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NJTR - Lower Hack Lift Bridge

Hudson County, New Jersey

Photos 

Lower Hack Lift Rail Bridge

Photo taken by Adam Elmquist

View this photo at panoramio.com

BH Photo #259458

Map 

Street View 

Description 

This structure is one of a series of bridges constructed in the early twentieth century to carry railroad lines through northern New Jersey towards New York City. It is a vertical lift bridge, resting on concrete piers, built so that water-borne commerce along the Hackensack River would not be impeded by the railroad line. This is a good example of the movable bridge technology developed by American engineers in the early twentieth century.

-- Historic American Engineering Record

Facts 

Overview
Three-track through Parker truss bridge over Hackensack River on NJT RR (formerly DL&W RR)
Location
Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1928
Railroads
- Commuter Rail
- Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad (DLW)
- Erie Lackawanna Railroad (EL)
- New Jersey Transit (NJTR)
Design
Through Parker truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 200.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.74320, -74.07703   (decimal degrees)
40°44'36" N, 74°04'37" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/577923/4510659 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Jersey City
Inventory number
BH 48600 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Auxiliary Counterweight Tower Leg Vertical Lift (9)
Built 1928 (1,221)
Built during 1920s (10,256)
Commuter Rail (439)
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad (227)
Erie Lackawanna Railroad (436)
HAER documented (1,122)
Hackensack River (21)
Have street view (28,903)
Hudson County, New Jersey (111)
Jersey City, New Jersey (32)
Kearny, New Jersey (23)
 Movable (3,115)
Navigable waterway (2,204)
New Jersey (1,693)
New Jersey Transit (169)
Open (40,968)
Owned by railroad (13,501)
Railroad (16,457)
Span length 175-250 feet (2,058)
Through truss (16,780)
Truss (35,456)
Vertical lift (428)

Update Log 

  • November 27, 2021: New photo from Patrick Gurwell
  • June 11, 2020: New photo from Patrick Gurwell
  • February 6, 2020: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
  • October 12, 2019: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
  • March 2, 2019: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
  • February 17, 2018: New photo from Luke
  • May 16, 2016: New Street View added by Douglas Butler
  • April 29, 2016: Photo imported by Dave King
  • December 7, 2015: New Street View added by Douglas Butler
  • November 4, 2015: New photo from Douglas Butler
  • August 17, 2015: New photo from Douglas Butler
  • January 25, 2015: HAER photos posted by Ian Martin
  • July 12, 2013: Updated by Luke Harden: Added cities
  • July 12, 2013: Photo imported by Dave King
  • August 24, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Added category "Railroad"
  • April 12, 2011: Added by Frank Hicks

Related Bridges 

Sources 

  • Frank Hicks
  • Wikipedia - Lower Hack Lift article
  • Luke
  • Douglas Butler
  • HAER NJ-42 - Erie & Lackawanna Railroad Bridge, Spanning Hackensack River, Kearny, Hudson County, NJ
  • Geoff Hubbs
  • Patrick Gurwell - pgurwell [at] gmail [dot] com

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