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Bridges at the lower end of the Hackensack River and the Lower Hack Lift just upstream from the clustered Wittpenn Bridge, the Harsimus Branch Lift, and PATH Lift (foreground), collectively known as the "Triple Bridges" or "Tri Hack".
The New Jersey Turnpike in the New Jersey Meadowlands in January 2007

The Hackensack River courses southward for approximately 50 miles (80 km) in Rockland County, New York in the north and Bergen and Hudson counties in northeastern New Jersey to the south, forming the border of the latter two for part of its length. Its source is in New City, New York. The river empties into Newark Bay between Kearny Point in South Kearny and Droyer's Point in Jersey City.

The area was settled by Bergen Dutch who established regular water crossings at Douwe's Ferry and Little Ferry. The first bridge crossing of the Hackensack was at Demarest Landing (now Old Bridge Road), built in 1724, which was replaced by that at New Bridge Landing in 1745. The first railroad crossing was completed by the NJRR in 1834, and was soon followed by many others. By the early 1900s conflicts between rail and maritime traffic led to calls for changes in regulations giving priority to trains.

At one time, Van Buskirk Island, created in 1804, was the head of navigation, but freshwater flow in the Hackensack has been diminished by construction of dams, namely the Oradell (1923), the DeForest (1952), and the Tappan (1972). The river is now tidally influenced to the island. The Hackensack has only been channelized to Milepoint 3.5 at the Riverbend in Hudson County. The accumulation of silt has diminished the depth, and thus navigability, of the Lower Hackensack. which at one time was a major waterway for towboats and river barges in the Port of New York and New Jersey.

Since 1999, the bridge at Milepoint 16.3 is the most upstream bridge required by the Code of Federal Regulations to open on request, though no requests have made since 1994. The Lower Hackensack remains partially in use for commercial maritime traffic, notably for sewage sludge for treatment at a facility on the bay. (Coal deliveries to the Hudson Generating Station ended upon the facilities closure). Downstream of the power plant site, vehicular moveable bridges (at MP 1.8 and MP 3.1) are required at all times to open on demand. and rail crossings to open on 1-hour notice. New crossings included the replacement the Wittpenn Bridge, a vehicular bridge at MP 3.1 with a new vertical lift bridge and replacement the Portal Bridge, a rail swing bridge at MP 5.0, with a through arch bridge.

Crossings

Mile Crossing Image Carried/Carries Location Coordinates Notes
HD Draw (defunct) Newark and New York Branch (CNJ) Jersey City & Kearny Point 40°43′07″N 74°06′14″W / 40.718709°N 74.103985°W / 40.718709; -74.103985 (HD Draw)
1.7 Newark Plank Road (defunct) PS 40°43′36″N 74°05′57″W / 40.7268°N 74.0992°W / 40.7268; -74.0992 (Newark Plank Road)
1.8 Lincoln Highway Hackensack River Bridge

(Shawn Carson and Robert Nguyen Memorial Bridge)


US 1-9 Truck
milepoint 1.72
Lincoln Highway
East Coast Greenway
40°43′38″N 74°05′55″W / 40.727324°N 74.098728°W / 40.727324; -74.098728 (Lincoln Highway)
Pulaski Skyway
US 1-9 Truck
40°44′06″N 74°05′42″W / 40.735064°N 74.09493°W / 40.735064; -74.09493 (Pulaski Skyway)
PATH Lift Bridge PRR and H&M
PATH
Jersey City & Kearny Meadows 40°44′24″N 74°04′59″W / 40.740108°N 74.083048°W / 40.740108; -74.083048 (PATH Lift Bridge)
Harsimus Branch Lift
aka Hack Freight Railroad Bridge
PRR
Conrail (North Jersey Shared Assets)

