Newark Bay Bridge (railroad)
Newark Bay Bridge | |
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The Central Railroad of New Jersey Newark Bay Bridge with its lifts raised (one of which had already been destroyed by collision); it was demolished in the 1980s | |
| Coordinates | 40°39′16″N 74°09′00″W / 40.65444°N 74.15000°W |
| Carries | Central Railroad of New Jersey |
| Crosses | Newark Bay |
| Locale | New Jersey |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | Vertical lift bridge, through Parker truss |
| Total length | 2 miles (3.2 km) |
| Width | 4 tracks |
| Longest span | 299 feet (91 m) |
| Clearance above | 135 feet (41 m) |
| History | |
| Designer | Waddell & Son |
| Opened | 1926 |
| Closed | 1978 |
| Replaces | Newark Bay Bridge (1904) (bascule) |
| Location | |
Newark Bay Bridge (1904) | |
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The second bridge, under construction, above the existing railroad trestle. (1904) | |
| Coordinates | 40°39′16″N 74°09′00″W / 40.6545°N 74.15°W |
| Carries | Central Railroad of New Jersey Philadelphia & Reading Railroad |
| Crosses | Newark Bay |
| Locale | New Jersey |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | Scherzer rolling lift bascule bridge |
| Total length | 2 miles (3.2 km) |
| Width | 2 tracks |
| Longest span | 120 feet (37 m) |
| History | |
| Opened | 1904 |
| Replaces | 1887 Newark Bay Bridge (swing-bridge) |
| Replaced by | 1926 Newark Bay Bridge (vertical-lift) |
Newark Bay Bridge (1887) | |
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Newark-area map of New Jersey railroads (1887) | |
| Coordinates | 40°39′16″N 74°09′00″W / 40.6545°N 74.15°W |
| Crosses | Newark Bay |
| Locale | New Jersey |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | Swing bridge |
| Total length | 2 miles (3.2 km) |
| Width | 2 tracks |
| History | |
| Opened | 1887 |
| Replaced by | 1904 Newark Bay Bridge (bascule) |
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The Newark Bay Bridge of the Central Railroad of New Jersey (CNJ) was a railroad bridge in New Jersey that connected Elizabethport and Bayonne at the southern end of Newark Bay. Its third and final incarnation was a four-track vertical-lift design that opened in 1926, replacing a bascule bridge from 1904 which superseded the original swing bridge from 1887. The bridge served the main line of the CNJ, carrying daily interstate trains as well as commuter trains.