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EL - Passaic River Bridge
Description
A unique swing bridge on the original Erie main powered by a coal-fired steam boiler. After the Erie and DL&W merged in 1960, the railroads were looking to consolidate their lines in this region and the city of Passaic was seeking to reduce the traffic jams caused by trains using this route. Thus, the old main was cut in 1963 and replaced by the DL&W line several miles south. BE Draw was removed the following year.Facts
- Overview
- Pratt through truss bridge over Passaic River on Erie Lackawanna RR
- Location
- Rutherford, Passaic County, New Jersey, and Bergen County, New Jersey
- Status
- No longer exists
- History
- Built 1892
- Railroads
- - Erie Lackawanna Railroad (EL)
- Erie Railroad (ERIE)
- Design
- Pratt through truss swing
- Also called
- Erie - Passaic River Bridge
EL - BE Draw
Erie - BE Draw - Approximate latitude, longitude
- +40.84683, -74.12113 (decimal degrees)
40°50'49" N, 74°07'16" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 18/574085/4522125 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Weehawken
- Inventory number
- BH 63346 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- May 15, 2019: New photo from Douglas Butler
- July 3, 2017: New photo from Dana and Kay Klein
- January 25, 2015: Updated by Ian Martin: Fixed railroad and added historical information
- October 6, 2014: Added by Douglas Butler
Sources
- Douglas Butler
- Ian Martin
- Vintage Railroad Postcards - Photo
- Railroad.net Forums - Historical info.
- Dana and Kay Klein
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