NS
CSX

40°44′26″N 74°04′55″W / 40.740475°N 74.082034°W / 40.740475; -74.082034 (Harsimus Branch Lift)
3.1 Wittpenn Bridge original alignment of the Newark Turnpike
Route 7
40°44′25″N 74°04′52″W / 40.740313°N 74.081138°W / 40.740313; -74.081138 (Wittpenn Bridge)
Wittpenn Bridge
40°44′28″N 74°04′53″W / 40.741064°N 74.081266°W / 40.741064; -74.081266 (Wittpenn Bridge Replacement)
New Jersey Railroad
(defunct)
PRR 40°44′28″N 74°04′53″W / 40.741064°N 74.081266°W / 40.741064; -74.081266 (New Jersey Railroad)
3.4 Lower Hack Lift DL&W
Morris and Essex Lines (NJT)
Riverbend 40°44′36″N 74°04′37″W / 40.7432°N 74.0770°W / 40.7432; -74.0770 (Lower Hack Lift)
5.0 Portal Bridge PRR
Northeast Corridor
Amtrak and NJT
Secaucus Junction & Kearny Meadows 40°45′13″N 74°05′41″W / 40.75361°N 74.09472°W / 40.75361; -74.09472 (Portal Bridge)
Portal Bridge South (planned) Gateway Project
Portal Bridge North (planned) Gateway Project
Lewandowski Hackensack River Bridge

I-95 Toll / N.J. Turnpike (Eastern Spur)
Snake Hill & Kearny Meadows 40°45′36″N 74°05′41″W / 40.760098°N 74.094594°W / 40.760098; -74.094594 (Lewandowski Hackensack River Bridge)
DB Draw (unused) New York and Greenwood Lake Railroad (Erie)
Boonton Line (NJT)
NS
Essex–Hudson Greenway
40°45′30″N 74°05′36″W / 40.75831°N 74.093355°W / 40.75831; -74.093355 (DB Draw)
6.9 Upper Hack Lift DL&W Boonton Line (1959-1963)
Erie/NJ Transit Main Line (NJT)
Port Jervis Line (MNCR)
MP 4.95
Harmon Cove & Kingsland 40°46′41″N 74°05′24″W / 40.778015°N 74.089906°W / 40.778015; -74.089906 (Upper Hack Lift / Former Lackawanna Swing Bridge) NJT #129
Lackawanna Swing Bridge (defunct) DL&W
7.7 HX Draw
aka The Jacknife
Bergen County Line (NJT)
Pascack Valley Line (NJT)
Meadowlands Rail Line (NJT)
Port Jervis Line (MNCR)
former Erie Main LineMP 5.48
Harmon Cove & Meadowlands Sports Complex 40°47′17″N 74°04′55″W / 40.788078°N 74.081869°W / 40.788078; -74.081869 (HX Draw) NJT #
Route 3 East Route 3 Secaucus & Meadowlands Sports Complex 40°47′55″N 74°04′08″W / 40.798745°N 74.068978°W / 40.798745; -74.068978 (Route 3 East)
Route 3 West
(Medgar Evers Bridge)
Route 3 40°48′02″N 74°04′01″W / 40.800678°N 74.067058°W / 40.800678; -74.067058 (Route 3 West)
Paterson Plank Road (defunct) Jersey City, Hoboken and Rutherford Electric Railway
Public Service
Secaucus North End &
Meadowlands Sports Complex
40°48′21″N 74°03′39″W / 40.80586°N 74.0608°W / 40.80586; -74.0608 (Paterson Plank Road)
Western Spur Bridge

