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NY-440 and NJ-440 Over Kill Van Kull and Various Streets in Bayonne and New York: Hudson County, New Jersey and Staten Island, New York, United States

Metal Two-Hinged Braced Ribbed Through Arch, Fixed and Approach Spans: Metal Deck Girder, Fixed

Length: 6,695 ft. Main Span: 1,675 ft. Roadway: 40 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1931 By: American Bridge Company of New York, New York and Othmar Ammann

This magnificent bridge held the record for longest arch span in the world for decades.

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Goethals Bridge
Elizabeth - Howland Hook Bridge
HSR

Rough Distance: 3.5 Miles (5.6 Kilometers)

I-278 (Staten Island Expressway) Over Arthur Kill in Elizabeth and New York: Union County, New Jersey and Staten Island, New York, United States

Metal Cantilever Rivet-Connected Warren Through Truss, Fixed and Approach Spans: Metal Deck Girder, Fixed

Length: 8,073 ft. Main Span: 672 ft. Roadway: 42 ft. Main Spans: 3

Built 1928 By: Unknown and J. A. L. Waddell

This impressive cantilever truss bridge was designed by a famous bridge engineer.

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Newark Bay Bridge
Vincent R. Casciano Memorial Bridge, Turnpike Extension Bridge
HSR

Rough Distance: 3.6 Miles (5.8 Kilometers)

New Jersey Turnpike Extension (I-78) Over Newark Bay in Newark and Bayonne: Essex County, New Jersey and Hudson County, New Jersey, United States

Metal Continuous 18 Panel Rivet-Connected Braced Ribbed Through Arch, Fixed and Approach Spans: Metal Deck Girder, Fixed

Length: 6,170 ft. Main Span: 671 ft. Roadway: 77 ft. Main Spans: 3

Built 1955 By: Unknown

This large high level bridge is adds interest to this extension of the New Jersey Turnpike, which connects to Bayonne.

Jackson Street Bridge
HSR

Rough Distance: 5.7 Miles (9.2 Kilometers)

Frank E. Rodgers Blvd and Jackson Street (CR-697) Over Passaic River in Newark and Harrison: Essex County, New Jersey and Hudson County, New Jersey, United States

Metal Rivet-Connected Lattice (Quadruple Warren) Through Truss, Movable: Swing (Rim Bearing Center Pier) and Approach Spans: Metal Stringer (Multi-Beam), Fixed

Length: 467 ft. Main Span: 221 ft. Roadway: 39 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1898 By: Fagan Iron Works of Jersey City, New Jersey and James Owen

Although severely altered, the remaining truss lines of this bridge are a rare example of a lattice truss swing bridge, one of two in Newark.

US-1/US-9 Truck Passaic River Bridge
HSR

Rough Distance: 5.8 Miles (9.3 Kilometers)

US-1 and US-9 Truck Route Over Passaic River in Newark and Kearny: Essex County, New Jersey and Hudson County, New Jersey, United States

Metal Rivet-Connected Polygonal Warren Through Truss, Movable: Vertical Lift (Tower Drive) and Approach Spans: Metal Deck Girder, Fixed

Length: 2,005 ft. Main Span: 333 ft. Roadway: 51 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1941 By: American Bridge Company of New York, New York and Ash, Howard, Needles, and Tammen of New York, New York

This is the older and more significant of two similar vertical lift bridges on this stretch of road.

US-1/US-9 Truck Hackensack River Bridge
HSR

Rough Distance: 5.9 Miles (9.5 Kilometers)

US-1 and US-9 Truck Route Over Hackensack River in Kearny and Jersey City: Hudson County, New Jersey, United States

Metal Rivet-Connected Polygonal Warren Through Truss, Movable: Vertical Lift (Tower Drive) and Approach Spans: Metal Deck Girder, Fixed

Length: 1,480 ft. Main Span: 222 ft. Roadway: 73.5 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1954 By: Unknown

One of two vertical lift bridges on this stretch of roadway.

Dock Bridge
HSR

Rough Distance: 6 Miles (9.6 Kilometers)

Railroad (Amtrak) Over Passaic River in Newark and Harrison: Essex County, New Jersey and Hudson County, New Jersey, United States

Metal 8 Panel Rivet-Connected Warren Through Truss, Fixed and Approach Spans: Metal Deck Girder, Fixed

Length: 520 ft. Main Span: 230 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1935 By: Unknown and Waddell and Hardesty of New York, New York

This is a massive pair of railroad vertical lift bridges that sit right beside each other.

