List of bridges, tunnels, and cuts in Hudson County, New Jersey
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There are numerous of vehicular and rail bridges, tunnels, and cuts in Hudson County, New Jersey . Located in the northeastern part of New Jersey Hudson lies at the heart of the Port of New York and New Jersey and is a major crossroads of the New York Metropolitan area and Northeast Megalopolis . Located on two peninsulas, formerly known as Bergen Neck and New Barbadoes Neck , it has extensive waterfront along the Hudson River , Upper New York Bay , Kill van Kull , Newark Bay and the Hackensack and Passaic Rivers . The main part of Hudson lies on Bergen Hill , the southern emergence of the Hudson Palisades , starting at sea level at Bergen Point and rising to 260 feet travelling through Bayonne , Jersey City and North Hudson . Secaucus and most of West Hudson are part of the New Jersey Meadowlands . Listings are generally from south to north.
Hudson River
Kill van Kull and Newark Bay
Hackensack River
Passaic River
Bergen Hill-Hudson Palisades
vehicular cuts | carries | location | connection |
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State Highway
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New Jersey Route 139 | Jersey City | Pulaski Skyway - Holland Tunnel |
Lincoln Tunnel Approach / Lincoln Tunnel Helix | NJ Route 495 | North Hudson | New Jersey Turnpike - Lincoln Tunnel |
The next vehicular cut to the north and the last in New Jersey is in Bergen County | |||
GWB Plaza | Fort Lee | to George Washington Bridge | |
There are numerous excavations for roads on the eastern escarpment of the Hudson Palisades , including New York Avenue , Mountain Road, Paterson Plank Road , Wing Viaduct , Hackensack Plank Road , Shippen Street , Boulevard East , Pershing Road , Bull Ferry Road , Gorge Road |
Meadowlands
Kearny and Croxton in the low-lying Meadowlands supports an infrastructure that includes many unnamed bridges, embankments, flyovers, and causeways .
The Manhattan Transfer was once located in the Kearny Meadows . The Kearny Connection allows transfer between the Hoboken and Newark Divisions of New Jersey Transit rail operations for its Waterfront Connection . The Sawtooth Bridges carries the Northeast Corridor over NJ Transit, PATH, and Conrail.
The Main , Bergen County , Pascack Valley , Meadowlands , and Port Jervis lines uses a series of embankments and bridges to cross the Meadowlands. Planned expansion of Secaucus Junction includes a massive loop. Numerous junctions, including the Marion , and the Northern Running Track are part of the Conrail 's North Jersey Shared Assets Area , a component in the national freight rail network. Much of the New Jersey Turnpike travels along a causeway. Nearby Snake Hill , Exit 15's huge horseshoe-shaped U-turn rises above the rail yards and lines below it.
See also
References
- 1 2 3 Bulger, Teresa D. (May 7, 2019). "Feats of Engineering: Bridging the Hackensack River and Cutting through Bergen HillDocumentation for Three Historic Resources that Help Move Commerce and Commuters throughout the Port of New York and New Jersey" (PDF) . NJDOT . Retrieved May 5, 2020 .
- ↑ "Jersey: Jersey City Bridge Profile" . Shoutingthomas.typepad.com. Archived from the original on October 22, 2012 . Retrieved October 23, 2012 .
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( help ) - ↑ "Pennsylvania Railroad cut, Mt Pleasant, Jersey City, Hudson Co., New Jersey, USA" . Mindat.org. October 11, 2012 . Retrieved October 23, 2012 .
- ↑ "Bergen Arches" . Njcu.edu. Archived from the original on September 29, 2012 . Retrieved October 23, 2012 .
- ↑ "Stone above Long Dock Tunnel" . Modelengineers.org. Archived from the original on February 29, 2012 . Retrieved October 23, 2012 .
- 1 2 French, Kenneth, Images of Rail: Railroads of Hoboken and Jersey City,Arcadia Publishing, 2002, p125, ISBN 978-0-7385-0966-2
- ↑ "The Bergen Hill Tunnels" . Gutenberg.org . Retrieved October 23, 2012 .
- ↑ "JFK Blvd. Bridge" . Bridgehunter.com . Retrieved October 23, 2012 .
- ↑ "Design And Construction Of The Weehawken Tunnel And Bergenline Avenue Station For The Hudson-Bergen Light Rail Transit System - Publications Index" . Pubsindex.trb.org. November 2003 . Retrieved October 23, 2012 .
- ↑ "New York - West Shore & Buffalo RR tunnel, Weehawken, Bergen Hill, Hudson Co., New Jersey, USA" . Mindat.org. July 30, 2012 . Retrieved October 23, 2012 .
- ↑ NJDOT Web Development Unit. "Paterson Plank Road Project Debuts in Hudson County" . Nj.gov . Retrieved October 23, 2012 .
- ↑ https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1893/03/17/109695387.pdf Palisades/NYS&W Tunnel
- ↑ Palisades diabase
External links
- Bridgesnyc.com
- NJ bridges
- The Bridges of New Jersey
- Partial list HC bridges
- North Jersey.com: Bridges are man-made marvels of the Hackensack River
- NY Society of model engineers tour of NJ rr tunnels
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