Thursday, May 2, 2024

1930 CSX/(Lehigh Valley+Pennsy) Upper Bay Bridge over Newark Bay

(Bridge Hunter; no Historic Bridges; Satellite)

The predecessor bridge was a swing bridge built by Lehigh Valley in 1913.

Street View

It's always good to catch a train on a bridge because that means the route is still used.
Street View

Jonathan Konopka posted
This is the Upper Bay Bridge, which connects Newark, NJ and Bayonne, NJ. It is a vertical lift bridge that was built in 1930 and carries the CSX National Docks Branch over the Newark Bay.
James Kenney: AKA Lehigh Valley bridge.

EN via BridgeHunter

William Billson posted
Today [May 1, 2024] at 3pm Conrail Terminal Dispatcher assuming control of Upper Bay interlocking and Garden switches. The operators are staying at the bridge, but will be bridge tenders.
Ken Jamin: If the signals governing movement over the bridge clear automatically when the bridge is down and locked, the bridge centers are not under the HOS and can work indefinitely. However if the bridge tender has to line the signal manually, they are under DS HOS. (Nine hours in 24).
[I decided that HOS means Hours of Service.]
William Billson: Ken Jamin dispatcher handling signals and unlocks bridge for operator.

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