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Coordinates: 40°43′07″N 74°06′14″W / 40.718709°N 74.103985°W / 40.718709; -74.103985
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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.

Hudson County, on left, has many hills and miles of waterfront.
Bayonne Bridge before deck raising

Hudson River

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Uptown Hudson Tubes include a flying junction.
The Lincoln Tunnel comprises three tubes.
Crossing Carries Location Coordinates
Downtown Hudson Tubes Port Authority Trans-Hudson Jersey City and World Trade Center 40°42′54″N 74°01′28″W / 40.7151°N 74.0244°W / 40.7151; -74.0244
Holland Tunnel I-78
NJ 139 		Jersey City and Lower Manhattan 40°43′39″N 74°01′16″W / 40.72750°N 74.02111°W / 40.72750; -74.02111
Uptown Hudson Tubes Port Authority Trans-Hudson Jersey City and Manhattan
Gateway Tunnel
(proposed) 		Amtrak
New Jersey Transit 		North Bergen and Midtown Manhattan
THE Tunnel
(project cancelled) 		New Jersey Transit Weehawken and Midtown Manhattan
connecting Secaucus Junction and Penn Station
North River Tunnels Amtrak
New Jersey Transit 		Weehawken and Midtown Manhattan 40°45′32″N 74°00′46″W / 40.75889°N 74.01278°W / 40.75889; -74.01278
Lincoln Tunnel NJ 495 Weehawken and Midtown Manhattan 40°45′47″N 74°00′36″W / 40.76306°N 74.01000°W / 40.76306; -74.01000
The next crossing to the north and the last in New Jersey is in Bergen County
George Washington Bridge I-95
New Jersey Turnpike
US Route 1
US 9
US 46 		Fort Lee and Upper Manhattan 40°51′05″N 73°57′09″W / 40.85139°N 73.95250°W / 40.85139; -73.95250

Kill van Kull and Newark Bay

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CRRNJ Newark Bay Bridge was dismantled in the 1980s.
Crossing Carries Location Coordinates
Bayonne Bridge NJ 440
NY 440 		Bayonne - Staten Island
CRRNJ Newark Bay Bridge
(defunct) 		Central Railroad of New Jersey Bayonne - Elizabethport 40°39′16″N 74°09′00″W / 40.6545°N 74.15°W / 40.6545; -74.15
Newark Bay Bridge I-78
New Jersey Turnpike 		Bayonne - Newark
Upper Bay Bridge CSX Transportation
Norfolk Southern
Conrail
National Docks Secondary 		Bayonne - Newark 40°41′57″N 74°06′36″W / 40.699052°N 74.11°W / 40.699052; -74.11

Hackensack River

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PATH, Harsimus Branch, Wittpenn, and Lower Hack in 1978
Upper Hack Lift
One of the twin span of Route 3
mile Crossing Carries Location Coordinates
HD Draw
(defunct) 		Newark and New York Railroad (CNJ)
 Jersey City & Kearny Point 40°43′07″N 74°06′14″W / 40.718709°N 74.103985°W / 40.718709; -74.103985
Lincoln Highway Hackensack River Bridge
U.S. Route 1-9 Truck
Lincoln Highway
East Coast Greenway 		40°43′38″N 74°05′55″W / 40.727324°N 74.098728°W / 40.727324; -74.098728
Pulaski Skyway U.S. Route 1/9 40°44′06″N 74°05′42″W / 40.735064°N 74.09493°W / 40.735064; -74.09493
PATH Lift Bridge PATH Jersey City &
Kearny Meadows 		40°44′24″N 74°04′59″W / 40.740108°N 74.083048°W / 40.740108; -74.083048
Harsimus Branch Lift[1] Conrail 40°44′26″N 74°04′55″W / 40.740475°N 74.082034°W / 40.740475; -74.082034
Wittpenn Bridge NJ 7 40°44′25″N 74°04′52″W / 40.740313°N 74.081138°W / 40.740313; -74.081138
3.4 Lower Hack Lift[1][2] NJ Transit Morris and Essex Lines Riverbend 40°44′36″N 74°04′37″W / 40.7432°N 74.0770°W / 40.7432; -74.0770
5.0 Portal Bridge Amtrak Northeast Corridor Secaucus
& Kearny Meadows 		40°45′13″N 74°5′41″W / 40.75361°N 74.09472°W / 40.75361; -74.09472
Lewandowski Bridge.[3] Interstate 95
New Jersey Turnpike
DB Draw (Abandoned) Norfolk Southern Railway
Former NJ Transit Boonton Line
Essex–Hudson Greenway (future) 		Snake Hill
& Kearny Meadows 		40°45′30″N 74°05′36″W / 40.7583°N 74.0933°W / 40.7583; -74.0933
6.9 Upper Hack Lift NJ Transit Main Line Harmon Cove & Kingsland 40°46′41″N 74°05′24″W / 40.778015°N 74.089906°W / 40.778015; -74.089906 (Upper Hack Lift Bridge)
7.7 HX Bridge NJ Transit:
Bergen County Line
Pascack Valley Line
Meadowlands Rail Line 		Harmon Cove &
Meadowlands Sports Complex 		40°47′17″N 74°04′55″W / 40.788078°N 74.081869°W / 40.788078; -74.081869
Route 3 Bridge
(twin span) 		NJ 3 Secaucus &
Meadowlands Sports Complex
Bridge (defunct) Jersey City, Hoboken and Rutherford Electric Railway
Paterson Plank Road 		Secaucus North End
& American Dream Meadowlands 		40°48′07″N 74°03′01″W / 40.801948°N 74.050333°W / 40.801948; -74.050333

