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Dock Bridge
Amtrak Dock Vertical Lift bridge.
Location: Passaic River
Newark - Harrison
New JerseyCoordinates: 40°44′9″N 74°9′43″W / 40.73583°N 74.16194°WCoordinates: 40°44′9″N 74°9′43″W / 40.73583°N 74.16194°W Area: 1 acre (0.40 ha) Built: 1935 Architect: Waddell & Hardesty; Waddell,Dr.J.A.L. Architectural style: Through-Truss Lift Bridge Governing body: Private NRHP Reference#: 80002484[1] NJRHP #: 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.
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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. 2009-03-13. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html.
- ^ "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places - Essex County". NJ DEP - Historic Preservation Office. January 10, 2010. p. 3. http://www.state.nj.us/dep/hpo/1identify/lists/essex.pdf. 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
External links
National Register of Historic Places in Hudson County, New Jersey Historic districts Clark Thread Company Historic District | Hamilton Park Historic District | Harsimus Cove Historic District | Lembeck and Betz Eagle Brewing Company District | Paulus Hook Historic District | Van Vorst Park Historic District
Other properties Association of Exempt Firemen Building | Dr. William Barrow Mansion | Bayonne Truck House No. 1 | Bayonne Trust Company | Buildings at 1200-1206 Washington Street | Church of Our Lady of Grace | Church of the Holy Innocents | Dock Bridge | Engine Company No. 2 | Engine Company No. 3 | Engine Company No. 4 | Engine Company No. 5 | Engine Company No. 6 | Engine House No. 3, Truck No. 2 | Erie-Lackawanna Railroad Terminal at Hoboken | Fairmount Apartments | Ficken's Warehouse | Firemen's Monument | First Baptist Church | First Reformed Dutch Church of Bergen Neck | Grace Church Van Vorst | Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company Warehouse | Hackensack Water Company Complex | Hale-Whitney Mansion | Highland Hose No. 4 | Hoboken City Hall | Hoboken Land and Improvement Company Building | Holland Tunnel | Hudson and Manhattan Railroad Powerhouse | Hudson County Courthouse | Jefferson Trust Company | Jersey City Central Railroad Terminal | Jersey City High School | Jersey City Medical Center | Jersey City YMCA | Kestrel (steam yacht) | Keuffel and Esser Manufacturing Complex | Labor Bank Building | Monastery and Church of Saint Michael the Archangel | Morris Canal | Old Bergen Church | Pohlmann's Hall | Pulaski Skyway | Robbins Reef Light Station | St. Anthony of Padua Roman Catholic Church | St. Patrick's Parish and Buildings | Statue of Liberty National Monument, Ellis Island and Liberty Island | Edwin A. Stevens Hall | United Synagogue of Hoboken | Van Wagenen House
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