The Upper Bay Bridge, or the Lehigh Valley Railroad Bridge, is a

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spanning the

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in northeastern New Jersey. It is used by

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travelling through the North Jersey Shared Assets Area of the

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rail network along the National Docks Secondary line. The bridge is just north and parallel to the

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's Newark Bay Bridge. A notable train using the bridge is the

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, which originates in

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Description

2014-05-07 16 26 18 View of the Newark Bay Bridge from an airplane heading for Newark Airport-cropped

The western end of the bridge is near

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north of

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and

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in an industrial area of

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Newark. Its eastern end is in

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, where rail lines continue east across

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to maritime, industrial, distribution complexes at Port Jersey, Greenville Yards, Constable Hook, and others along the shores of the

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and

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operates a

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at this end with transfers to Bush Terminal Yard at the former Bush Terminal.

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Press Release: Top Officials and Stakeholders Meet To Launch Project That Will Study Regional Freight Movement Issues
November 13, 2008 Connections to the rail network to the north are made using the National Docks line through

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and the

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to Croxton Yard.

History

The rail route started in 1893 as part the Jersey City, Newark and Western Railway which was soon absorbed by the Lehigh Valley Terminal Railway to reach terminals on the North River and at Black Tom. The

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also used the bridge to reach its Greenville Yard on

. The original wooden trestle structure was damaged by fire with great losses on June 14, 1913. It was replaced by the companies three months later in what was considered a formidable feat of being re-built in twelve days after construction had started. The current bridge, built from 1928–1930, is the last of the rail bridges across the bay or

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at its northern end. The

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downstream and the Newark and New York Railroad Bridge upstream have been dismantled.WANT NEW BRIDGE.; Chamber of Commerce Indorses Newark Bay Plan
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) ---- HD Draw (

Hackensack River The Hackensack River is a river, approximately 45 miles (72 km) long, in the U.S. states of New York and New Jersey, emptying into Newark Bay, a back chamber of New York Harbor. The watershed of the river includes part of the suburba ...

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