I-95 Toll / N.J. Turnpike (Western Spur)
Carlstadt & Ridgefield Park 40°49′23″N 74°02′04″W / 40.823179°N 74.034358°W / 40.823179; -74.034358 (New Jersey Turnpike (Western Spur))
Bergen Turnpike
(aka Hackensack Plank Road) (defunct)
Public Service
CR 124
Ridgefield Park & Little Ferry 40°50′55″N 74°01′49″W / 40.8485°N 74.0303°W / 40.8485; -74.0303 (Bergen Turnpike)
14.0 Route 46 Hackensack River Bridge
(aka S46 Bridge & Winant Avenue Bridge)
US 46 40°51′04″N 74°01′45″W / 40.8511°N 74.0293°W / 40.8511; -74.0293 (Route 46 Hackensack River Bridge)
Interstate 80 I-80 Bogota & Hackensack 40°52′02″N 74°02′08″W / 40.867104°N 74.035601°W / 40.867104; -74.035601 (Interstate 80)
16.3 Court Street Bridge
(Harold J. Dillard Memorial Bridge)
Court Street - West Fort Lee Road 40°52′44″N 74°02′22″W / 40.8790°N 74.0395°W / 40.8790; -74.0395 (Court Street Bridge)
16.2 New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway NYS&W 40°52′52″N 74°02′15″W / 40.881163°N 74.037393°W / 40.881163; -74.037393 (New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway)
Midtown Bridge
aka Salem Street Bridge
(Ryan Memorial Bridge)
CR 56
West Main Street
originally carried PS and predecessor streetcars lines
40°52′57″N 74°02′10″W / 40.882509°N 74.036116°W / 40.882509; -74.036116 (Midtown Bridge)
Anderson Street Bridge
aka Cedar Lane Bridge
East Anderson Street - Cedar Lane Teaneck & Hackensack 40°53′31″N 74°02′11″W / 40.891975°N 74.036288°W / 40.891975; -74.036288 (Cedar Lane Bridge)
Fairleigh Dickinson University Footbridge 40°53′56″N 74°01′54″W / 40.898812°N 74.031638°W / 40.898812; -74.031638 (Fairleigh Dickinson University Footbridge)
Route 4 Route 4 40°54′09″N 74°01′48″W / 40.902582°N 74.030021°W / 40.902582; -74.030021 (Route 4)
Swing Bridge at New Bridge Landing
Built 1889. to replace earlier 1744 sliding drawbridge.

