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EL - Paterson High Bridge
Description
Large bridge carrying the DL&W Boonton Line over the Passaic River at Paterson. As part of the "Passaic Plan," in 1963 the eastern portion of the DL&W Boonton Line was converted to use as part of the Erie Main Line and Boonton Line trains were re-routed over the Erie/New York & Greenwood Lakes route through Montclair. This section of the DL&W was thus abandoned and the bridge removed the following year. I-80 occupies the site of the bridge now, but faint traces of the stone footings can be found underneath the modern structure.Facts
- Overview
- Lost Deck plate girder bridge over Passaic River on DL&W Boonton Line
- Location
- Paterson, Passaic County, New Jersey
- Status
- Removed but not replaced
- History
- Removed 1964, I-80 bridge built on site
- Railroads
- - Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad (DLW)
- Erie Lackawanna Railroad (EL)
- Design
- Deck plate girder
- Also called
- DL&W - Paterson High Bridge
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +40.89632, -74.20118 (decimal degrees)
40°53'47" N, 74°12'04" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 18/567287/4527554 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Paterson
- Inventory number
- BH 65675 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Sources
- Ian Martin
- Railroad.net Forums - Photos & history
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I think the bridge Mr. DeStefano found is a predecessor lattice truss. This picture of the final bridge is from http://www.railroad.net/viewtopic.php?f=127&t=72041