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CRCX - Upper Bay Bridge

Essex County, New Jersey, and Hudson County, New Jersey

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Lehigh Valley Lift Railroad Bridge

Photo taken by Adam Elmquist

View this photo at panoramio.com

BH Photo #259463

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Street Views 

Facts 

Overview
Parker through truss bridge over Newark Bay on CSX RR (formerly Lehigh Valley RR)
Location
Essex County, New Jersey, and Hudson County, New Jersey
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1930 to replace trestle dating to 1913
Railroads
- CSX Railroad (CSX)
- Conrail Shared Assets Operations (CRCX)
- Lehigh Valley Railroad (LV)
- Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR)
Design
Parker through truss
Also called
CRCX - Newark Bay Bridge
LV - Newark Bay Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.69854, -74.11856   (decimal degrees)
40°41'55" N, 74°07'07" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/574468/4505666 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Jersey City
Inventory number
BH 52339 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Auxiliary Counterweight Tower Leg Vertical Lift (9)
Built 1930 (1,837)
Built during 1930s (12,167)
CSX Railroad (1,764)
Conrail Shared Assets Operations (77)
County line crossing (533)
Deck girder (6,303)
Essex County, New Jersey (128)
Girder (11,169)
Have street view (28,903)
Hudson County, New Jersey (111)
Lehigh Valley Railroad (138)
Movable (3,115)
 Navigable waterway (2,204)
New Jersey (1,693)
Open (40,968)
Owned by railroad (13,501)
Parker through truss (1,407)
Parker truss (1,802)
Pennsylvania Railroad (1,027)
Plate girder (8,724)
Railroad (16,457)
Span Drive Vertical Lift (90)
Through truss (16,781)
Truss (35,457)
Vertical lift (428)

Update Log 

  • May 8, 2017: New Street View added by Douglas Butler
  • October 4, 2014: New photo from Douglas Butler
  • July 17, 2013: Photo imported by Dave King
  • July 12, 2013: Photo imported by Dave King
  • May 3, 2012: Added by Frank Hicks

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