Lincoln Highway Hackensack River Bridge
Lincoln Highway Hackensack River Bridge | |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 40°43′38″N 74°5′56″W / 40.72722°N 74.09889°W |
| Carries | US 1/9 Truck Lincoln Highway East Coast Greenway |
| Crosses | Hackensack River |
| Locale | Jersey City and Kearny |
| Other name(s) | Shawn Carson and Robert Nguyen Memorial Bridge Route 1&9 Lincoln Highway Bridge Rte 1&9 Hackensack River Bridge |
| Owner | New Jersey Department of Transportation |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | Vertical lift |
| Material | Steel |
| Total length | 1,480.1 feet (451.1 m) |
| Width | 73.5 feet (22.4 m) |
| Height | 75 feet (23 m) |
| Longest span | 222.1 feet (67.7 m) |
| Clearance above | 16.2 feet (4.9 m) |
| Clearance below | 35 feet (11 m) (mean high water) 40 feet (12 m) (mean low water) |
| History | |
| Construction start | 1951 |
| Construction end | 1954 |
| Location | |
The Lincoln Highway Hackensack River Bridge is a vehicular vertical lift bridge crossing the Hackensack River at a point 1.8 mi (2.9 km) from the river mouth at Newark Bay in Hudson County, New Jersey, United States. The bridge, along the route of the Lincoln Highway, carries U.S. Route 1/9 Truck (at milepoint 1.72) and the East Coast Greenway between the West Side of Jersey City and Kearny Point in Kearny. The most recent of many crossings at the location, the current bridge was completed in 1954. It is owned by and operated by the New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT), and is required by the Title 33 of the Code of Federal Regulations to open on signal for maritime traffic. In 2007 it was designated the Shawn Carson and Robert Nguyen Memorial Bridge.