Lincoln Highway Passaic River Bridge

Not to be confused with Lincoln Highway Hackensack River Bridge.
Lincoln Highway Bridge
Coordinates40°43′57″N 74°07′05″W / 40.7324°N 74.1180°W / 40.7324; -74.1180
Carries
 US 1/9 Truck
East Coast Greenway
CrossesPassaic River
LocaleNewark and Kearny
Other name(s)Route 1&9 Lincoln Highway Bridge
Rte 1&9 Passaic River Bridge
OwnerNew Jersey Department of Transportation
ID number0705151
Characteristics
DesignVertical lift
MaterialSteel
Total length2,005 feet (611 m)
Width52 feet (16 m)
Longest span322.5 feet (98.3 m)
No. of spans18
Clearance above15.9 feet (4.8 m)
Clearance below35 feet (11 m) (mean high water)
40 feet (12 m) (mean low water)
140 feet (43 m) (open position)
History
DesignerAsh, Howard, Needles, and Tamman & Morris Goodkind[1]
Engineering design byFeidinan'd Coyne[2]
Construction start1939
Construction end1940
Construction cost$2,500,000
Opened1941
Location
Map
References
[3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]

The Lincoln Highway Passaic River Bridge is a vehicular moveable bridge crossing the Passaic River at a point 1.8 mi (2.9 km) from the river mouth at Newark Bay in northeastern New Jersey, United States. The vertical lift bridge, along the route of the Lincoln Highway, carries U.S. Route 1/9 Truck (at milepoint 0.67)[11] and the East Coast Greenway between the Ironbound section of Newark and Kearny Point in Kearny. Opened in 1941, it is owned by and operated by the New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) and required by the Code of Federal Regulations to open on 4-hour notice for maritime traffic.

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  3. ^ "Historic Bridge Survey (1991-1994)" (PDF). NJDOT. 2001. p. 72. Retrieved 2012-08-21.
  4. ^ "Lower Passaic River Restoration Project Commercial Navigation Analysis" (PDF). United States Army Corps of Engineers. July 2, 2010. Retrieved 2012-08-20.
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  10. ^ "US 1&9 TRUCK over Passaic Rvr and Local Roads". Ugly Bridges. Retrieved 2012-12-06.
  11. ^ "U.S. Route 1-9 Truck straight line diagram" (PDF). NJDOT. Retrieved 2016-12-21.