Pulaski Skyway
Including The Hoboken Avenue Viaduct
HSR

Rough Distance: 6.2 Miles (10 Kilometers)

US-1 and US-9 Over Passaic River, Hackensack River, and Various Roads and Railroads in Newark, Kearny, and Jersey City: Essex County, New Jersey and Hudson County, New Jersey, United States

Metal Cantilever Rivet-Connected Pratt Through Truss, Fixed and Approach Spans: Metal Cantilever 12 Panel Rivet-Connected Pratt Deck Truss, Fixed

Length: 14,907 ft. Main Span: 550 ft. Roadway: 47 ft. Main Spans: 6

Built 1932 By: Various Builders and Sigvald Johannesson

With award-winning aesthetics, this extremely long bridge is also noted for its exceedingly complex design.

Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge
Verrazano-Narrows Bridge
HSR

Rough Distance: 6.4 Miles (10.3 Kilometers)

I-278 (Staten Island Expressway and Brooklyn - Queens Expressway) Over The Narrows in New York: Brooklyn, New York and Staten Island, New York, United States

Metal Deck Truss Stiffening Wire Cable Suspension, Fixed and Approach Spans: Metal Deck Girder, Fixed

Length: 7,934 ft. Main Span: 4,260 ft. Roadway: 73.8 ft. Main Spans: 3

Built 1961 By: American Bridge Company of New York, New York and Othmar Ammann

This enormous bridge had the longest suspension span in the world when completed.

Bridge Street Bridge
HSR

Rough Distance: 6.6 Miles (10.6 Kilometers)

Bridge Street (Harrison Avenue) Over Passaic River in Newark and Harrison: Essex County, New Jersey and Hudson County, New Jersey, United States

Metal Rivet-Connected Double-Intersection Warren Through Truss, Movable: Swing (Rim Bearing Center Pier) and Approach Spans: Metal Stringer (Multi-Beam), Fixed

Length: 371 ft. Main Span: 243 ft. Roadway: 29 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1913 By: American Bridge Company of New York, New York

This swing bridge is noted for its rare curved top chord and vertical end posts.

Newark Drawbridge
Morristown Line Bridge
HSR

Rough Distance: 6.7 Miles (10.8 Kilometers)

Railroad (New Jersey Transit) Over Passaic River in Newark and Harrison: Essex County, New Jersey and Hudson County, New Jersey, United States

Metal 8 Panel Rivet-Connected Pratt Through Truss, Movable: Swing (Center Pier) and Approach Spans: Metal 5 Panel Rivet-Connected Pratt Deck Truss, Fixed

Length: 870 ft. Main Span: 221 ft. Roadway: 30.2 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1903 By: American Bridge Company of New York, New York

This is a very rare example of a double-deck railroad swing bridge.

William A. Stickel Memorial Bridge
HSR

Rough Distance: 6.7 Miles (10.8 Kilometers)

I-280 Over Passaic River and Passaic Avenue in Newark and Harrison: Essex County, New Jersey and Hudson County, New Jersey, United States

Metal 8 Panel Rivet-Connected Warren Through Truss, Movable: Vertical Lift (Tower Drive) and Approach Spans: Metal Deck Girder, Fixed

Length: 626 ft. Main Span: 222 ft. Roadway: 74 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1948 By: Unknown and Waddell and Hardesty of New York, New York

This massive 1940s vertical lift bridge has some minor architectural embellishments that reflect the period it was built in.

Clay Street Bridge
HSR

Rough Distance: 6.9 Miles (11.1 Kilometers)

Clay Street (Central Avenue) Over Passaic River in Newark and Harrison: Essex County, New Jersey and Hudson County, New Jersey, United States

Metal Rivet-Connected Lattice (Quadruple Warren) Through Truss, Movable: Swing (Rim Bearing Center Pier)

Length: 328 ft. Main Span: 235 ft. Roadway: 36.7 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1908 By: A. E. Sandford Company of Hoboken, New Jersey and James Owen

This is a rare example of a lattice truss swing bridge with a genuinely curved top chord, one of two in Newark.

PATH Lift Bridge
HSR

Rough Distance: 7.1 Miles (11.4 Kilometers)

Railroad (Port Authority Trans-Hudson (PATH)) Over Hackensack River in Kearny and Jersey City: Hudson County, New Jersey, United States

Metal 10 Panel Rivet-Connected Parker Through Truss, Movable: Vertical Lift (Span Drive) and Approach Spans: Metal 7 Panel Rivet-Connected Pratt Through Truss, Fixed

Length: 3,015 ft. Main Span: 332 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1928 By: Unknown

This is one of a unique group of vertical lift bridges in this area.

