PATH Lift Bridge

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The '''PATH Lift''' is a [[lift bridge]] carrying the [[PATH (rail system)|Port Authority Trans-Hudson]] (PATH) rapid transit line across the [[Hackensack River]] between [[Kearny, New Jersey|Kearny]] and [[Jersey City, New Jersey]]. It is used by PATH trains going to and from [[Newark, New Jersey|Newark]].

==History== The bridge was built by the [[Pennsylvania Railroad]] (PRR) in 1900.<ref>Pennsylvania Railroad Technical & Historical Society. [http://www.prrths.com/Hagley/PRR1900%20Mar%2005.pdf "PRR Chronology, 1900."] March 2005 Edition.</ref> It was part of the PRR main line that terminated at [[Exchange Place (PRR station)|Exchange Place]] in Jersey City. Upon the opening of the PRR [[North River Tunnels]] to [[Manhattan]]'s [[Pennsylvania Station (New York)|Penn Station]] in 1910, the main line traffic was routed on a new alignment to the tunnels, and the Exchange Place line tracks were made available to the [[Hudson and Manhattan Railroad]], a rapid transit line to [[lower Manhattan]] (later called PATH). Service on a new H&M line between the [[Manhattan Transfer (PRR station)|Manhattan Transfer]] station in [[Harrison, New Jersey]] and lower Manhattan began on October 1, 1911.<ref>{{cite news |title=Improved Transit Facilities by Newark High Speed Line |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1911/10/01/104838501.pdf |newspaper=New York Times |date=October 1, 1911}}</ref> The service was later extended southward to Newark.

Use of the bridge was shared by the PRR and H&M until PRR closed Exchange Place in 1961. Since that time, it has been used solely by H&M/PATH trains on the [[Newark–World Trade Center]] line (known as Newark-Hudson Terminal before 1971).<ref>{{Cudahy-Hudson|pages=62–63}}</ref>

==See also== * [[List of bridges documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in New Jersey]] * [[List of bridges, tunnels, and cuts in Hudson County, New Jersey]] * [[List of crossings of the Hackensack River]]

== References == {{Reflist}}

==External links== *{{Commons category-inline|PATH Lift Bridge}} *{{HAER |survey=NJ-44 |id=nj0967 |title=PATH Transit System Bridge}} *{{Structurae |id=20024521 |title=PATH Bridge}}

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