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Revision as of 05:40, 26 September 2011
Dock Bridge | |
 Amtrak Dock Vertical Lift bridge. | |
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| Location | Passaic River Newark - Harrison New Jersey |
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| Area | 1 acre (0.40 ha) |
| Built | 1935 |
| Architect | Waddell & Hardesty; Waddell,Dr.J.A.L. |
| Architectural style | Through-Truss Lift Bridge |
| NRHP reference No. | 80002484[1] |
| NJRHP No. | 1227[2] |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | October 3, 1980 |
| Designated NJRHP | July 21, 1979 |
Dock Bridge is a pair of vertical lift bridges built in 1935-37 and added to the National Register of Historic Places on October 3, 1980. Sometimes known as the Amtrak Dock Vertical Lift, the bridges cross the Passaic River at Newark and Harrison in northeastern New Jersey and carry Amtrak, New Jersey Transit, and Port Authority Trans Hudson trains.
The bridge is owned by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.[3] and is manned fulltime.[4] While it has not received a request for opening since 2004[5], it plays a crucial role in train traffic[6] along the Northeast Corridor.
When built, the Dock Bridge made obsolete the Pennsylvania Railroad's Manhattan Transfer, just east of Newark Penn Station (also opened in 1935). Passengers would change there from steam trains to Exchange Place to electrified trains for New York Penn Station or to the Hudson and Manhattan Railroad.
Dock Bridge has three spans between two pairs of towers; the west span carries three Amtrak main line tracks and the east structure the two PATH tracks and one additional Amtrak/NJ Transit track. The west span was built in 1935 along with Newark Penn Station, while the east span was built in 1937 when the Hudson & Manhattan Railroad (PATH) extended service into Penn Station.
See also
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Essex County, New Jersey
- List of bridges, tunnels, and cuts in Hudson County, New Jersey
- List of bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in New Jersey
- Gateway Project
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places - Essex County" (PDF). NJ DEP - Historic Preservation Office. January 10, 2010. p. 3. Retrieved April 13, 2010.
- ^ http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2009/pdf/E9-12383.pdf
- ^ http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http://www.geocities.com/transit383/bridges.html&date=2009-10-25+23:15:08
- ^ http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2009/pdf/E9-12383.pdf
- ^ http://wikimapia.org/3309877/Dock-Drawbridge-and-Interlocking-Tower
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