Lower Hack Lift

Lower Hack Lift Bridge
Lower Hack Lift Bridge
	Lower Hack Lift, looking southwest, in a 1979 photo
Coordinates	40°44′36″N 74°04′37″W / 40.7432°N 74.0770°W
Carries	New Jersey Transit
Crosses	Hackensack River
Locale	Jersey City, New Jersey and Kearny
Other name(s)	Erie-Lackawanna Railroad Bridge
Maintained by	New Jersey Transit
Characteristics
Design	Lift bridge
Material	Steel
History
Designer	John Alexander Low Waddell
Construction start	1927
Opened	October 2, 1928; 96 years ago
Location

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 three-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.^{[citation needed]}

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.^{[citation needed]}

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]

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. 33 CFR 117.723.

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
Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. NJ-42, "Erie & Lackawanna Railroad Bridge, Spanning Hackensack River, Kearny, Hudson County, NJ", 10 photos, 2 data pages, 1 photo caption page

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[1] 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. 33 CFR 117.723.

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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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