Main Street (no cars) New Bridge Landing
River Edge, Teaneck, New Milford
40°54′46″N 74°01′56″W / 40.912816°N 74.032221°W / 40.912816; -74.032221 (Swing Bridge at New Bridge Landing)
New Bridge Road New Milford & River Edge 40°54′54″N 74°01′50″W / 40.914907°N 74.030521°W / 40.914907; -74.030521 (New Bridge Road)
River Edge Avenue Bridge 40°56′06″N 74°01′43″W / 40.934914°N 74.028541°W / 40.934914; -74.028541 (River Edge Avenue Bridge)
New Milford Avenue Bridge
(Merschrod Memorial Bridge)
New Milford 40°56′46″N 74°01′35″W / 40.946163°N 74.026505°W / 40.946163; -74.026505 (New Milford Avenue Bridge)
Elm Street Bridge
part of the New Milford Plant of the Hackensack Water Company
Phoenix column Pratt pony truss New Milford & Oradell 40°56′49″N 74°1′30″W / 40.94694°N 74.02500°W / 40.94694; -74.02500
Oradell Avenue Bridge Oradell 40°57′14″N 74°01′44″W / 40.953909°N 74.028933°W / 40.953909; -74.028933 (Oradell Avenue Bridge)
Oradell Reservoir Dam Oradell 40°57′22″N 74°01′44″W / 40.956129°N 74.029001°W / 40.956129; -74.029001 (Oradell Reservoir Dam)
Old Hook Road Bridge CR 502 Emerson, Harrington Park & Closter 40°58′37″N 73°59′03″W / 40.976889°N 73.984235°W / 40.976889; -73.984235 (Old Hook Road Bridge)
Harriot Avenue Bridge River Vale & Harrington Park 40°59′06″N 73°59′30″W / 40.984976°N 73.991579°W / 40.984976; -73.991579 (Harriot Avenue Bridge)
Westwood Avenue Bridge River Vale & Old Tappan
New Jersey
40°59′57″N 73°59′21″W / 40.999274°N 73.989304°W / 40.999274; -73.989304 (Westwood Avenue Bridge)
Old Tappan Road 41°00′44″N 74°00′31″W / 41.012293°N 74.008504°W / 41.012293; -74.008504 (Old Tappan Road)
Lake Tappan Dam footbridge 41°01′06″N 74°00′04″W / 41.0183°N 74.0011°W / 41.0183; -74.0011 (Lake Tappan Dam)
Poplar Road – Washington Avenue 41°01′07″N 73°59′59″W / 41.01855°N 73.99978°W / 41.01855; -73.99978 (Poplar Road / Washington Avenue)
Veterans Memorial Drive CR 20 New York State
Pearl River
41°02′39″N 73°59′17″W / 41.044145°N 73.98807°W / 41.044145; -73.98807 (Veterans Memorial Drive)
Convent Road CR 26 Pearl River & Blauvelt 41°03′16″N 73°58′56″W / 41.054534°N 73.982284°W / 41.054534; -73.982284 (Convent Road)
Blauvelt Road 41°03′38″N 73°59′09″W / 41.060537°N 73.985845°W / 41.060537; -73.985845 (Blauvelt Road)
Palisades Interstate Parkway Palisades Parkway 41°03′57″N 73°58′44″W / 41.065892°N 73.978937°W / 41.065892; -73.978937 (Palisades Interstate Parkway)
Fifth Avenue 41°04′13″N 73°58′32″W / 41.07024°N 73.97554°W / 41.07024; -73.97554 (Fifth Avenue)
Former Erie Railroad Bridge
Western Highway CR 15 West Nyack 41°05′10″N 73°57′47″W / 41.086237°N 73.962923°W / 41.086237; -73.962923 (Western Highway)
River Subdivision (CSX) West Shore Railroad (NYC)
River Line (Conrail)
41°05′12″N 73°57′44″W / 41.086712°N 73.962341°W / 41.086712; -73.962341 (River Subdivision (CSX))
New York State Route 59 NY 59 41°05′40″N 73°57′40″W / 41.094388°N 73.961045°W / 41.094388; -73.961045 (New York State Route 59)
New York Thruway I-87 / I-287 / New York Thruway West Nyack & Bardonia 41°06′03″N 73°57′56″W / 41.100925°N 73.965501°W / 41.100925; -73.965501 (New York Thruway)
Old Mill Road Bardonia 41°06′20″N 73°58′00″W / 41.105468°N 73.966711°W / 41.105468; -73.966711 (Old Mill Road)
Lake DeForest Dam 41°06′22″N 73°58′01″W / 41.10621°N 73.966806°W / 41.10621; -73.966806 (Lake Deforest Dam)
Congers Road Causeway CR 80 across Lake DeForest New City & Congers 41°09′21″N 73°57′30″W / 41.1558°N 73.9584°W / 41.1558; -73.9584 (Congers Road)
Ridge Road CR 23 New City 41°09′36″N 73°57′53″W / 41.1599°N 73.9648°W / 41.1599; -73.9648 (Ridge Road)
New York State Route 304 NY 304 41°09′48″N 73°58′05″W / 41.1632°N 73.9681°W / 41.1632; -73.9681 (New York State Route 304)
Haverstraw Road Old Route 304 41°10′17″N 73°58′11″W / 41.17134°N 73.96984°W / 41.17134; -73.96984 (Haverstraw Road)

Abbreviations

1974 view of Lincoln Highway and Pulaski Skyway

See also

References

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  5. Jeffs, Ed (April 2005). "A History of Lake Lucille & Vicinity". Retrieved November 1, 2012.
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  26. bridgesnyc: Midtown Bridge (Hackensack and Bogota)
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  30. Oradell Avenue, Bridge over Hackensack River (PDF). FY 2020 Study and Development Program (Report). North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority. 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 20, 2020. Bridge was constructed in 1904. The structure had a major reconstruction in 1970 and rehabilitated in 1995 with funding provided by NJDOT-LA. The bridge is structurally deficient and functionally obsolete. Superstructure is in poor condition due to section loss and deformed bottom flange plates as a result of the significant rust between the steel plates at midspan of the girders, holes in the bottom girder flanges, and section loss to the sidewalk cantilevered struts. The structure is classified as fracture critical. Oradell train station adjacent to bridge

Sources

Bridges of the Newark Bay
Upstream
Newark and New York Railroad Bridge
(Hackensack River & Passaic River)
(demolished)
Lincoln Highway Hackensack River Bridge & Lincoln Highway Passaic River Bridge

Lehigh Valley Railroad Bridge

Newark Bay Bridge


CRRNJ Newark Bay Bridge
(demolished)
Downstream
Arthur Kill Vertical Lift Bridge
(Arthur Kill)
Bayonne Bridge
(Kill Van Kull)

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