Lower Hack Lift
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| Lower Hack Lift Bridge | |
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 Lower Hack Lift, looking southwest, in a 1979 photo |
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| Other name(s) | Erie & Lackawanna Railroad Bridge, Kearny, New Jersey |
| Carries | New Jersey Transit |
| Crosses | Hackensack River |
| Locale | Connecting Kearny and Jersey City, New Jersey |
| Maintained by | New Jersey Transit |
| Designer | John Alexander Low Waddell |
| Design | Lift bridge |
| Material | Steel |
| Construction begin | 1927 |
| Opened | October 2, 1928 |
| Coordinates | 40°44′36″N 74°04′37″W / 40.7432°N 74.0770°WCoordinates: 40°44′36″N 74°04′37″W / 40.7432°N 74.0770°W |
 Lower Hack Lift
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The Lower Hack Lift is a lift bridge carrying the New Jersey Transit Morristown Line across the Hackensack River at mile 3.4, Jersey City, New Jersey.
The massive 3-track lift span was built in 1927-28 by the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad under the direction and design of John Alexander Low Waddell. The span was completed and opened October 2, 1928.
In addition to the Morristown and Gladstone lines, Montclair-Boonton Line service and North Jersey Coast Line service (via the Waterfront Connection) also use Lower Hack to access Hoboken Terminal.
According to US Coast Guard regulations, Lower Hack shall open upon signal with at least one hour notice to the bridge tender at Upper Hack Lift on the Main Line.[1]
[edit] See also
- Upper Hack Lift (NJ Transit bridge at mile 6.9)
- List of crossings of the Hackensack River
[edit] References
- ^ U.S. Coast Guard. "Title 33--Navigation and Navigable Waters, Chapter I, Part 117, Section 723 - Hackensack River". Code of Federal Regulations. July 1, 2007. http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/11sep20071500/edocket.access.gpo.gov/cfr_2007/julqtr/33cfr117.723.htm. 33 C.F.R. 117.723.
[edit] External links
- Movable Railroad Bridges of New Jersey-photo catalog
- Movable Railroad Bridges of New Jersey
- Views from Lower Hack
- Lower Hack photos and notes
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