Rahway River Bridge

Rahway River Bridge
Coordinates 40°36′33″N 74°16′25″W / 40.60914°N 74.27366°W / 40.60914; -74.27366 (Rahway River Bridge)Coordinates: 40°36′33″N 74°16′25″W / 40.60914°N 74.27366°W / 40.60914; -74.27366 (Rahway River Bridge)
Carries Northeast Corridor
Crosses Rahway River
Locale Rahway
Union County, New Jersey
Owner New Jersey Transit
Characteristics
Design Closed-spandrel arch
Material stone, concrete
Total length 180 feet (55 m)
Width 120 feet (37 m)
Longest span 60 feet (18 m)
History
Engineering design by A.C. Shard
Constructed by Keystone State Construction
Construction end 1915

The Rahway River Bridge is a rail bridge over the Rahway River, in Rahway, Union County, New Jersey, U.S., a few blocks north of Rahway station, on the Northeast Corridor (NEC).

The arch bridge was built circa 1915 by the Pennsylvania Railroad[1][2] at the time it was widening and elevating the tracks on a viaduct[3] on its mainline through New Jersey, a project that had been initiated in 1901.[4]

The bridge carries the NEC and is located at MP 19.13 of the New York Division. It is used by Amtrak, including Northeast Regional service, and New Jersey Transit's Northeast Corridor Line and North Jersey Coast Line, which junction near Union Tower to the south.

The bridge was documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in 1977.[5] It is part of the unlisted Pennsylvania Railroad New York to Philadelphia Historic District (ID#4568), designated in 2002 by the New Jersey State Historic Preservation Office.[6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Amtrak - Rahway River Bridge". Bridgehunter.com. Retrieved November 28, 2017.
  2. ↑ Northeast Corridor Improvement Project: Environmental Impact Statement, Volume 1 (Report). Federal Railroad Administration. 1978. Retrieved November 28, 2017.
  3. ↑ Baer, T. "A General Chronology of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company Predecessors and Sucessors and Its Historical Context (1915)" (PDF). Retrieved November 29, 2017.
  4. ↑ "Pennsylvania Railroad's New Improvements; In Five Years Tracks Will Be Elevated Through All Cities on the New York Division" (PDF). The New York Times. December 10, 1901. Retrieved November 29, 2017.
  5. ↑ HAER NJ-40
  6. ↑ "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places". New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection - Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved December 5, 2017.
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