The Rahway River Bridge is a
rail bridge over the
Rahway River, in
Rahway,
Union County, New Jersey, U.S., a few blocks north of
Rahway station
Rahway station is an NJ Transit train station in Rahway, New Jersey that is located 20.7 miles southwest of New York Penn Station, with service on the Northeast Corridor and North Jersey Coast lines.
History
The station first opened on Janu ...
, on the
Northeast Corridor
The Northeast Corridor (NEC) is an electrified railroad line in the Northeast megalopolis of the United States. Owned primarily by Amtrak, it runs from Boston through Providence, New Haven, Stamford, New York City, Philadelphia, Wilmington, a ...
(NEC).
The
arch bridge was built circa 1915 by the
Pennsylvania Railroad
The Pennsylvania Railroad (reporting mark PRR), legal name The Pennsylvania Railroad Company also known as the "Pennsy", was an American Class I railroad that was established in 1846 and headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was named ...
at the time it was widening and elevating the tracks on a
viaduct
A viaduct is a specific type of bridge that consists of a series of arches, piers or columns supporting a long elevated railway or road. Typically a viaduct connects two points of roughly equal elevation, allowing direct overpass across a wide v ...
on its mainline through New Jersey, a project that had been initiated in 1901.
The bridge carries the NEC and is located at
MP 19.13 of the New York Division. It is used by
Amtrak, including
Northeast Regional and
Keystone Service
Amtrak's ''Keystone Service'' provides frequent regional rail, regional passenger train service between the Harrisburg Transportation Center in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and 30th Street Station in Philadelphia, running along the Philadelphia to ...
, and
New Jersey Transit's
Northeast Corridor Line
The Northeast Corridor Line is a commuter rail service operated by NJ Transit between the Trenton Transit Center and New York Penn Station on Amtrak's Northeast Corridor in the United States. The service is the successor to Pennsylvania Railroad ...
and
North Jersey Coast Line, which junction near
Union Tower
Union Tower is a closed interlocking tower on the Pennsylvania Railroad's Northeast Corridor in Rahway, New Jersey.
History
Union Tower was built by the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) to control the Perth Amboy and Woodbridge Railroad. Incidental ...
to the south.
The bridge was documented by the
Historic American Engineering Record in 1977.
HAER NJ-40
/ref> It is part of the unlisted Pennsylvania Railroad New York to Philadelphia Historic District (ID#4568), designated in 2002 by the New Jersey State Historic Preservation Office.
See also
*List of crossings of the Rahway River
The Rahway River drainage basin encompasses approximately 41 square miles in Union, Essex, and Middlesex counties in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of New Jersey.
The Rahway River consists of four separate branches that converge in R ...
* List of NJT movable bridges
* List of bridges documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in New Jersey
*List of Northeast Corridor infrastructure
This is a list of major infrastructure on the Northeast Corridor, a rail line running through the northeast United States. The list includes major interlockings, bridges, tunnels, and past and present stations, including MBTA Orange Line, WMATA Ora ...
*Perth Amboy and Woodbridge Railroad
The Perth Amboy and Woodbridge Railroad was a railroad company in the state of New Jersey. It was incorporated in 1855, and completed its line between Rahway and Perth Amboy, New Jersey, in 1864. The company became part of the Pennsylvania Railro ...
* Rahway River Parkway
References
External links
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{{Northeast Corridor navbox
Amtrak bridges
Historic American Engineering Record in New Jersey
NJ Transit bridges
Rahway, New Jersey
Railroad bridges in New Jersey
Transportation in Union County, New Jersey
Bridges completed in 1915
1915 establishments in New Jersey
Pennsylvania Railroad bridges
Bridges in Union County, New Jersey
Rahway River