Lincoln Highway Passaic River Bridge

Lincoln Highway Bridge
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Coordinates
Carries	US 1/9 Truck East Coast Greenway
Crosses	Passaic River
Locale	Newark and Kearny
Other name(s)	Route 1&9 Lincoln Highway Bridge Rte 1&9 Passaic River Bridge
Owner	New Jersey Department of Transportation
Characteristics
Design	Vertical lift
Material	Steel
Total length	2,005 feet (611 m)
Width	52 feet (16 m)
Longest span	322.5 feet (98.3 m)
Number of spans	18
Clearance above	15.9 feet (4.8 m)
Clearance below	35 feet (11 m) (mean high water) 40 feet (12 m) (mean low water) 140 feet (43 m) (open position)
History
Designer	Ash, Howard, Needles, and Tamman & Morris Goodkind
Engineering design by	Feidinan'd Coyne
Construction begin	1939
Construction end	1940
Construction cost	$2,500,000
Opened	1941
Lincoln Highway Bridge North of Newark Bay in the Port of New York and New Jersey
References

The Lincoln Highway Passaic River Bridge is a vehicular moveable bridge crossing the Passaic River at a point 1.8 mi (2.9 km) from the river mouth at Newark Bay in northeastern New Jersey, United States. The vertical lift bridge, along the route of the Lincoln Highway, carries U.S. Route 1/9 Truck and the East Coast Greenway between the Ironbound in Newark and Kearny Point in Kearny. Opened in 1941, it is owned by and operated by the New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) and required by the Code of Federal Regulations to open on 4-hour notice for maritime traffic.

Location

The Lincoln Highway Bridge crosses the Passaic in the vicinity of Kearny Point Reach The east bank at Kearny Point is an industrial and distribution warehouse area. During the first half of the 20th century it was a site of yards of the Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company. At its western end there are connections to Raymond Boulevard, US Route 1/9, and the New Jersey Turnpike.

The bridge and its sister, the Lincoln Highway Hackensack River Bridge are important components in the transportation of goods in the Port of New York and New Jersey. Since the nearby Pulaski Skyway prohibits trucks they often use Route 1/9 Truck to serve traffic at Port Newark, Newark Airport, the Holland Tunnel and the numerous intermodal freight transport facilities in the New Jersey Meadowlands. The NJDOT is considering building a new bridge along the alignment of the now defunct PD Draw, the former Newark and New York Railroad bridge at mile point 1.2. Studies are being conducted as part of an extensive project conceived to facilitate freight transshipment through the port known as Portway. A new bridge could include a rail component. The dual bridge combination would allow for two one-way crossings of the Passaic.

History

Further information: Lincoln Highway Hackensack River Bridge

Approval for the bridge was given by the War Department in 1937. Construction began in 1939 and it was opened in January 1941. It was designed by the firm of Ash, Howard, Needles, and Tamman in conjunction with Morris Goodkind of the New Jersey Highway Department to incorporate many innovative concepts of the era.

See also

• Lincoln Highway Hackensack River Bridge
• List of crossings of the Lower Passaic River
• List of bridges, tunnels, and cuts in Hudson County, New Jersey
• List of crossings of the Hackensack River
• HNTB
• Waddell & Harrington

External links

• Liberty Water Gap Bike Trail
• Passaic River Bridge (1&9) history at bridgesnyc.com