Upper Hack Lift is a

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carrying the

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Main Line across the

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at mile 6.9 between

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History

It was built by the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad in 1958 and completed in March 1959 to serve the

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and replaced an older swing span from 1901 on the site, which had been damaged by shifting currents. The new single-track lift bridge cost $5,500,000, financed through a five-year bank loan. Following a 1963 route realignment, Erie Main Line service began using the bridge, with Erie Lackawanna, NJDOT and later NJ Transit Main Line commuter service continuing to use the route. It was repainted in 1994 to its current turquoise blue color. Upper Hack is the only single-track lift bridge in New Jersey (excluding the Arthur Kill Vertical Lift Bridge connecting to

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). It is visible to motorists on the

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's western spur between Interchanges 15W and 16W. Remnants of the older swing span are visible just to the north of the current lift span, as concrete abutments and piers remain. The current drawbridge schedule at Upper Hack (as stated by U.S. Coast Guard, 33 CFR 117.723) allows the bridge to open on signal unless the bridge tender is at the nearby HX Draw on the Bergen County Line upstream.2

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External links

Movable Railroad Bridges of New Jersey-photo catalogUpper Hack Lift photo gallery
* ttp://eorthe.com/02a_e_hack/14_lift.htm Erie Lift (Upper Hack) photos and notes {{New Jersey Transit Rail Vertical lift bridges in New Jersey Railroad bridges in New Jersey Bridges completed in 1959 Bridges over the Hackensack River Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad bridges NJ Transit bridges Secaucus, New Jersey Lyndhurst, New Jersey Bridges in Hudson County, New Jersey Bridges in Bergen County, New Jersey 1959 establishments in New Jersey

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