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AMTK/NJT - North River Tunnels

New York County, New York, and Hudson County, New Jersey

Photos 

Hackensack Portals

The Modern Railroad by Edward Hungerford; 1911

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BH Photo #333656

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Tunnel under Hudson River on Amtrak & New Jersey Transit
Location
New York City, New York County, New York, and Hudson County, New Jersey
Status
Open to traffic
Future prospects
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gateway_Project
History
Constructed 1904-1908
Builders
- Charles M. Jacobs of New York City, New York (Chief Engineer)
- John Shields Construction Co. (Contractor)
- O'Rourke Engineering Construction Co. (Contractor)
- William Bradley
Railroads
- Amtrak (AMTK)
- Commuter Rail
- New Jersey Transit (NJTR)
- Northeast Corridor (NEC)
- Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR)
Design
Tunnel
Dimensions
Total length: 12,800.0 ft. (2.4 mi.)
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.75925, -74.01262   (decimal degrees)
40°45'33" N, 74°00'45" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/583342/4512501 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Weehawken
Inventory number
BH 68722 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Amtrak (574)
Bore Tunnel (296)
Built 1908 (785)
Built during 1900s (7,631)
Charles M. Jacobs (3)
Commuter Rail (439)
County line crossing (533)
Hudson County, New Jersey (111)
John Shields Construction Co. (1)
New Jersey (1,693)
New Jersey Transit (169)
New York (4,880)
New York City, New York (342)
 New York County, New York (142)
Northeast Corridor (156)
O'Rourke Engineering Construction Co. (1)
Open (40,960)
Over a mile long (309)
Owned by railroad (13,492)
Pennsylvania Railroad (1,026)
Railroad (16,452)
State line crossing (913)
Total length over 2500 feet (949)
Tunnel (1,359)
Weehawken, New Jersey (2)
William Bradley (1)

Update Log 

  • July 1, 2019: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
  • March 18, 2019: New photos from Geoff Hubbs
  • August 27, 2018: Updated by Luke: Added category "Bore Tunnel"
  • July 19, 2018: Updated by Luke: Added category "County line crossing"
  • July 19, 2018: Updated by Andy Peters: removes county line crossing from categories
  • July 30, 2015: Added by Luke

Sources 

  • Luke
  • Wikipedia
  • Andy Peters - anpete1971 [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Geoff Hubbs
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Comments 

Amtrak/NJT - North River Tunnel
Posted July 30, 2015, by Ian Martin

FWIW, as far as I know the Gateway Project is designed to augment, rather than replace, the North River Tunnels. The Gateway Tunnels are needed to allow for long-overdue maintenance on the 1908 tunnels, but I'd be very surprised if they aren't returned to service after an extensive rehabilitation. Given the volume of trips between NY & NJ, there's just no way they'd let them sit idle forever.