Passaic River

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Pulaski Skyway
Amtrak Dock Vertical Lift
Abandoned NX, aka the Annie Bridge
Mile Crossing Carries Location
PD Draw
(defunct) 		Newark and New York Railroad Kearny Point & Newark Ironbound
1.8 Lincoln Highway Passaic River Bridge
U.S. Route 1-9 Truck
Lincoln Highway 		Kearny Point & Newark Ironbound
Pulaski Skyway U.S. Route 1/9 Kearny Point & Newark Ironbound
2.6 Point-No-Point Bridge Passaic and Harsimus Line Kearny Meadows & Newark Ironbound
Chaplain Washington–Harry Laderman Bridge Interstate 95
New Jersey Turnpike 		Kearny & Newark
Jackson Street Bridge Frank E. Rodgers Boulevard Harrison & Newark Ironbound
5.0 Amtrak Dock Vertical Lift Amtrak
New Jersey Transit
Port Authority Trans Hudson Newark line 		Harrison & Penn Station (Newark)
Centre Street Bridge
(defunct) 		New Jersey Railroad Harrison & Newark
Bridge Street Bridge County Route 508 Harrison & Newark
Newark Drawbridge[4] New Jersey Transit Harrison & Newark Broad Street Station
William A. Stickel Memorial Bridge Interstate 280 Harrison & Newark
Clay Street Bridge Central Avenue
Clay Street 		East Newark & Newark
NX Bridge (abandoned/open position) Erie Railroad Newark Branch Harrison & Newark
WR Draw
(not in use/closed position ) 		New York and Greenwood Lake Railway
Erie Railroad
New Jersey Transit Boonton Line 		Kearny & North Newark
8.9 Belleville Turnpike Bridge NJ Route 7 Arlington & Belleville

Bergen Hill-Hudson Palisades

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Long Dock Tunnel OR Old Bergen Tunnel, east end, taken February 10, 1906
Entrances to four of the railroad tunnels under Bergen Hill
HBLR 8th Street Viaduct
CCRNJ right-of way at Richard St Station on former Morris Canal
National Docks Secondary
Journal Square Transportation Center was built over Bergen Hill Cut.
Bergen Hill Cut is also used by Conrail's North Jersey Shared Assets lines.
The Bergen Arches seen behind NJ Turnpike viaduct
One of the Bergen Arches
Railroad tunnels, cuts, viaducts
and right of ways 		Location original use Current use
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)[5] 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)[6] Journal Square & Jersey City Heights 2nd Erie Cut
Erie Railroad to Pavonia Terminal 		unused
Long Dock Tunnel (1860)[7] Journal Square & Jersey City Heights First Erie Cut to Pavonia Terminal Norfolk Southern
Bergen Tunnels (1876) & (1908)[8] Jersey City Heights Morris and Essex Railroad
Delaware, Lackawanna, and Western
Erie Lackawanna 		New Jersey Transit to Hoboken Terminal.

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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[9]

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)[10] 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)[11][12][13] 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)[14] Fairview -
Shadyside, Edgewater 		New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway cut and tunnel[15] 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

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The Sawtooth Bridges carry the Northeast Corridor over NJ Transit, PATH, and Conrail.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "Jersey: Jersey City Bridge Profile". Shoutingthomas.typepad.com. Archived from the original on October 22, 2012. Retrieved October 23, 2012.
  3. ^ "RIME Team wins Grand Award with the Project Team for the Lewandowski Memorial Hackensack River Bridge". Rutgers Infrastructure Monitoring and Evaluation Group/Intelligent Bridge Engineering and Advanced Materials Laboratory. June 16, 2015. Retrieved September 7, 2023.
  4. ^ 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. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. ^ "Pennsylvania Railroad cut, Mt Pleasant, Jersey City, Hudson Co., New Jersey, USA". Mindat.org. October 11, 2012. Retrieved October 23, 2012.
  6. ^ "Bergen Arches". Njcu.edu. Archived from the original on September 29, 2012. Retrieved October 23, 2012.
  7. ^ "Stone above Long Dock Tunnel". Modelengineers.org. Archived from the original on February 29, 2012. Retrieved October 23, 2012.
  8. ^ a b French, Kenneth, Images of Rail: Railroads of Hoboken and Jersey City,Arcadia Publishing, 2002, p125, ISBN 978-0-7385-0966-2
  9. ^ "The Bergen Hill Tunnels". Gutenberg.org. Retrieved October 23, 2012.
  10. ^ "JFK Blvd. Bridge". Bridgehunter.com. Retrieved October 23, 2012.
  11. ^ "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.
  12. ^ "New York - West Shore & Buffalo RR tunnel, Weehawken, Bergen Hill, Hudson Co., New Jersey, USA". Mindat.org. July 30, 2012. Retrieved October 23, 2012.
  13. ^ NJDOT Web Development Unit. "Paterson Plank Road Project Debuts in Hudson County". Nj.gov. Retrieved October 23, 2012.
  14. ^ "The Palisades Tunnel" (PDF). The New York Times. March 17, 1893.
  15. ^ Palisades diabase
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