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Coordinates: 40°36′33″N 74°16′25″W / 40.60914°N 74.27366°W / 40.60914; -74.27366 (Rahway River Bridge)
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Rahway River Bridge
Coordinates40°36′33″N 74°16′25″W / 40.60914°N 74.27366°W / 40.60914; -74.27366 (Rahway River Bridge)
CarriesNortheast Corridor
CrossesRahway River
LocaleRahway
Union County, New Jersey
OwnerNew Jersey Transit
Characteristics
DesignClosed-spandrel arch
MaterialStone, concrete
Total length180 feet (55 m)
Width120 feet (37 m)
Longest span60 feet (18 m)
History
Engineering design byA.C. Shard
Constructed byKeystone State Construction
Construction end1915
Rahway River Bridge is located in Union County, New Jersey
Rahway River Bridge
Location
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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, on the Northeast Corridor (NEC).

The arch bridge was built circa 1915 by the Pennsylvania Railroad[1][2] at the time it was was widening and elevating the tracks on a viaduct[3] on its mainline through New Jersey, a project that had been initiated in 1901.[4]

The bridge carries the NEC and is located at MP 19.13 of the New York Divison. It is used by Amtrak, including Northeast Regional service, and New Jersey Transit's Northeast Corridor Line and North Jersey Coast Line, which junction near Union Tower to the south.

The bridge was documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in 1977.[5] 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.[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Amtrak - Rahway River Bridge". Bridgehunter.com. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
  2. ^ Northeast Corridor Improvement Project: Environmental Impact Statement, Volume 1 (Report). Federal Railroad Administration. 1978. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
  3. ^ Baer, T. "A General Chronology of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company Predecessors and Sucessors and Its Historical Context (1915)" (PDF). Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  4. ^ "Pennsylvania Railroad's New Improvements; In Five Years Tracks Will Be Elevated Through All Cities on the New York Division". The New York Times. December 10, 1901. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  5. ^ HAER NJ-40
  6. ^ "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places". New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection - Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 5 December 2017.