Lower Hack Lift Bridge | |
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 Lower Hack Lift, looking southwest, in a 1979 photo | |
| Coordinates | 40°44′36″N 74°04′37″W / 40.7432°N 74.0770°W |
| Carries | New Jersey Transit |
| Crosses | Hackensack River |
| Locale | Jersey City, New Jersey and Kearny |
| Other name(s) | Erie-Lackawanna Railroad Bridge |
| Maintained by | New Jersey Transit |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | Lift bridge |
| Material | Steel |
| History | |
| Designer | John Alexander Low Waddell |
| Construction start | 1927 |
| Opened | October 2, 1928 |
| Location | |
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The Lower Hack Lift is a lift bridge carrying the New Jersey Transit Morristown Line across the Hackensack River at mile 3.4, Jersey City, New Jersey.
The three-track lift span was built in 1927–28 by the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad under the direction and design of John Alexander Low Waddell. The span was completed and opened October 2, 1928.[citation needed]
In addition to the Morristown and Gladstone lines, Montclair-Boonton Line service and North Jersey Coast Line service (via the Waterfront Connection) also use Lower Hack to access Hoboken Terminal.[citation needed]
According to US Coast Guard regulations, Lower Hack shall open upon signal with at least one hour notice to the bridge tender at Upper Hack Lift on the Main Line.[1]
- ^ U.S. Coast Guard. "Title 33--Navigation and Navigable Waters, Chapter I, Part 117, Section 723 - Hackensack River". Code of Federal Regulations. July 1, 2007. 33 CFR 117.723.