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The Portal Bridge is a two-track rotating swing-span railroad bridge over the Hackensack River in Kearny and Secaucus, New Jersey, United States.[1]

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  1. 64 relations: Access to the Region's Core, Achilles' heel, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Amtrak, Bergen County, New Jersey, Bessemer process, Bob Menendez, Bridge protection systems, Chris Christie, Creosote, Derailment, Environmental impact statement, Federal Railroad Administration, Federal Transit Administration, Gateway Program (Northeast Corridor), Hackensack River, Jersey City Independent, Kearny, New Jersey, List of bridges, tunnels, and cuts in Hudson County, New Jersey, List of crossings of the Hackensack River, Little Ferry, New Jersey, Lower Hack Lift, Manhattan Transfer station, Montclair-Boonton Line, Morris & Essex Lines, National Transportation Safety Board, New Jersey, New Jersey Meadowlands, New Jersey Turnpike, New York City, New York Penn Station, New York Tunnel Extension, Newark Penn Station, Newark, New Jersey, NJ Transit, NJ Transit Rail Operations, NJ.com, North Jersey Coast Line, North River Tunnels, Northeast Corridor, Northeast Corridor Line, Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission, Pennsylvania Railroad, Phil Murphy, Politico, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, Raritan Valley Line, Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity, Sawtooth Bridges, Secaucus Junction, ... Expand index (14 more) »

  2. Amtrak bridges
  3. Bridges over the Hackensack River
  4. NJ Transit bridges
  5. Railroad bridges in New Jersey

Access to the Region's Core

Access to the Region's Core (ARC) was a proposed commuter-rail project to increase passenger service capacity on New Jersey Transit (NJT) between Secaucus Junction in New Jersey and Manhattan in New York City.

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Achilles' heel

An Achilles' heel (or Achilles heel) is a weakness despite overall strength, which can lead to downfall.

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American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA), nicknamed the Recovery Act, was a stimulus package enacted by the 111th U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Barack Obama in February 2009.

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Amtrak

The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, doing business as Amtrak, is the national passenger railroad company of the United States.

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Bergen County, New Jersey

Bergen County is the most populous county in the U.S. state of New Jersey.

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Bessemer process

The Bessemer process was the first inexpensive industrial process for the mass production of steel from molten pig iron before the development of the open hearth furnace.

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Bob Menendez

Robert Menendez (born January 1, 1954) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the senior United States senator from New Jersey, a seat he has held since 2006.

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Bridge protection systems

Bridge protection systems prevent ship collision damage to a bridge by either deflecting an aberrant ship from striking the piers of a bridge, or sustaining and absorbing the impact.

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Chris Christie

Christopher James Christie (born September 6, 1962) is an American politician and former federal prosecutor who served as the 55th governor of New Jersey from 2010 to 2018.

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Creosote

Creosote is a category of carbonaceous chemicals formed by the distillation of various tars and pyrolysis of plant-derived material, such as wood, or fossil fuel.

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Derailment

In rail transport, a derailment is a type of train wreck that occurs when a rail vehicle such as a train comes off its rails.

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Environmental impact statement

An environmental impact statement (EIS), under United States environmental law, is a document required by the 1969 National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) for certain actions "significantly affecting the quality of the human environment".

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Federal Railroad Administration

The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) is an agency in the United States Department of Transportation (DOT).

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Federal Transit Administration

The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) is an agency within the United States Department of Transportation (DOT) that provides financial and technical assistance to local public transportation systems.

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Gateway Program (Northeast Corridor)

The Gateway Program is a planned expansion and renovation of the Northeast Corridor (NEC) rail line between Newark, New Jersey, and New York City along the right-of-way between Newark Penn Station and New York Penn Station.

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Hackensack River

The Hackensack River is a river, approximately 45 miles (72 km) long, in the U.S. states of New York and New Jersey, emptying into Newark Bay, a back chamber of New York Harbor.

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Jersey City Independent

The Jersey City Independent is a hyperlocal online community news site covering Jersey City and surrounding municipalities in Hudson County, New Jersey.

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Kearny, New Jersey

Kearny is a town in the western part of Hudson County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, and a suburb of Newark.

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List of bridges, tunnels, and cuts in Hudson County, New Jersey

There are numerous of vehicular and rail bridges, tunnels, and cuts in Hudson County, New Jersey.

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List of crossings of the Hackensack River

The Hackensack River courses southward for approximately in Rockland County, New York in the north and Bergen and Hudson counties in northeastern New Jersey to the south, forming the border of the latter two for part of its length.

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Little Ferry, New Jersey

Little Ferry is a borough in Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.

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Lower Hack Lift

The Lower Hack Lift is a lift bridge carrying the New Jersey Transit Morristown Line across the Hackensack River at mile 3.4, Jersey City, New Jersey. Portal Bridge and Lower Hack Lift are bridges over the Hackensack River, nJ Transit bridges, railroad bridges in New Jersey and steel bridges in the United States.

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Manhattan Transfer station

Manhattan Transfer was a passenger transfer station in Harrison, New Jersey, east of Newark, west of New York Penn Station on the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) main line, now Amtrak's Northeast Corridor.

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Montclair-Boonton Line

The Montclair-Boonton Line is a commuter rail line of New Jersey Transit Rail Operations in the United States.

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Morris & Essex Lines

The Morris & Essex Lines are a group of former Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad (DL&W) railroad lines in New Jersey now owned and operated by NJ Transit.

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National Transportation Safety Board

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is an independent U.S. government investigative agency responsible for civil transportation accident investigation.

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New Jersey

New Jersey is a state situated within both the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States.

