Brielle Draw

Brielle Draw
Brielle Draw
Coordinates	40°06′22″N 74°03′00″W / 40.10610°N 74.04997°W
Carries	New York and Long Branch (to 1976); Conrail; North Jersey Coast Line
Crosses	Manasquan River
Locale	Brielle; Point Pleasant Beach
Owner	New Jersey Transit
Maintained by	NJT
ID number	NJT 1362-157
Characteristics
Design	Bascule bridge
Total length	1,162.59 feet
History
Opened	1911
Location

Brielle Draw is a railroad bascule bridge over Manasquan River in Brielle, Monmouth County and Point Pleasant Beach, Ocean County, New Jersey, United States west of the Manasquan Inlet to the Atlantic Ocean.^[1] It carries a single track of the New Jersey Transit Rail Operations (NJT) North Jersey Coast Line (MP 36.38) between Manasquan and Point Pleasant Beach stations. It had once been part of Central Railroad of New Jersey (CNJ), New York & Long Branch Railroad (NYLB) and Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) operations.^[2] The line is also served by the River Draw over the Raritan River, the Morgan Draw over Cheesequake Creek, the Oceanport Draw over Oceanport Creek and the Shark River Draw.

References

^ "Brielle Bridge Replacement - Hardesty & Hanover". Retrieved 9 December 2016.
^ "NJT - Brielle Draw". Retrieved 9 December 2016.

[1] "Brielle Bridge Replacement - Hardesty & Hanover". Retrieved 9 December 2016.

[2] "NJT - Brielle Draw". Retrieved 9 December 2016.

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v t e NJ Transit Rail Operations
Hoboken Division	Bergen County Line Main Line Meadowlands Rail Line Montclair-Boonton Line Morris & Essex Lines ( Morristown Line and Gladstone Branch) Pascack Valley Line Port Jervis Line
Newark Division	Atlantic City Line North Jersey Coast Line Northeast Corridor Line Princeton Branch Raritan Valley Line
Connections	Aldene Connection Harold Interlocking Lehigh Line Connection Kearny Connection Montclair Connection Port Morris Junction Secaucus Junction Waterfront Connection
Current rolling stock	EMD GP40PH-2 ALP-46 ALP-45DP PL42AC Comet coaches Comet V MultiLevel coaches Arrow multiple units
Bridges and tunnels	Beach Bridge Bergen Tunnels Brielle Draw Connecting Railway Bridge DB Draw Delair Bridge Dock Bridge East River Tunnels HX Draw Lower Hack Lift Lyndhurst Draw Morgan Draw Morrisville–Trenton Railroad Bridge Newark Drawbridge North River Tunnels Oceanport Draw Portal Bridge Rahway River Bridge Raritan Bay Drawbridge Raritan River Bridge Roseville Tunnel Shark River Draw Upper Hack Lift WR Draw
Stations and yards	List of stations Historic stations County Yard Morrisville Yard Sunnyside Yard
Proposed lines	Lackawanna Cut-Off Monmouth Ocean Middlesex Line West Trenton Line
Other topics	Access to the Region's Core Atlantic City Express Service Glassboro–Camden Line Gateway Program Mid-Line Loop Northern Branch Passaic–Bergen–Hudson Transit Sawtooth Bridges Train to the Game Former stations Proposed stations

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