SOC = Strauss Overhead Counterweight
Jeffs4653 Flickr's comment confirms I'm seeing Continuous Welded Rail (CWR) across the bridge. As I expected, the bridges have notbeen opened in decades.
It has recently seen some maintenance work. This work was funded by $4.3m from taxpayers and about $1.8m from CSX. [NorthJersey]
The NYS&W route was Erie and the CSX route was NYC's West Shore RR.
Obviously, it used to also be a road bridge. The swing bridge on the left was NYC, and it is now CSX.
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| Street View, Mar 2022 |
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| Nov 1977 Photo by Geoff Hubbs via BridgeHunter, License: Released into public domain |
jag9889 Flickr has a good view the attachment of the of the counterweight to the rear of the movable span.
Jeffs4653 Flickr's comment confirms I'm seeing Continuous Welded Rail (CWR) across the bridge. As I expected, the bridges have notbeen opened in decades.
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| Street View, Aug 2018 |
When the swing span opened, it must have been awfully close to the bascule bridge. This bridge had a predecessor swing bridge.
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| 3D Satellite |
The NYS&W route was Erie and the CSX route was NYC's West Shore RR.
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| 1935 Weehawken Quad @ 24,000 |
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| Photo via AgateConstruction via BridgeHunter |
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| AgateConstruction, cropped |
I'll speculate that it used to be a two-track bridge, and when the RR was single-tracked, the unused side was planked for MoW vehicles; the guardrails keeps 'em out of the drink.
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