There are numerous of vehicular and rail bridges, tunnels, and cuts in Hudson County, New Jersey. Located in the northeastern part of New Jersey, the county 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.
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Hudson River
Crossing Carries Location CoordinatesDowntown Hudson TubesPort Authority Trans-HudsonJersey City and World Trade CenterHolland Tunnel I-78 NJ 139Jersey City and Lower ManhattanUptown Hudson TubesPort Authority Trans-HudsonJersey City and ManhattanGateway Tunnel(proposed)AmtrakNew Jersey TransitNorth Bergen and Midtown ManhattanTHE Tunnel(project cancelled)New Jersey TransitWeehawken and Midtown Manhattanconnecting Secaucus Junction and Penn StationNorth River TunnelsAmtrakNew Jersey TransitWeehawken and Midtown ManhattanLincoln Tunnel NJ 495Weehawken and Midtown ManhattanThe next crossing to the north and the last in New Jersey is in Bergen CountyGeorge Washington Bridge I-95 New Jersey Turnpike US Route 1 US 9 US 46Fort Lee and Upper Manhattan
Kill van Kull and Newark Bay
Crossing Carries Location CoordinatesBayonne Bridge NJ 440 NY 440Bayonne - Staten IslandCRRNJ Newark Bay Bridge(defunct)Central Railroad of New JerseyBayonne - ElizabethportNewark Bay Bridge I-78New Jersey TurnpikeBayonne - NewarkUpper Bay BridgeCSX TransportationNorfolk SouthernConrailNational Docks SecondaryBayonne - Newark
Hackensack River
mile Crossing Carries Location CoordinatesHD Draw (defunct)Newark and New York Branch (CNJ)Jersey City & Kearny Point Lincoln Highway Hackensack River Bridge U.S. Route 1-9 TruckLincoln HighwayEast Coast GreenwayPulaski Skyway U.S. Route 1/9PATH Lift BridgePATHJersey City & Kearny MeadowsHarsimus Branch LiftConrailWittpenn Bridge NJ 73.4Lower Hack LiftNJ Transit Morris and Essex LinesRiverbend5.0Portal BridgePortal North BridgeAmtrak Northeast CorridorSecaucus & Kearny MeadowsLewandowski Bridge. Interstate 95New Jersey TurnpikeDB Draw (Abandoned)Norfolk Southern RailwayFormer NJ Transit Boonton LineEssex–Hudson Greenway (future)Snake Hill & Kearny Meadows6.9Upper Hack LiftNJ Transit Main LineHarmon Cove & Kingsland7.7HX BridgeNJ Transit:Bergen County LinePascack Valley LineMeadowlands Rail LineHarmon Cove &Meadowlands Sports Complex Route 3 Bridge (twin span) NJ 3Secaucus &Meadowlands Sports ComplexBridge (defunct)Jersey City, Hoboken and Rutherford Electric RailwayPaterson Plank RoadSecaucus North End& American Dream Meadowlands
Passaic River
Mile Crossing Carries LocationPD Draw (defunct)Newark and New York BranchKearny Point & Newark Ironbound1.8 Lincoln Highway Passaic River Bridge U.S. Route 1-9 TruckLincoln HighwayKearny Point & Newark IronboundPulaski Skyway U.S. Route 1/9Kearny Point & Newark Ironbound2.6Point-No-Point BridgePassaic and Harsimus LineKearny Meadows & Newark IronboundChaplain Washington–Harry Laderman Bridge Interstate 95New Jersey TurnpikeKearny & NewarkJackson Street BridgeFrank E. Rodgers BoulevardHarrison & Newark Ironbound5.0Amtrak Dock Vertical LiftAmtrakNew Jersey TransitPort Authority Trans Hudson Newark lineHarrison & Penn Station (Newark)Centre Street Bridge(defunct)New Jersey RailroadHarrison & NewarkBridge Street BridgeCounty Route 508Harrison & NewarkNewark DrawbridgeNew Jersey TransitHarrison & Newark Broad Street StationWilliam A. Stickel Memorial Bridge Interstate 280Harrison & NewarkClay Street BridgeCentral AvenueClay StreetEast Newark & NewarkNX Bridge (abandoned/open position)Erie Railroad Newark BranchHarrison & NewarkWR Draw(not in use/closed position )New York and Greenwood Lake RailwayErie Railroad New Jersey Transit Boonton LineKearny & North Newark 8.9Belleville Turnpike Bridge NJ Route 7Arlington & Belleville
