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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 It opened in 1926, replacing an outdated two track ] built in 1901, that in turn had replaced a wooden ] that originally opened on July 29, 1864.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><ref>{{cite news| url=http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=F70F14FC3C5411738DDDA80B94DA415B828EF1D3 | work=The New York Times | title=NEWARK BAY BRIDGE APPROVED BY WEEKS; Central Railroad Wins Fight to Build a New Span Instead of Constructing a Tunnel. RULES IT IS NO OBSTRUCTION Secretary's Decision Is Believed to Be Final, as Move to Repeal Franchise Has Failed. Effect on other Bridges | date=1922-12-31}}</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 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><ref>{{cite news| url=http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=F70F14FC3C5411738DDDA80B94DA415B828EF1D3 | work=The New York Times | title=NEWARK BAY BRIDGE APPROVED BY WEEKS; Central Railroad Wins Fight to Build a New Span Instead of Constructing a Tunnel. RULES IT IS NO OBSTRUCTION Secretary's Decision Is Believed to Be Final, as Move to Repeal Franchise Has Failed. Effect on other Bridges | date=1922-12-31}}</ref> The bridge connected ] and ] at the southern end of ]. The designer of this bridge was ].

|title=CONRAIL/NJ D.O.T. Draws the Curtain on the Bayonne Shuttle
The lift spans were a pair of two-track spans over two separate shipping channels; the longer span being {{convert|299|ft|m}} long, while the shorter span was {{convert|210.75|ft|m}}, giving a navigable width of {{convert|216|ft|m}} and {{convert|134|ft|m}} respectively. Vertical clearance was {{convert|135|ft|m}} open and {{convert|35|ft|m}} closed.<ref name=loc>{{cite web|last=Library of Congress|title=Central Railroad of New Jersey, Newark Bay Lift Bridge, Spanning Newark Bay, Newark, Essex County, NJ ]/]/]|url=http://www.loc.gov/pictures/search/?q=Photograph:%20nj0876&fi=number&op=PHRASE&va=exact&co=hh&st=gallery&sg=true|work=LOC Prints & Photographs Online Catalog|accessdate=24 February 2012}}</ref><ref name=noaa12333>{{cite web|last=NOAA|title=Kill Van Kull and Northern Part of Arthur Kill: No. 12333, October 1975|url=http://historicalcharts.noaa.gov/historicals/preview/image/12333-10-1975|work=Navigational Charts - United States - East Coast|publisher=U.S. Department of Commerce|accessdate=24 February 2012}}</ref> Each span was capable of independent movement, as well as any combination of tandem movements. Bridge movement, interlocking and signals were controlled from a large manned structure on the operational midpoint, between the east and west drawspans and above the tracks.<ref name=loc />
|author=Thorpe, Steve

⚫ |accessdate=2009-04-23}}</ref> When the ] went into effect in May 1967 the only passenger service on the bridge was the Bayonne-] shuttle, known commonly as the "Scoot".<ref name="steve_thorpe"/> The last freight train crossed the bridge in 1976 just prior to the formation of ], and the last passenger train left Bayonne's Eighth Street Station on August 6, 1978.<ref name="steve_thorpe"/> Despite Bayonne's efforts to save the bridge, demolition of the central lift spans began in July 1980 after the ] declared the structure a navigational hazard to ships.<ref name="bayonne">{{Cite web|url=http://www.bayonnenj.org/masterplan/section_10.pdf|title=X. HISTORIC PRESERVATION PLAN ELEMENT|accessdate=2009-04-18}}</ref> The trestle and approaches were removed in 1987-1988 when it became apparent that a replacement span was no longer feasible.
Despite the operational flexibility and safeguards built into the bridge, increase in marine traffic and ship size only made the bridge a greater, rather than smaller, maritime hazard. At the same time, however, decline in rail traffic did not make it any less of a hazard to the railroad. 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> On May 19, 1966, the French freighter S.S. ''Washington'' collided with the northeast lift span, rendering two tracks unusable<ref>{{cite news|title=Ship Hits Railroad Drawbridge|url=http://www.the-gauge.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=26&t=2112&sid=68ad25c2fca6d5e17696e0d6cb2dcac3&start=15|accessdate=24 February 2012|newspaper=The Bayonne Times|date=May 20, 1966}}</ref><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 |author=Thorpe, Steve |accessdate=2009-04-23}}</ref>; despite an eventual ] judgement in the CNJ's favor, the span was never repaired, as the two affected tracks were deemed redundant by the railroad due to the sharp decline in rail traffic and the momentous ] which occurred less than a year after the accident. <ref>{{cite court |litigants=In the Matter of The Central Railroad Company of New Jersey v. Manufacturers Hanover Trust Company, Trustee of the General Mortgage which secures the General Mortgage Bonds of the Debtor, Appellant. No. 17937 |vol=421 |reporter=F.2d |opinion=604 |pinpoint= |court=3d. Cir. |date=1970 |url=http://bulk.resource.org/courts.gov/c/F2/421/421.F2d.604.17937_1.html#fn14_ref |accessdate=24 February 2012 |quote=}}</ref>

⚫ When the ] went into effect in May 1967 the only passenger service on the bridge was the Bayonne-] shuttle, known commonly as the "Scoot".<ref name="steve_thorpe"/> The last freight train crossed the bridge in 1976 just prior to the formation of ], and the last passenger train left Bayonne's Eighth Street Station on August 6, 1978.<ref name="steve_thorpe"/> Despite Bayonne's efforts to save the bridge, demolition of the central lift spans began in July 1980 after the ] declared the structure a navigational hazard to ships.<ref name="bayonne">{{Cite web|url=http://www.bayonnenj.org/masterplan/section_10.pdf|title=X. HISTORIC PRESERVATION PLAN ELEMENT|accessdate=2009-04-18}}</ref> The trestle and approaches were removed in 1987-1988 when it became apparent that a replacement span was no longer feasible.


