Industrial History: 1862+1902+1928 NJTR/DL&W Lower Hack Bridges over Hackensack River

1902: (Bridge Hunter)

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.

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.

Street View

Judging by the control cabins, this photo is of this DL&W bridge rather than the Upper Hackensack Bridge.

Dennis A. Livesey posted
It was a hazy, muggy day in August 1984. The DL&W MU's were on borrowed time. Since I like infrastructure as much as anyone, how about this shot at the Hackensack Bridge? Today, I am not sure how I got there. Certainly today big frowns would be made. But back then you could get away with stuff like this.
Dennis A. Livesey shared
Steve Hand shared

James Kenny commented on Daniel Burgos' post, rotated and cropped

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]

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

3D Satellite

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").