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Dock Bridge
Amtrak Dock Vertical Lift bridge.
Dock Bridge is located in New Jersey
Dock Bridge
LocationPassaic River
Newark - Harrison
New Jersey
Area1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built1935
ArchitectWaddell & Hardesty; Waddell,Dr.J.A.L.
Architectural styleThrough-Truss Lift Bridge
NRHP reference No.80002484[1]
NJRHP No.1227[2]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPOctober 3, 1980
Designated NJRHPJuly 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 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 diesel trains to Exchange Place to electrified trains for New York Penn Station or to the Hudson and Manhattan Railroad.

Dock Bridge consists of two twin spans, with the west span carrying the Amtrak main line tracks and the east structure for the two PATH tracks and one additional Amtrak/NJ Transit track. The original 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

References

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2009/pdf/E9-12383.pdf
  4. ^ http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http://www.geocities.com/transit383/bridges.html&date=2009-10-25+23:15:08
  5. ^ http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2009/pdf/E9-12383.pdf
  6. ^ http://wikimapia.org/3309877/Dock-Drawbridge-and-Interlocking-Tower

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