NX Bridge
Annie Bridge, Bridge 8.04
HSR

Rough Distance: 7.1 Miles (11.4 Kilometers)

Railroad (Conrail) Over Passaic River in Newark and Harrison: Essex County, New Jersey and Hudson County, New Jersey, United States

Metal Rivet-Connected Warren Through Truss, Movable: Bascule (Heel Trunnion) and Approach Spans: Metal Deck Girder, Fixed

Length: 440 ft. Main Span: 180 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1922 By: Unknown and Strauss Bascule Bridge Company (Strauss Engineering Company) of Chicago, Illinois

Kept in its raised position, this is an abandoned but noteworthy example of a Strauss heel-trunnion bascule bridge.

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Wittpenn Bridge
HSR

Rough Distance: 7.2 Miles (11.5 Kilometers)

Newark Avenue (NJ-7) Over Hackensack River in Kearny and Jersey City: Hudson County, New Jersey, United States

Metal Rivet-Connected Pratt Through Truss, Movable: Vertical Lift (Span Drive) and Approach Spans: Metal Rivet-Connected Camelback Through Truss, Fixed

Length: 2,126 ft. Main Span: 206 ft. Roadway: 40 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1930 By: Strobel Steel Construction Company of Chicago, Illinois and Harrington, Howard, and Ash of Kansas City, Missouri and Sigvald Johannesson

This vertical lift bridge with its unique curved approach has been sentenced to the scrapyard despite its historic significance.

Lower Hack Bridge
HSR

Rough Distance: 7.4 Miles (12 Kilometers)

Railroad (New Jersey Transit Morristown Line) Over Hackensack River in Kearny and Jersey City: Hudson County, New Jersey, United States

Metal 7 Panel Rivet-Connected Parker Through Truss, Movable: Vertical Lift (Span Drive) and Approach Spans: Metal Deck Girder, Fixed

Length: 1,480 ft. Main Span: 198 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1928 By: American Bridge Company of New York, New York and Waddell and Hardesty of New York, New York

This is one of several vertical lift bridges in this area.

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17th Avenue Bridge
HSR

Rough Distance: 8.5 Miles (13.6 Kilometers)

Pedestrian Walkway Over Belt Parkway (NY-907C) in New York: Brooklyn, New York, United States

Metal One-Hinged Solid Ribbed Deck Arch, Fixed

Length: 133 ft. Main Span: 130 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1941 By: Unknown

One of two beautiful art deco pedestrian overpasses of unusual design crossing this parkway.

Upper Hackensack Lift Bridge
HSR

Rough Distance: 9 Miles (14.5 Kilometers)

Railroad (New Jersey Transit) Over Hackensack River in Lyndhurst and Secaucus: Hudson County, New Jersey and Bergen County, New Jersey, United States

Metal 8 Panel Rivet-Connected Polygonal Warren Through Truss, Movable: Vertical Lift (Span Drive) and Approach Spans: Metal 8 Panel Rivet-Connected Polygonal Warren Through Truss, Fixed

Length: 723 ft. Main Span: 220 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1959 By: Unknown

This mid 20th century bridge is located in a difficult to access combination of swampland and industrial development.

Culver Viaduct
HSR

Rough Distance: 9.2 Miles (14.9 Kilometers)

Railroad (New York Subway, F Line and G Line) Over Gowanus Canal and Various Roads in New York: Brooklyn, New York, United States

Metal 8 Panel Rivet-Connected Warren Through Truss, Fixed

Built 1933 By: Unknown

As an elevated section of an elevated section of the New York Subway, it is hard to define a start and end to this long, bridge-like structure.

Belt Parkway Bridge
HSR

Rough Distance: 9.3 Miles (14.9 Kilometers)

Belt Parkway (NY-907C) Over Bay Parkway in New York: Brooklyn, New York, United States

Metal Stringer (Multi-Beam), Fixed

Length: 88 ft. Main Span: 85 ft. Roadway: 68 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1941 By: Unknown

This bridge is a steel beam bridge with attractive arched beams.

Culver Viaduct 3rd Avenue Overpass
HSR

Rough Distance: 9.5 Miles (15.3 Kilometers)

Railroad (New York Subway, F Line and G Line) Over 3rd Avenue in New York: Brooklyn, New York, United States

Metal 6 Panel Rivet-Connected Warren Through Truss, Fixed

Main Span: 84 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1933 By: Unknown

This is one of the larger spans of this section of elevated railroad, which required a truss span.

