Dock Bridge
Appearance
Dock Bridge | |
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 vertical lift bridge built in 1935 and added to the National Register of Historic Places on October 3, 1980. Sometimes known as the Amtrak Dock Vertical Lift, the bridge crosses the Passaic River at Newark and Harrison in northeastern New Jersey and carries Amtrak, New Jersey Transit, and Port Authority Trans Hudson and part of the Northeast Corridor.
When built it was an important component in the Pennsylvania Railroad's Manhattan Transfer, just east of Newark Penn Station where passengers would change from deisel trains to Exchange Place to electrified trains for New York 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
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13.
- ^ "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.