Lincoln Highway Passaic River Bridge
Lincoln Highway Bridge | |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 40°43′57″N 74°07′05″W / 40.7324°N 74.1180°W |
| Carries | US 1/9 Truck East Coast Greenway |
| Crosses | Passaic River |
| Locale | Newark and Kearny |
| Other name(s) | Route 1&9 Lincoln Highway Bridge Rte 1&9 Passaic River Bridge |
| Owner | New Jersey Department of Transportation |
| ID number | 0705151 |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | Vertical lift |
| Material | Steel |
| Total length | 2,005 feet (611 m) |
| Width | 52 feet (16 m) |
| Longest span | 322.5 feet (98.3 m) |
| No. of spans | 18 |
| Clearance above | 15.9 feet (4.8 m) |
| Clearance below | 35 feet (11 m) (mean high water) 40 feet (12 m) (mean low water) 140 feet (43 m) (open position) |
| History | |
| Designer | Ash, Howard, Needles, and Tamman & Morris Goodkind |
| Engineering design by | Feidinan'd Coyne |
| Construction start | 1939 |
| Construction end | 1940 |
| Construction cost | $2,500,000 |
| Opened | 1941 |
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The Lincoln Highway Passaic River Bridge is a vehicular moveable bridge crossing the Passaic River at a point 1.8 mi (2.9 km) from the river mouth at Newark Bay in northeastern New Jersey, United States. The vertical lift bridge, along the route of the Lincoln Highway, carries U.S. Route 1/9 Truck (at milepoint 0.67) and the East Coast Greenway between the Ironbound section of Newark and Kearny Point in Kearny. Opened in 1941, it is owned by and operated by the New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) and required by the Code of Federal Regulations to open on 4-hour notice for maritime traffic.