4th Avenue 9th Street Station Bridge
HSR

Rough Distance: 9.6 Miles (15.5 Kilometers)

Railroad (New York Subway, F Line and G Line) Over 4th Avenue in New York: Brooklyn, New York, United States

Metal 7 Panel Rivet-Connected Camelback Through Truss, Fixed

Main Spans: 1

Built 1933 By: Unknown

This subway station is essentially also a large overpass bridge, and it features a beautiful arch-like facade that conceals the truss span within.

3rd Street Bridge
HSR

Rough Distance: 9.7 Miles (15.5 Kilometers)

3rd Street Over Gowanus Canal in New York: Brooklyn, New York, United States

Metal Variable Depth Deck Girder, Movable: Double Leaf Bascule (Rolling Lift) and Approach Spans: Metal Deck Girder, Fixed

Length: 106 ft. Main Span: 56 ft. Roadway: 30 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1905 By: Unknown and Scherzer Rolling Lift Bridge Company of Chicago, Illinois

This is one of two surviving rolling lift bascule bridges on this canal which are among the oldest such bridges in the country.

Carroll Street Bridge
HSR

Rough Distance: 9.7 Miles (15.7 Kilometers)

Carroll Street Over Gowanus Canal in New York: Brooklyn, New York, United States

Metal Through Girder, Movable: Retractile

Length: 107 ft. Main Span: 107 ft. Roadway: 17.7 ft. Main Spans: 2

Built 1889 By: New Jersey Steel and Iron Company of Trenton, New Jersey and Brooklyn Department of City Works

This is one of the only known operable retractile bridges in North America.

Outerbridge Crossing
HSR

Rough Distance: 9.8 Miles (15.7 Kilometers)

NY-440 and NJ-440 Over Arthur Kill in Perth Amboy and New York: Middlesex County, New Jersey and Staten Island, New York, United States

Metal Cantilever 20 Panel Rivet-Connected Warren Through Truss, Fixed and Approach Spans: Metal Deck Girder, Fixed

Length: 10,140 ft. Main Span: 750 ft. Roadway: 39.7 ft. Main Spans: 5

Built 1928 By: Unknown and J. A. L. Waddell

This impressive and large cantilever bridge is an increasingly old and rare surviving example of its type in this region.

26th Avenue Bridge
HSR

Rough Distance: 9.8 Miles (15.8 Kilometers)

Belt Parkway (NY-907C) Over 26th Avenue in New York: Brooklyn, New York, United States

Concrete (Stone Faced) Rigid-Frame, Fixed

Length: 81 ft. Main Span: 71 ft. Roadway: 68 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1941 By: Unknown

A representative example of a stone faced concrete rigid-frame bridge on the Belt Parkway, where this bridge type is less common.

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Union Street Bridge
HSR

Rough Distance: 9.8 Miles (15.8 Kilometers)

Union Street Over Gowanus Canal in New York: Brooklyn, New York, United States

Metal Variable Depth Deck Girder, Movable: Double Leaf Bascule (Rolling Lift) and Approach Spans: Metal Deck Girder, Fixed

Length: 107 ft. Main Span: 56 ft. Roadway: 35 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1905 By: Unknown and Scherzer Rolling Lift Bridge Company of Chicago, Illinois

This is one of two surviving rolling lift bascule bridges on this canal which are among the oldest such bridges in the country.

Brooklyn Bridge
HSR

Rough Distance: 9.9 Miles (15.9 Kilometers)

Adams Street Over East River in New York: Brooklyn, New York and Manhattan, New York, United States

Metal Through Truss Stiffening Wire Cable Suspension, Fixed and Approach Spans: Stone Semicircular Deck Arch, Fixed

Length: 5,989 ft. Main Span: 1,596 ft. Roadway: 59.7 ft. Main Spans: 3

Built 1883 By: New York Bridge Company, Edge Moor Iron Company, J. Lloyd Haigh, and Others and Washington Augustus Roebling, John Augustus Roebling, and Others

This stunning bridge has been called the most influential bridge in U.S. history.

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27th Avenue Bridge
HSR

Rough Distance: 9.9 Miles (16 Kilometers)

Pedestrian Walkway Over Belt Parkway (NY-907C) in New York: Brooklyn, New York, United States

Metal One-Hinged Solid Ribbed Deck Arch, Fixed

Length: 133 ft. Main Span: 130 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1941 By: Unknown

One of two beautiful art deco pedestrian overpasses of unusual design crossing this parkway.

Special Bridge Conditions Legend: R - Former location of relocated bridge. ! - At risk for demolition or destruction. X - Confirmed demolished or collapsed. S - Dismantled and/or in storage. L - Severe loss of historic integrity due to alteration.

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