Hudson County - The New Jersey Turnpike and The Portal Bridge
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2008-06-12
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The Portal Bridge is a two-track rotating swing-span railroad bridge over the Hackensack River. It was built by the Pennsylvania Railroad in conjunction with service to the newly constructed Pennsylvania Station in New York City.
Between 150,000 to 200,000 daily passengers travel over this bridge.
Unfortunately, the Portal Bridge has been called the Achilles' heel of the Northeast Corridor and needs to be replaced.
It fails to close properly one out of seven times it opens, because the rails do not properly lock into place.
In extreme cases, rail crews must bang the rails into place with sledgehammers before trains can cross. One report in 2019 estimated that the North River Tubes and the Portal Bridge contributed to 2,000 hours of delays between 2014 and 2018. It is scheduled to be replaced.
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New Jersey Turnpike, NJTP, New Jersey Highways, The Meadowlands, Hudson County, Gateway, The Gateway Region, New Jersey, NJ, Jersey, The Garden State
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