There are numerous of
vehicular and
rail bridges, tunnels, and
cuts in
Hudson County, New Jersey. Located in the
northeastern part of
New Jersey Hudson lies at the heart of the
Port of New York and New Jersey and is a major crossroads of the
New York Metropolitan area and
Northeast Megalopolis. Located on two peninsulas, formerly known as
Bergen Neck and
New Barbadoes Neck, it has extensive waterfront along the
Hudson River,
Upper New York Bay,
Kill van Kull,
Newark Bay and the
Hackensack and
Passaic Rivers. The main part of Hudson lies on
Bergen Hill, the southern emergence of the
Hudson Palisades, starting at sea level at
Bergen Point and rising to 260 feet travelling through
Bayonne,
Jersey City and
North Hudson.
Secaucus and most of
West Hudson are part of the
New Jersey Meadowlands. Listings are generally from south to north.
Hudson River
Kill van Kull and Newark Bay
Hackensack River
Passaic River
Bergen Hill-Hudson Palisades
Railroad tunnels, cuts, viaducts and right of ways
|
Location
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original use
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Current use
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Central Railroad of New Jersey
|
Bayonne and
Greenville
|
Main Line to
Communipaw Terminal
partially built along the former
Morris Canal
|
Hudson Bergen Light Rail
Liberty State Park -
8th Street
|
Lehigh Valley Terminal Railway
|
Bayonne,
Greenville,
Downtown Jersey City
|
Jersey City, Newark and Western Railway
|
National Docks Secondary
CSX Transportation to
Port Jersey,
Constable Hook,
Croxton Yard & other points in
Port of New York and New Jersey and
North Jersey Shared Assets Area
|
Newark and New York Railroad (1869)
[4]
|
West Side &
Bergen-Lafayette, Jersey City
|
Central Railroad of New Jersey line from
Downtown Newark to
CRRNJ Terminal
|
Hudson-Bergen Light Rail West Side Branch
|
National Docks Secondary (1897)
|
Downtown Jersey City
|
National Docks
|
North Jersey Shared Assets
CSX Transportation
|
Bergen Hill Cut (1838)
[1]
|
Journal Square
|
New Jersey Rail Road and Transportation Company to
Paulus Hook
Pennsylvania Railroad to
PRR Station at
Exchange Place or
Harsimus Branch to
Harsimus Cove
|
PATH
Journal Square and
Newark lines
North Jersey Shared Assets Area
|
Harsimus Stem Embankment
|
Harsimus &
Hamilton Park
|
Harsimus Branch to
Harsimus Cove
Pennsylvania Railroad
railyard and
abattoir
|
unused
|
Bergen Arches (1910)
[5]
|
Journal Square &
Jersey City Heights
|
2nd Erie Cut
Erie Railroad to
Pavonia Terminal
|
unused
|
Long Dock Tunnel (1860)
[6]
|
Journal Square &
Jersey City Heights
|
First Erie Cut to
Pavonia Terminal
|
Norfolk Southern
|
Bergen Tunnels (1876) & (1908)
[7]
|
Jersey City Heights
|
Morris and Essex Railroad
Delaware, Lackawanna, and Western
Erie Lackawanna
|
New Jersey Transit to
Hoboken Terminal.
