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CRCX - Arthur Kill Vertical Lift Bridge
Photos
Arthur Kill RR Lift Bridge
Photo taken by Adam Elmquist
View this photo at panoramio.com
BH Photo #259364
Description
The largest vertical lift bridge in the world, with a 558' long main span, 215' high towers and 135' clearance of lift span in raised position. The bridge crosses the Arthur Kill from Staten Island, NY (Richmond County) to Elizabethport, NJ (Union County).Facts
- Overview
- Through lift truss bridge over Arthur Kill on CRCX (formerly B&O RR)
- Location
- Elizabethport, Richmond County, New York, and Union County, New Jersey
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1959; use suspended 1991; rehabilitated 2006; returned to service 2007
- Builders
- - American Bridge Co. of New York (Builder)
- Parsons, Brinckerhoff, Quade & Douglas of New York City, New York (Engineer)
- Railroads
- - Baltimore & Ohio Railroad (BO)
- CSX Railroad (CSX)
- Conrail Shared Assets Operations (CRCX)
- Morristown & Erie Railway (ME)
- Norfolk Southern Railway (NS)
- Design
- Pratt through truss
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 558.0 ft.
- Also called
- AK Lift Bridge
SIRT Arthur Kill Lift Bridge - Approximate latitude, longitude
- +40.63745, -74.19538 (decimal degrees)
40°38'15" N, 74°11'43" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 18/568039/4498823 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Elizabeth
- Elevation
- 31 ft. above sea level
- Inventory number
- BH 48599 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- October 12, 2021: Updated by Nathan Holth: Added designer.
- January 13, 2021: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
- July 6, 2020: New photo from Patrick Gurwell
- May 10, 2020: New photos from Patrick Gurwell
- July 10, 2019: New photos from Geoff Hubbs
- September 20, 2016: New photos from Royce and Bobette Haley
- August 14, 2016: New Street View added by Dana and Kay Klein
- December 7, 2015: New Street View added by Douglas Butler
- November 14, 2015: New video from Douglas Butler
- November 4, 2015: New photo from Douglas Butler
- August 17, 2015: New photo from Douglas Butler
- October 8, 2014: Photo imported by Dave King
- October 4, 2014: New photo from Douglas Butler
- September 25, 2014: Updated by Luke: Conrail Shared Assets Operations has trackage rights
- July 2, 2014: New Street View added by Ralph Demars
- July 10, 2013: Updated by Luke Harden: Added categories "Navigable waterway", "Port Authority Trans-Hudson"
- July 10, 2013: Photo imported by Dave King
- April 11, 2011: Added by Frank Hicks
Related Bridges
- BO - Arthur Kill Bridge (Predecessor)
Sources
- Frank Hicks
- Geoff Hubbs
- Dave King - DKinghawkfan [at] hotmail [dot] com
- Douglas Butler
- Luke
- Dana and Kay Klein
- Royce and Bobette Haley - roycehaley111 [at] yahoo [dot] com
- Patrick Gurwell - pgurwell [at] gmail [dot] com
- Engineering News-Record 1961-11-23: Vol 167 Iss 21
- Nathan Holth
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Are you sure it's correct to call this PATH? It might be owned by the Port Authority but it doesn't seem like it's part of the PATH system, which is the passenger subway under the Hudson between Jersey City/Hoboken and Manhattan.