# PATH Lift Bridge

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Bridge in Connecting Kearny and Jersey City, New Jersey

PATH Lift Bridge PATH Lift Bridge (Harsimus Branch and Wittpenn Bridge at right) Coordinates 40°44′24″N 74°04′59″W / 40.740108°N 74.083048°W / 40.740108; -74.083048 Carries PATH Crosses Hackensack River Locale Connecting Kearny and Jersey City, New Jersey Owner Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Characteristics Design Lift bridge Material Steel History Opened 1900; 126 years ago (1900) Location Interactive map of PATH Lift Bridge

The **PATH Lift** is a [lift bridge](/source/Lift_bridge) carrying the [Port Authority Trans-Hudson](/source/PATH_(rail_system)) (PATH) rapid transit line across the [Hackensack River](/source/Hackensack_River) between [Kearny](/source/Kearny%2C_New_Jersey) and [Jersey City, New Jersey](/source/Jersey_City%2C_New_Jersey). It is used by PATH trains going to and from [Newark](/source/Newark%2C_New_Jersey).

## History

The bridge was built by the [Pennsylvania Railroad](/source/Pennsylvania_Railroad) (PRR) in 1900.[1] It was part of the PRR main line that terminated at [Exchange Place](/source/Exchange_Place_(PRR_station)) in Jersey City. Upon the opening of the PRR [North River Tunnels](/source/North_River_Tunnels) to [Manhattan](/source/Manhattan)'s [Penn Station](/source/Pennsylvania_Station_(New_York)) 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](/source/Hudson_and_Manhattan_Railroad), a rapid transit line to [lower Manhattan](/source/Lower_Manhattan) (later called PATH). Service on a new H&M line between the [Manhattan Transfer](/source/Manhattan_Transfer_(PRR_station)) station in [Harrison, New Jersey](/source/Harrison%2C_New_Jersey) and lower Manhattan began on October 1, 1911.[2] 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](/source/Newark%E2%80%93World_Trade_Center) line (known as Newark-Hudson Terminal before 1971).[3]

## See also

- [List of bridges documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in New Jersey](/source/List_of_bridges_documented_by_the_Historic_American_Engineering_Record_in_New_Jersey)

- [List of bridges, tunnels, and cuts in Hudson County, New Jersey](/source/List_of_bridges%2C_tunnels%2C_and_cuts_in_Hudson_County%2C_New_Jersey)

- [List of crossings of the Hackensack River](/source/List_of_crossings_of_the_Hackensack_River)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Pennsylvania Railroad Technical & Historical Society. ["PRR Chronology, 1900."](http://www.prrths.com/Hagley/PRR1900%20Mar%2005.pdf) March 2005 Edition.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Improved Transit Facilities by Newark High Speed Line"](https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1911/10/01/104838501.pdf) (PDF). *New York Times*. October 1, 1911.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Cudahy, Brian J. (2002), [*Rails Under the Mighty Hudson*](https://archive.org/details/rails-under-the-mighty-hudson) (2nd ed.), New York: [Fordham University Press](/source/Fordham_University_Press), pp. 62–63, [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-82890-257-1](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-82890-257-1), [OCLC](/source/OCLC_(identifier)) [911046235](https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/911046235)

## External links

- Media related to [PATH Lift Bridge](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:PATH_Lift_Bridge) at Wikimedia Commons

- [Historic American Engineering Record](/source/Heritage_Documentation_Programs#Historic_American_Engineering_Record) (HAER) No. NJ-44, "[PATH Transit System Bridge](https://loc.gov/pictures/item/nj0967/)"

- [PATH Bridge](https://structurae.net/structures/data/index.cfm?ID=20024521) at *[Structurae](/source/Structurae)*

Crossings of the Hackensack River Upstream Harsimus Branch Lift Bridge Conrail PATH Lift Bridge Downstream Pulaski Skyway

v t e PATH Services NWK–WTC HOB–WTC HOB–33 JSQ–33 JSQ–33 via HOB Stations Exchange Place Grove Street Harrison Hoboken Journal Square Newark Newport Christopher Street Ninth Street 14th Street 23rd Street 33rd Street World Trade Center Infrastructure Dock Bridge Downtown Hudson Tubes PATH Lift Bridge Uptown Hudson Tubes Historical/Former Centre Street Bridge Hudson and Manhattan Railroad Powerhouse Hudson Terminal Manhattan Transfer Park Place Fares TAPP SmartLink MetroCard Related Port Authority of New York and New Jersey

Authority control databases: Geographic Structurae

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