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  2. $1.5B Contract Awarded To Replace Despised Portal Bridge In NJ

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    And its demise has been a long time coming, officials said Tuesday, announcing a $1.56 billion contract for its replacement. The ailing bridge, which spans the Hackensack River from Secaucus to ...

  3. Portal Bridge - Wikipedia

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    Portal Bridge. /  40.75361°N 74.09472°W  / 40.75361; -74.09472. The Portal Bridge is a two-track rotating swing-span railroad bridge over the Hackensack River in Kearny and Secaucus, New Jersey, United States. It is on the Northeast Corridor just west of Secaucus Junction and east of the Sawtooth Bridges. Owned and operated by Amtrak ...

  4. Portal Bridge rail replacement project is 50% done, on time ...

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    But the kick-start to the first phase of the $18 billion Gateway program was the Portal Bridge replacement project, which received a green light under the Trump administration after New Jersey Gov ...

  5. NJ Transit Portal Bridge Replacement OK'd To Begin - Patch

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    NJ Transit plans to tear down the existing 110-year-old swing bridge and replace it with a new two-track, high-level, fixed-span bridge. The new Portal North Bridge will rise 50 feet over the ...

  6. Gateway Program (Northeast Corridor) - Wikipedia

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    In December 2008, the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) approved a $1.34 billion project to replace the Portal Bridge with two new bridges: a three-track bridge to the north, and a two-track bridge to the south. In 2009, New Jersey applied for funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 and on January 28, 2010, received ...

  7. Murphy: Gateway Program Could Fix Portal Bridge Breakdowns

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    Thank the Trump Administration, New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy says. Eric Kiefer , Patch Staff Posted Fri, Mar 16, 2018 at 12:31 pm ET | Updated Fri, Mar 16, 2018 at 2:32 pm ET

  8. NJ Transit - Wikipedia

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    116.2 mi (187.0 km) (light rail) (2018 figures [1]) 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. It operates bus, light rail, and commuter rail services ...

  9. Fired head of NJ Transit's Portal Bridge project warns about ...

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    The project Nasim was overseeing is the $2.3 billion Portal North Bridge, a replacement for the Portal Bridge, a 113-year-old swing span that is a frequent cause of delays on the Northeast Corridor.

  10. Replacement Coming For The Hated Portal Bridge Crossing - Patch

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    Replacement Coming For The Hated Portal Bridge Crossing - Mendham-Chester, NJ - Delays and mechanical failures at the 109-year-old Portal Bridge may be history with $91 million dollar infusion.

  11. Here's how Port of NY and NJ bridges are protected from ... - AOL

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    The Portal Bridge swings open for marine traffic but can still get hit, as it did in 2018 and in 2022. Though these were minor incidents, they caused rail traffic to be suspended before the bridge ...