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	The '''Newark Bay Bridge''' of the ] was a four track railroad bridge that had four main ] spans. It opened in 1926, replacing an outdated two track ] built in 1901, that in turn had replaced a wooden ] that originally opened on July 29, 1864.<ref name="bianculli">{{cite book\|author=Bianculli, Anthony J.\|title=Iron Rails in the Garden State: Tales of New Jersey Railroading\|publisher=Indiana University Press\|year=2008\|isbn=9780253351746\|pages=106–107}}</ref><ref name="nealjconway">{{cite web\|author=Conway, Neal J.\|url=http://www.nealjconway.com/nepasites/addenda1004/nyscranton/newarkbaybridge.html\|title=Jersey Central: Newark Bay Bridge\|accessdate=2009-04-18}}</ref> The bridge connected ] and ] at the southern end of ]. The designer of this bridge was ]. On September 15, 1958, a commuter train ] which had been opened for marine traffic, killing 48 people, including former ] second baseman ].<ref name="snuffy_obit">{{cite web\|url=http://www.thedeadballera.com/Obits/Stirnweiss.Snuffy.Obit.html\|title=TheDeadballEra.com :: SNUFFY STIRNWEISS' OBIT\|accessdate=2009-04-18}}</ref><ref name="heininger">{{cite web\|url=http://blog.nj.com/ledgerupdates/2007/09/looking_back_48_killed_as_trai.html\|author=Heininger, Claire\|date=September 15, 2007 \|accessdate=2009-04-18\|title=Looking Back: 48 killed as train plunges off Newark Bay drawbridge - NJ.com: Star-Ledger updates\|publisher='']''}}</ref><ref name="haine">{{cite book\|title=Railroad Wrecks\|author=Haine, Edgar A.\|page=134\|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=S7t8DW4iYDMC&pg=PA134&lpg=PA134&dq=Newark+Bay+Bridge&source=bl&ots=Tck-fk4C1M&sig=ItIgk9WRASBBbDgmbSBRzgtqSXk&hl=en&ei=Z2zqSbmSGeLHtgeVxOWRBg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3\|accessdate=2009-04-18\|publisher=Associated University Presses\|year=1993\|isbn=0845348442}}</ref> In 1966 the French freighter S.S. ''Washington'' collided with the north east lift span, rendering two tracks unusable.<ref name="steve_thorpe">{{cite web\|url=http://www.thorpefamily.us/bayonne.html		The '''Newark Bay Bridge''' of the ] was a four track railroad bridge that had four main ] spans. It opened in 1926, replacing an outdated two track ] built in 1901, that in turn had replaced a wooden ] that originally opened on July 29, 1864.<ref name="bianculli">{{cite book\|author=Bianculli, Anthony J.\|title=Iron Rails in the Garden State: Tales of New Jersey Railroading\|publisher=Indiana University Press\|year=2008\|isbn=9780253351746\|pages=106–107}}</ref><ref name="nealjconway">{{cite web\|author=Conway, Neal J.\|url=http://www.nealjconway.com/nepasites/addenda1004/nyscranton/newarkbaybridge.html\|title=Jersey Central: Newark Bay Bridge\|accessdate=2009-04-18}}</ref> The bridge connected ] and ] at the southern end of ]. The designer of this bridge was ]. On September 15, 1958, a commuter train ] which had been opened for marine traffic, killing 48 people, including former ] second baseman ].<ref name="snuffy_obit">{{cite web\|url=http://www.thedeadballera.com/Obits/Stirnweiss.Snuffy.Obit.html\|title=TheDeadballEra.com :: SNUFFY STIRNWEISS' OBIT\|accessdate=2009-04-18}} {{Dead link\|date=October 2010\|bot=H3llBot}}</ref><ref name="heininger">{{cite web\|url=http://blog.nj.com/ledgerupdates/2007/09/looking_back_48_killed_as_trai.html\|author=Heininger, Claire\|date=September 15, 2007 \|accessdate=2009-04-18\|title=Looking Back: 48 killed as train plunges off Newark Bay drawbridge - NJ.com: Star-Ledger updates\|publisher='']''}}</ref><ref name="haine">{{cite book\|title=Railroad Wrecks\|author=Haine, Edgar A.\|page=134\|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=S7t8DW4iYDMC&pg=PA134&lpg=PA134&dq=Newark+Bay+Bridge&source=bl&ots=Tck-fk4C1M&sig=ItIgk9WRASBBbDgmbSBRzgtqSXk&hl=en&ei=Z2zqSbmSGeLHtgeVxOWRBg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3\|accessdate=2009-04-18\|publisher=Associated University Presses\|year=1993\|isbn=0845348442}}</ref> In 1966 the French freighter S.S. ''Washington'' collided with the north east lift span, rendering two tracks unusable.<ref name="steve_thorpe">{{cite web\|url=http://www.thorpefamily.us/bayonne.html
	\|title=CONRAIL/NJ D.O.T. Draws the Curtain on the Bayonne Shuttle		\|title=CONRAIL/NJ D.O.T. Draws the Curtain on the Bayonne Shuttle
	\|author=Thorpe, Steve		\|author=Thorpe, Steve

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Not to be confused with Newark Bay Bridge. Bridge in New Jersey

Newark Bay
Coordinates	40°39′16″N 74°09′00″W / 40.6545°N 74.15°W / 40.6545; -74.15
Carries	Central Railroad of New Jersey
Crosses	Newark Bay
Locale	New Jersey
Official name	Newark Bay
Characteristics
Design	Vertical lift bridge, through Parker truss
Total length	2 miles (3.2 km)
Width	4 tracks
Longest span	299 feet (91 m)
Clearance above	216 feet (66 m)
History
Designer	John Alexander Low Waddell
Opened	1926
Closed	1980-1988
Location

The Newark Bay Bridge of the Central Railroad of New Jersey was a four track railroad bridge that had four main lift spans. It opened in 1926, replacing an outdated two track bascule span built in 1901, that in turn had replaced a wooden draw bridge that originally opened on July 29, 1864. The bridge connected Elizabethport and Bayonne at the southern end of Newark Bay. The designer of this bridge was J.A.L. Waddell. On September 15, 1958, a commuter train plunged off the south span which had been opened for marine traffic, killing 48 people, including former New York Yankees second baseman Snuffy Stirnweiss. In 1966 the French freighter S.S. Washington collided with the north east lift span, rendering two tracks unusable. When the Aldene Plan went into effect in May 1967 the only passenger service on the bridge was the Bayonne-Cranford shuttle, known commonly as the "Scoot". The last freight train crossed the bridge in 1976 just prior to the formation of Conrail, and the last passenger train left Bayonne's Eighth Street Station on August 6, 1978. Despite Bayonne's efforts to save the bridge, demolition of the central lift spans began in July 1980 after the United States Coast Guard declared the structure a navigational hazard to ships. The trestle and approaches were removed in 1987-1988 when it became apparent that a replacement span was no longer feasible.