Bergen Hill-Hudson Palisades
Railroad tunnels, cuts, viaducts and right of ways Location original use Current useCentral Railroad of New JerseyBayonne and GreenvilleMain Line to Communipaw Terminal partially built along the former Morris CanalHudson Bergen Light RailLiberty State Park - 8th StreetLehigh Valley Terminal RailwayBayonne, Greenville, Downtown Jersey CityJersey City, Newark and Western RailwayNational Docks SecondaryCSX Transportation to Port Jersey, Constable Hook, Croxton Yard & other points in Port of New York and New Jersey and North Jersey Shared Assets AreaNewark and New York Railroad (1869)West Side & Bergen-Lafayette, Jersey CityCentral Railroad of New Jersey line from Downtown Newark to CRRNJ TerminalHudson-Bergen Light Rail West Side BranchNational Docks Secondary (1897)Downtown Jersey CityNational DocksNorth Jersey Shared AssetsCSX TransportationBergen Hill Cut (1838)Journal SquareNew Jersey Rail Road and Transportation Company to Paulus HookPennsylvania Railroad to PRR Station at Exchange Place or Harsimus Branch to Harsimus CovePATH Journal Square and Newark lines North Jersey Shared Assets AreaHarsimus Stem EmbankmentHarsimus & Hamilton ParkHarsimus Branch to Harsimus Cove Pennsylvania Railroad railyard and abattoirunusedBergen Arches (1910)Journal Square & Jersey City Heights2nd Erie CutErie Railroad to Pavonia TerminalunusedLong Dock Tunnel (1860)Journal Square & Jersey City HeightsFirst Erie Cut to Pavonia TerminalNorfolk SouthernBergen Tunnels (1876) & (1908)French, Kenneth, Images of Rail: Railroads of Hoboken and Jersey City, Arcadia Publishing, 2002, p125, Jersey City HeightsMorris and Essex RailroadDelaware, Lackawanna, and WesternErie LackawannaNew Jersey Transit to Hoboken Terminal.Hoboken ElevatedHoboken Terminal - Palisade AvenueNorth Hudson County RailwayPublic Service Railwaydismantled after bustitution in 1949Gateway Tunnel(proposed)AmtrakNew Jersey TransitNorth Bergen and Midtown ManhattanTHE TunnelNorth Bergen - WeehawkenNew mass transit tunnel that will connect Secaucus Junction with an expanded Penn Station (New York)construction cancelled October 2010New York Tunnel Extension (1910) western entrance Bergen PortalNorth Bergen - WeehawkenPennsylvania Railroad to North River TunnelsAmtrakNew Jersey Transit:Northeast Corridor LineNorth Jersey Coast LineTrain to the GameEldorado Cut (1893)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 NungessersWeehawken Tunnel (1861)North Bergen - Weehawken Port ImperialNew York Central West Shore RailroadHudson Bergen Light RailBergenline StationThe next cut and tunnel to the north and the last in New Jersey is in Bergen CountyEdgewater Tunnel (1894)Fairview - Shadyside, EdgewaterNew York, Susquehanna and Western Railway cut and tunnelPalisades diabaseunused vehicular cuts carries location connectionState Highway(Depressed Highway)New Jersey Route 139Jersey CityPulaski Skyway - Holland TunnelLincoln Tunnel Approach/Lincoln Tunnel Helix NJ Route 495North HudsonNew Jersey Turnpike - Lincoln TunnelThe next vehicular cut to the north and the last in New Jersey is in Bergen CountyGWB Plaza Fort Leeto George Washington BridgeThere 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 List of bridges documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in New Jersey List of tunnels documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in New Jersey Timeline of Jersey City area railroads
References
External links Bridgesnyc.com NJ bridges The Bridges of New Jersey Partial list HC bridges North Jersey.com: Bridges are man-made marvels of the Hackensack River NY Society of model engineers tour of NJ rr tunnels