[7]
|
Hoboken Elevated
|
Hoboken Terminal -
Palisade Avenue
|
North Hudson County Railway
Public Service Railway
|
dismantled after
bustitution in 1949
|
Gateway Tunnel (proposed)
|
Amtrak
New Jersey Transit
|
North Bergen and
Midtown Manhattan
|
|
THE Tunnel
|
North Bergen -
Weehawken
|
New
mass transit tunnel that will connect
Secaucus Junction with an expanded
Penn Station (New York)
|
construction cancelled October 2010
|
New York Tunnel Extension (1910)
western entrance Bergen Portal
[8]
|
North Bergen -
Weehawken
|
Pennsylvania Railroad to
North River Tunnels
|
Amtrak
New Jersey Transit:
Northeast Corridor Line
North Jersey Coast Line
Train to the Game
|
Eldorado Cut (1893)
[9]
|
Weehawken
|
for
streetcar line connecting waterfront ferries via elevator to the entrance of late 19th century
Eldorado Park and
North Hudson Railway
streetcar lines to
Nungessers
|
Weehawken Tunnel (1861)
[10]
[11]
[12]
|
North Bergen -
Weehawken Port Imperial
|
New York Central
West Shore Railroad
|
Hudson Bergen Light Rail
Bergenline Station
|
The next cut and tunnel to the north and the last in
New Jersey is in
Bergen County
|
Edgewater Tunnel (1894)
[13]
|
Fairview -
Shadyside,
Edgewater
|
New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway cut and tunnel
[14]
|
unused
|
vehicular cuts
|
carries
|
location
|
connection
|
State Highway (Depressed Highway)
|
New Jersey Route 139
|
Jersey City
|
Pulaski Skyway -
Holland Tunnel
|
Lincoln Tunnel Approach/
Lincoln Tunnel Helix
|
NJ Route 495
|
North Hudson
|
New Jersey Turnpike -
Lincoln Tunnel
|
The next vehicular cut to the north and the last in
New Jersey is in
Bergen County
|
GWB Plaza
|
|
Fort Lee
|
to
George Washington Bridge
|
There are numerous excavations for roads on the eastern escarpment of the
Hudson Palisades, including
New York Avenue, Mountain Road,
Paterson Plank Road,
Wing Viaduct,
Hackensack Plank Road,
Shippen Street,
Boulevard East,
Pershing Road,
Bull Ferry Road,
Gorge Road
|
Meadowlands
The
Sawtooth Bridges carry the
Northeast Corridor over NJ Transit, PATH, and Conrail.
See also
References
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a
b
c Bulger, Teresa D. (May 7, 2019).
"Feats of Engineering: Bridging the Hackensack River and Cutting through Bergen HillDocumentation for Three Historic Resources that Help Move Commerce and Commuters throughout the Port of New York and New Jersey" (PDF). NJDOT. Retrieved May 5, 2020.
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"Jersey: Jersey City Bridge Profile". Shoutingthomas.typepad.com. Archived from
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https://web.archive.org/web/20090327025729/http://www.state.nj.us/dep/hpo/1identify/lists/essex.pdf. Archived from
the original (PDF) on March 27, 2009. Retrieved August 21, 2010.
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"Pennsylvania Railroad cut, Mt Pleasant, Jersey City, Hudson Co., New Jersey, USA". Mindat.org. October 11, 2012. Retrieved October 23, 2012.
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"Bergen Arches". Njcu.edu. Archived from
the original on September 29, 2012. Retrieved October 23, 2012.
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"Stone above Long Dock Tunnel". Modelengineers.org. Archived from
the original on February 29, 2012. Retrieved October 23, 2012.
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a
b French, Kenneth, Images of Rail: Railroads of Hoboken and Jersey City,Arcadia Publishing, 2002, p125,
ISBN
978-0-7385-0966-2
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"The Bergen Hill Tunnels". Gutenberg.org. Retrieved October 23, 2012.
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"JFK Blvd. Bridge". Bridgehunter.com. Retrieved October 23, 2012.
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"Design And Construction Of The Weehawken Tunnel And Bergenline Avenue Station For The Hudson-Bergen Light Rail Transit System - Publications Index". Pubsindex.trb.org. November 2003. Retrieved October 23, 2012.
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"New York - West Shore & Buffalo RR tunnel, Weehawken, Bergen Hill, Hudson Co., New Jersey, USA". Mindat.org. July 30, 2012. Retrieved October 23, 2012.
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^ NJDOT Web Development Unit.
"Paterson Plank Road Project Debuts in Hudson County". Nj.gov. Retrieved October 23, 2012.
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https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1893/03/17/109695387.pdf Palisades/NYS&W Tunnel
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Palisades diabase
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