Morgan Draw | |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 40°27′42″N 74°15′35″W / 40.46161°N 74.25968°W |
| Carries | Conrail North Jersey Coast Line |
| Crosses | Cheesequake Creek |
| Locale | Morgan and Laurence Harbor, New Jersey |
| Owner | NJ Transit |
| Bridge Hunter ID | NJT 403 BH 60655[1] |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | Bascule |
| Traversable? | Yes; by train only |
| Longest span | 79 ft (24 m) |
| No. of spans | 6 |
| Piers in water | 5 |
| Clearance below | 3 ft (0.91 m) |
| Rail characteristics | |
| No. of tracks | 2 |
| Electrified | Yes |
| History | |
| Engineering design by | Harry L. Thomas |
| Constructed by | Scherzer Rolling Lift Bridge Co. |
| Construction end | 1912 |
| Rebuilt | 2012 (rehabilitated post-Superstorm Sandy) |
| Location | |
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Morgan Draw is railroad moveable bridge over the Cheesequake Creek between the Morgan section of Sayreville and Laurence Harbor in Old Bridge in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States. Located at MP 0.2 near the mouth on the Raritan Bay, the bascule bridge lies just upstream of the New Jersey Route 35 crossing. It is owned and operated by New Jersey Transit Rail Operations (NJT)[2][3] and substantially rehabilitated in 2005-2008.[4][5] A storm surge during Hurricane Sandy in 2012 caused severe damage to the bridge.[6]
- ^ "NJT - Morgan Draw". Bridgehunter.com. Retrieved November 5, 2016.
- ^ "Morgan Draw". Bridgehunter. Retrieved June 13, 2015.
- ^ "REHABILITATION PLANNED FOR 94-YEAR-OLD DRAWBRIDGE ON NORTH JERSEY COAST LINE" (Press release). New Jersey Transit. Retrieved June 13, 2015.
- ^ "Sign In" (PDF). Arema.org. Retrieved July 7, 2022.
- ^ "Iron Bc - Projects - Movable Bridges - Morgan Drawbridge". Ironbc.com.
- ^ "ALL BUT ONE NJ TRANSIT RAIL LINES FULLY OR PARTIALLY RESTORED STARTING MONDAY, NOVEMBER 19" (Press release). New Jersey Transit. Retrieved June 13, 2015.