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New Jersey Meadowlands

New Jersey Meadowlands, also known as the Hackensack Meadowlands after the primary river flowing through it, is a general name for a large ecosystem of wetlands in northeastern New Jersey in the United States, a few miles to the west of New York City.

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New Jersey Turnpike

The New Jersey Turnpike (NJTP) is a system of controlled-access highways in the U.S. state of New Jersey.

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New York City

New York, often called New York City (to distinguish it from New York State) or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States.

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New York Penn Station

Pennsylvania Station (also known as New York Penn Station or simply Penn Station) is the main intercity railroad station in New York City and the busiest transportation facility in the Western Hemisphere, serving more than 600,000 passengers per weekday.

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New York Tunnel Extension

The New York Tunnel Extension (also New York Improvement and Tunnel Extension) is a combination of railroad tunnels and approaches from New Jersey and Long Island to Pennsylvania Station in Midtown Manhattan.

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Newark Penn Station

Newark Penn Station is an intermodal passenger station in Newark, New Jersey.

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Newark, New Jersey

Newark is the most populous city in the U.S. state of New Jersey, the county seat of Essex County, and a principal city of the New York metropolitan area.

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NJ Transit

New Jersey Transit Corporation, branded as NJ Transit or NJTransit and often shortened to NJT, is a state-owned public transportation system that serves the U.S. state of New Jersey and portions of the states of New York and Pennsylvania.

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NJ Transit Rail Operations

NJ Transit Rail Operations is the rail division of NJ Transit.

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NJ.com

NJ.com is a digital news content provider and website in New Jersey owned by Advance Publications.

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North Jersey Coast Line

The North Jersey Coast Line is a commuter rail line running from Rahway to Bay Head, New Jersey, traversing through the Jersey Shore region.

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North River Tunnels

The North River Tunnels are a pair of rail tunnels that carry Amtrak and New Jersey Transit passenger lines under the Hudson River between Weehawken, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania Station in Manhattan, New York City, New York.

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Northeast Corridor

The Northeast Corridor (NEC) is an electrified railroad line in the Northeast megalopolis of the United States.

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Northeast Corridor Line

The Northeast Corridor Line is a commuter rail service operated by NJ Transit between the Trenton Transit Center and New York Penn Station on Amtrak's Northeast Corridor in the United States.

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Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission

The Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission (PVSC) is a regional wastewater public utility located in Newark, New Jersey.

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Pennsylvania Railroad

The Pennsylvania Railroad (reporting mark PRR), legal name The Pennsylvania Railroad Company, also known as the "Pennsy", was an American Class I railroad that was established in 1846 and headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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Phil Murphy

Philip Dunton Murphy (born August 16, 1957) is an American politician, diplomat, and financier serving as the 56th governor of New Jersey.

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Politico

Politico (stylized in all caps), known originally as The Politico, is an American political digital newspaper company.

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The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, (PANYNJ; stylized, in logo since 2020, as Port Authority NY NJ) is a joint venture between the U.S. states of New York and New Jersey, established in 1921 through an interstate compact authorized by the United States Congress.

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Raritan Valley Line

The Raritan Valley Line is a commuter rail service operated by New Jersey Transit (NJT) which serves passengers in municipalities in Union, Somerset, Middlesex, Essex, and Hunterdon counties in the Raritan Valley region, primarily in central New Jersey and a smaller portion of northern New Jersey, in the United States.

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Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity

Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) is an American federal government program administered by the United States Department of Transportation.

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Sawtooth Bridges

The Sawtooth Bridges are a pair of railroad bridges on the Northeast Corridor (NEC) known individually as Amtrak Bridge No. Portal Bridge and Sawtooth Bridges are Amtrak bridges, nJ Transit bridges and railroad bridges in New Jersey.

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Secaucus Junction

Secaucus Junction (signed as Secaucus) is an intermodal transit hub served by New Jersey Transit (NJ Transit) and Metro-North Railroad in Secaucus, New Jersey.

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Secaucus, New Jersey

Secaucus is a town in Hudson County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.

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Sledgehammer

A sledgehammer is a tool with a large, flat, often metal head, attached to a long handle.

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Swing bridge

A swing bridge (or swing span bridge) is a movable bridge that can be rotated horizontally around a vertical axis.

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The Economist

The Economist is a British weekly newspaper published in printed magazine format and digitally.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.

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The Record (North Jersey)

The Record (also called The North Jersey Record, The Bergen Record, The Sunday Record (Sunday edition) and formerly The Bergen Evening Record) is a newspaper in New Jersey, United States.

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The Star-Ledger

The Star-Ledger is the largest circulation newspaper in New Jersey.

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The Wall Street Journal

The Wall Street Journal (WSJ), also referred to simply as the Journal, is an American newspaper based in New York City, with a focus on business and finance.

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The Washington Post

The Washington Post, locally known as "the Post" and, informally, WaPo or WP, is an American daily newspaper published in Washington, D.C., the national capital.

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Tide

Tides are the rise and fall of sea levels caused by the combined effects of the gravitational forces exerted by the Moon (and to a much lesser extent, the Sun) and are also caused by the Earth and Moon orbiting one another.

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Truss bridge

A truss bridge is a bridge whose load-bearing superstructure is composed of a truss, a structure of connected elements, usually forming triangular units.

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United States Department of Transportation

The United States Department of Transportation (USDOT or DOT) is one of the executive departments of the U.S. federal government.

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WABC-TV

WABC-TV (channel 7) is a television station in New York City, serving as the flagship of the ABC network.

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Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly known as Washington or D.C., is the capital city and federal district of the United States.

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See also

Amtrak bridges

Bridges over the Hackensack River

NJ Transit bridges

Railroad bridges in New Jersey

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal_Bridge

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