1930: (Bridge Hunter; Historic Bridges)
The 1930 bridge is in the foreground and the background lift bridge is the Conrail/Pennsy freight bridge. Peaking out near the left is the PATH/Pennsy passenger bridge.
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| 1 of 13 photos posted by Bridges & Tunnels LEFT: Hackensack River PATH Bridge; CENTER: Pennsylvania Railroad Harsimus Branch Bridge and c. 1930 Wittpenn Bridge; RIGHT: c. 2021 Wittpenn Bridge Bridges Now and Then posted Bridges over the Hackensack River at Jersey City, New Jersey. "LEFT: Hackensack River PATH Bridge; CENTER: Pennsylvania Railroad Harsimus Branch Bridge and c. 1930 Wittpenn Bridge; RIGHT: c. 2021 Wittpenn Bridge." (Bridges and Tunnels) Kevin Lagasse: Is the bridge on the right replacing the one in the middle? Dennis DeBruler: Kevin Lagasse If the author would copy the URL of the page from which he copied the photo, you could have easily determined that the answer is yes. http://bridgestunnels.com/location/wittpenn-bridge/ |
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| NJ, p32 |
I'm saving a satellite image because the 1930 bridge with its curved truss will be disappearing.
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| Satellite |
The above is what showed up on my desktop. The following is what I saw on my laptop. This is the first time I have noticed a difference. Note that the laptop view has the temporary construction trestles with a crane on the east trestle. The crane is why I noticed the views were different.
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| Satellite |
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| NJ, p31 shared piers with Pennsy |
Another before photo.
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| NJ, p34 |
A comparable view that shows how the replacement bridge was built upstream of the 1930 bridge.
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| 3D Satellite |
The towers of the 1930 bridge frame the left column of the 2021 tower. We also see the first two of Pennsy's three crossings of the river (PATH+Conrail). And in the far left background is the Pulaski Skyway Bridge over the Hackensack River.
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| Street View, Oct 2021 |
This is the post that motivated finishing these notes.
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| Jake Oster shared Jamie L Andujar: L-R Wittpenn, Hack(CSAO), Hack(PATH) |
A Flickr photo with both bridges and two freight trains
Some photos taken during construction:
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