Lower Hack Lift (original) (raw)

Bridge in Jersey City, New Jersey and Kearny

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 / 40.7432; -74.0770 (Lower Hack Lift Bridge)
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
Rail characteristics
No. of tracks 3
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrified 25 kV 60 Hz
History
Designer John Alexander Low Waddell
Construction start 1927
Opened October 2, 1928; 97 years ago (1928-10-02)
Location
Map

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_]

Seen from the southwest in 2006

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]

  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.