Jersey]]
[[Category:Railroad bridges in New Jersey]]
[[Category:Vertical lift bridges in New Jersey]]
[[Category:Amtrak]]
[[Category:PATH (rail system)]]
[[Category:Pennsylvania Railroad bridges]]
[[Category:NJ Transit]]
[[Category:Railroad bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in New Jersey]]
[[Category:Bridges over the Passaic River]]
[[Category:National Register of Historic Places in Essex County, New Jersey]]
[[Category:National Register of Historic Places in Hudson County, New Jersey]]
[[Category:Drawbridges on the National Register of Historic Places]]
[[Category:Rapid transit bridges]]
[[Category:New Jersey Register of Historic Places]]