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'''Dock Bridge''', is a ] built in 1935 and added to the ] on October 3, 1980. Sometimes known as the '''Amtrak Dock Vertical Lift''', the bridge crosses the ] at ] and ] in ] and carries ], ], and ] and part of the ]. '''Dock Bridge''', is a ] built in 1935 and added to the ] on October 3, 1980. Sometimes known as the '''Amtrak Dock Vertical Lift''', the bridge crosses the ] at ] and ] in ] and carries ], ], and ]


Teh bridge is owned by the ].<ref>http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2009/pdf/E9-12383.pdf</ref>While bridge is manned.<ref>http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http://www.geocities.com/transit383/bridges.html&date=2009-10-25+23:15:08</ref> it has bot recieved a request for opening since 2004.<ref>http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2009/pdf/E9-12383.pdf</ref> The bridge is owned by the ].<ref>http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2009/pdf/E9-12383.pdf</ref>The bridge is manned fulltime<ref>http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http://www.geocities.com/transit383/bridges.html&date=2009-10-25+23:15:08</ref> While has not received a request for opening since 2004.<ref>http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2009/pdf/E9-12383.pdf</ref>, it plays a crucial role in train traffic<ref>http://wikimapia.org/3309877/Dock-Drawbridge-and-Interlocking-Tower</ref>along the ].


When built it was an important component in making obsolete the ]'s ], just east of ] (also opened in 1935), where passengers would change from diesel trains to ] to electrified trains for ]. When built made obsolete the ]'s ], just east of ] (also opened in 1935), where passengers would change from diesel trains to ] to electrified trains for ].


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. 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.

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United States historic place
Dock Bridge
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
New Jersey Register of Historic Places
Amtrak Dock Vertical Lift bridge.
Dock Bridge is located in New JerseyDock 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
NJRHP No.1227
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

The bridge is owned by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.The bridge is manned fulltime While has not received a request for opening since 2004., it plays a crucial role in train trafficalong the Northeast Corridor.

When built made obsolete the Pennsylvania Railroad's Manhattan Transfer, just east of Newark Penn Station (also opened in 1935), where passengers would change from diesel trains to Exchange Place to electrified trains for New York Penn Station.

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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