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CNJ - Newark Bay Lift Bridge
Photos
Northeast View At 45 Degree Angle Of Both Draws
Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record
BH Photo #193203
Facts
- Overview
- Lost vertical lift bridge over Newark Bay on the Central Railroad of New Jersey
- Location
- Elizabethtown, Union County, New Jersey, and Hudson County, New Jersey
- Status
- Removed
- History
- Built 1926; site of Newark Bay Bridge Accident in 1948; damaged in ship collision 1966; railroad abandoned 1976; lift spans demolished 1980, approach spans demolished 1988
- Builder
- - J.A.L. Waddell of Port Hope, Canada
- Railroad
- - Central Railroad of New Jersey (CNJ)
- Design
- Parker through truss
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 305.0 ft.
Total length: 7,411.0 ft. (1.4 mi.)
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +40.65440, -74.14576 (decimal degrees)
40°39'16" N, 74°08'45" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 18/572216/4500744 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Elizabeth
- Inventory numer
- BH 36971 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- July 16, 2015: New photos from Douglas Butler
- July 5, 2015: New photos from Luke
- January 24, 2014: New photo from Douglas Butler
- September 16, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Merged info from redundant page, corrected location
- December 13, 2011: Updated by Frank Hicks: Added GPS coordinates
- February 2, 2011: Re-posted HAER photos with correct captions
- July 29, 2008: Added by James Baughn
Sources
- HAER NJ-37 - Central Railroad of New Jersey, Newark Bay Lift Bridge, Spanning Newark Bay, Newark, Essex County, NJ
- Frank Hicks
- Luke
- Douglas Butler
The bridge was not abandoned in 1976 but in 1978.