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

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spanning the Newark Bay in

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. It is used by CSX Transportation travelling through the North Jersey Shared Assets Area of the

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rail network along the

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line. The bridge is just north and parallel to the New Jersey Turnpike's Newark Bay Bridge. A notable train using the bridge is the Juice Train, which originates in

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Description

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The western end of the bridge is near Oak Island Yard north of

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and

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in an industrial area of

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. Its eastern end is in Bayonne, where rail lines continue east across

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to maritime, industrial, distribution complexes at Port Jersey, Greenville Yards,

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, and others along the shores of the

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and Kill Van Kull.

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operates a

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

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November 13, 2008 Connections to the rail network to the north are made using the National Docks line through Jersey City and the

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to Croxton Yard.

History

The rail route started in 1893 as part the

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which was soon absorbed by the

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to reach terminals on the North River and at Black Tom. The Pennsylvania Railroad also used the bridge to reach its

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. 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

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upstream have been dismantled.WANT NEW BRIDGE.; Chamber of Commerce Indorses Newark Bay Plan
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( Passaic River) ---- HD Draw (

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