1928: (
Bridge Hunter;
Historic Bridges;
HAER;
B&T;
3D Satellite)
NJTR = New Jersey Transit
Some year I'm going to try to find out who has more movable bridges: Chicagoland, Cleveland or northeast New Jersey.
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One of nine photos posted by Danie Burgos
Old Delaware, Lackawanna & Western RR lift bridge, built about 1927, now part of New Jersey Transit, on the Hackensack River in Jersey City NJ. |
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| James Kenny commented on Daniel Burgos' post, rotated and cropped |
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| State of New Jersey Photo via BridgeHunter-1902 |
"This bridge is one of several vertical lift bridges in this area. The lift span is a Parker truss span with a very defined arch-like shape to it. There is a long series of approach spans leading up to the bridge. It was designed by the firm that was originally known as Waddell and Harrington, who invented the modern vertical lift bridge in 1893." [HistoricBridges]
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HAER NJ,9-KEAR,2--3
3. AERIAL VIEW OF THE VERTICAL LIFT BRIDGE FROM THE SOUTHEAST. OTHER BRIDGES SHOWN ARE (IN ORDER OF RECESSION) THE NEWARK TURNPIKE, THE CONRAIL BRIDGE (HAER No. NJ-43) THE PATH TRANSIT BRIDGE (HAER No. NJ-44), THE PULASKI SKYWAY (HAER No. NJ-34), AND THE NEWARK BAY BRIDGE (HAER No. NJ-37) - Erie & Lackawanna Railroad Bridge, Spanning Hackensack River, Kearny, Hudson County, NJ |
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Hardesty & Hanover photo via BridgeHunter-1928, License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike (CC BY-SA)
looking north in 1928 with previous swing bridge in background |
The DL&W had two bridges over the Hackensack within a couple of miles of each other. Thus the names
Upper Hack ("U") and Lower Hack ("L").
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