], ], and ] counties in New Jersey. The grey CNJ line from Bayonne to Elizabeth was carried by the CNJ's Newark Bay Bridge]] ], ], and ] counties in New Jersey. The grey CNJ line from Bayonne to Elizabeth was carried by the CNJ's Newark Bay Bridge]]

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Not to be confused with Newark Bay Bridge. Bridge in New Jersey
Newark Bay
The Central Railroad of New Jersey Newark Bay Bridge with its lifts raised (one of which had already been destroyed by collision). The bridge was demolished in the 1980s.
Coordinates40°39′16″N 74°09′00″W / 40.6545°N 74.15°W / 40.6545; -74.15
CarriesCentral Railroad of New Jersey
CrossesNewark Bay
LocaleNew Jersey
Official nameNewark Bay
Characteristics
DesignVertical lift bridge, through Parker truss
Total length2 miles (3.2 km)
Width4 tracks
Longest span299 feet (91 m)
Clearance above135 feet (41 m)
History
DesignerJohn Alexander Low Waddell
Opened1926
Closed1980-1988
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.

The lift spans were a pair of two-track spans over two separate shipping channels; the longer span being 299 feet (91 m) long, while the shorter span was 210.75 feet (64.24 m), giving a navigable width of 216 feet (66 m) and 134 feet (41 m) respectively. Vertical clearance was 135 feet (41 m) open and 35 feet (11 m) closed. Each span was capable of independent movement, as well as any combination of tandem movements. Bridge movement, interlocking and signals were controlled from a large manned structure on the operational midpoint, between the east and west drawspans and above the tracks.

Despite the operational flexibility and safeguards built into the bridge, increase in marine traffic and ship size only made the bridge a greater, rather than smaller, maritime hazard. At the same time, however, decline in rail traffic did not make it any less of a hazard to the railroad. 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. On May 19, 1966, the French freighter S.S. Washington collided with the northeast lift span, rendering two tracks unusable; despite an eventual 2nd Circuit judgement in the CNJ's favor, the span was never repaired, as the two affected tracks were deemed redundant by the railroad due to the sharp decline in rail traffic and the momentous change in the railroad's operations which occurred less than a year after the accident.

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.

Map of rail lines around Essex, Hudson, and Union counties in New Jersey. The grey CNJ line from Bayonne to Elizabeth was carried by the CNJ's Newark Bay Bridge

See also

References

  1. ^ Baugn, James (2009). "Newark Bay Lift Bridge". Retrieved 2009-04-20.
  2. Bianculli, Anthony J. (2008). Iron Rails in the Garden State: Tales of New Jersey Railroading. Indiana University Press. pp. 106–107. ISBN 9780253351746.
  3. Conway, Neal J. "Jersey Central: Newark Bay Bridge". Retrieved 2009-04-18.
  4. "NEWARK BAY BRIDGE APPROVED BY WEEKS; Central Railroad Wins Fight to Build a New Span Instead of Constructing a Tunnel. RULES IT IS NO OBSTRUCTION Secretary's Decision Is Believed to Be Final, as Move to Repeal Franchise Has Failed. Effect on other Bridges". The New York Times. 1922-12-31.
  5. ^ Library of Congress. "Central Railroad of New Jersey, Newark Bay Lift Bridge, Spanning Newark Bay, Newark, Essex County, NJ [[Historic American Buildings Survey|HABS]]/[[Historic American Engineering Record|HAER]]/[[Historic American Landscapes Survey|HALS]]". LOC Prints & Photographs Online Catalog. Retrieved 24 February 2012. {{cite web}}: URL–wikilink conflict (help)
  6. NOAA. "Kill Van Kull and Northern Part of Arthur Kill: No. 12333, October 1975". Navigational Charts - United States - East Coast. U.S. Department of Commerce. Retrieved 24 February 2012.
  7. "TheDeadballEra.com :: SNUFFY STIRNWEISS' OBIT". Retrieved 2009-04-18.
  8. Heininger, Claire (September 15, 2007). "Looking Back: 48 killed as train plunges off Newark Bay drawbridge - NJ.com: Star-Ledger updates". The Star-Ledger. Retrieved 2009-04-18. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  9. Haine, Edgar A. (1993). Railroad Wrecks. Associated University Presses. p. 134. ISBN 0845348442. Retrieved 2009-04-18.
  10. "Ship Hits Railroad Drawbridge". The Bayonne Times. May 20, 1966. Retrieved 24 February 2012.
  11. ^ Thorpe, Steve. "CONRAIL/NJ D.O.T. Draws the Curtain on the Bayonne Shuttle". Retrieved 2009-04-23.
  12. In the Matter of The Central Railroad Company of New Jersey v. Manufacturers Hanover Trust Company, Trustee of the General Mortgage which secures the General Mortgage Bonds of the Debtor, Appellant. No. 17937, 421 F.2d 604 (3d. Cir. 1970).
  13. "X. HISTORIC PRESERVATION PLAN ELEMENT" (PDF). Retrieved 2009-04-18.

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Bridges of the Newark Bay
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Arthur Kill Vertical Lift Bridge
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