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

This is a list of vehicular and rail bridges, tunnels, and cuts in Hudson County, New Jersey. Located in the northeastern part of New Jersey Hudson lies at the heart of the Port of New York and New Jersey and is a major crossroads of the New York Metropolitan area and Northeast Megalopolis. Located on two peninsulas, formerly known as Bergen Neck and New Barbadoes Neck, it has extensive waterfront along the Hudson River, Upper New York Bay, Kill van Kull, Newark Bay and the Hackensack and Passaic Rivers. The main part of Hudson lies on Bergen Hill, the southern emergence of the Hudson Palisades, starting at sea level at Bergen Point and rising to 260 feet travelling through Bayonne, Jersey City and North Hudson. Secaucus and most of West Hudson are part of the New Jersey Meadowlands. Listings are generally from south to north.

Hudson County, on left, has many hills and miles of waterfront

Bayonne Bridge

Hudson River

Uptown Hudson Tubes include a flying junction

Lincoln Tunnel comprises three tubes

Crossing	Carries	Location	Coordinates
Downtown Hudson Tubes	Port Authority Trans-Hudson	Jersey City and World Trade Center	40°42′54″N 74°01′28″W / 40.7151°N 74.0244°W / 40.7151; -74.0244
Holland Tunnel	I-78 NJ 139	Jersey City and Lower Manhattan	40°43′39″N 74°01′16″W / 40.72750°N 74.02111°W / 40.72750; -74.02111
Uptown Hudson Tubes	Port Authority Trans-Hudson	Jersey City and Manhattan
Gateway Tunnel (proposed)	Amtrak New Jersey Transit	North Bergen and Midtown Manhattan
THE Tunnel (project cancelled)	New Jersey Transit	Weehawken and Midtown Manhattan connecting Secaucus Junction and Penn Station
North River Tunnels	Amtrak New Jersey Transit	Weehawken and Midtown Manhattan	40°45′32″N 74°00′46″W / 40.75889°N 74.01278°W / 40.75889; -74.01278
Lincoln Tunnel	NJ 495	Weehawken and Midtown Manhattan	40°45′47″N 74°00′36″W / 40.76306°N 74.01000°W / 40.76306; -74.01000
The next crossing to the north and the last in New Jersey is in Bergen County
George Washington Bridge	I-95 New Jersey Turnpike US 1 US 9 US 46	Fort Lee and Upper Manhattan	40°51′05″N 73°57′09″W / 40.85139°N 73.95250°W / 40.85139; -73.95250

Kill van Kull and Newark Bay

CRRNJ Newark Bay Bridge was dismantled in the 1980s

Crossing	Carries	Location	Coordinates
Bayonne Bridge	NJ 440 NY 440	Bayonne - Staten Island
CRRNJ Newark Bay Bridge (defunct)	Central Railroad of New Jersey	Bayonne - Elizabethport	40°39′16″N 74°09′00″W / 40.6545°N 74.15°W / 40.6545; -74.15
Newark Bay Bridge	I-78 New Jersey Turnpike	Bayonne - Newark
Upper Bay Bridge	CSX Transportation Norfolk Southern Conrail National Docks Secondary	Bayonne - Newark	40°41′57″N 74°06′36″W / 40.699052°N 74.11°W / 40.699052; -74.11

Hackensack River

PATH, Harsimus Branch, Wittpenn, and Lower Hack from an earlier time

Upper Hack Lift

One of the twin span of Route 3

mile	Crossing	Carries	Location	Coordinates
	HD Draw (defunct)	Newark and New York Railroad (CNJ)	Jersey City & Kearny Point	40°43′07″N 74°06′14″W / 40.718709°N 74.103985°W / 40.718709; -74.103985
	Lincoln Highway Hackensack River Bridge	U.S. Route 1-9 Truck Lincoln Highway East Coast Greenway		40°43′38″N 74°05′55″W / 40.727324°N 74.098728°W / 40.727324; -74.098728
	Pulaski Skyway	U.S. Route 1/9		40°44′06″N 74°05′42″W / 40.735064°N 74.09493°W / 40.735064; -74.09493
	PATH Lift Bridge	PATH	Jersey City & Kearny Meadows	40°44′24″N 74°04′59″W / 40.740108°N 74.083048°W / 40.740108; -74.083048
	Harsimus Branch Lift	Conrail		40°44′26″N 74°04′55″W / 40.740475°N 74.082034°W / 40.740475; -74.082034
	Wittpenn Bridge	NJ 7		40°44′25″N 74°04′52″W / 40.740313°N 74.081138°W / 40.740313; -74.081138
3.4	Lower Hack Lift	NJ Transit Morris and Essex Lines	Riverbend	40°44′36″N 74°04′37″W / 40.7432°N 74.0770°W / 40.7432; -74.0770
5.0	Portal Bridge	Amtrak Northeast Corridor	Secaucus & Kearny Meadows	40°45′13″N 74°5′41″W / 40.75361°N 74.09472°W / 40.75361; -74.09472
	New Jersey Turnpike	Interstate 95
	DB Draw (Abandoned)	Norfolk Southern Railway Former NJ Transit Boonton Line	Snake Hill & Kearny Meadows	40°45′30″N 74°05′36″W / 40.7583°N 74.0933°W / 40.7583; -74.0933
6.9	Upper Hack Lift	NJ Transit Main Line	Harmon Cove & Kingsland	40°46′41″N 74°05′24″W / 40.778015°N 74.089906°W / 40.778015; -74.089906 (Upper Hack Lift Bridge)
7.7	HX Bridge	NJ Transit: Bergen County Line Pascack Valley Line Meadowlands Rail Line	Harmon Cove & Meadowlands Sports Complex	40°47′17″N 74°04′55″W / 40.788078°N 74.081869°W / 40.788078; -74.081869
	Twin span bridge	NJ 3	Secaucus & Meadowlands Sports Complex
	Bridge (defunct)	Jersey City, Hoboken and Rutherford Electric Railway Paterson Plank Road	Secaucus North End & Meadowlands Xanadu	40°48′07″N 74°03′01″W / 40.801948°N 74.050333°W / 40.801948; -74.050333

Passaic River

Pulaski Skyway

Amtrak Dock Vertical Lift

Abandoned NX, aka the Annie Bridge

Mile	Crossing	Carries	Location
	PD Draw (defunct)	Newark and New York Railroad	Kearny Point & Newark Ironbound
1.8	Lincoln Highway Passaic River Bridge	U.S. Route 1-9 Truck Lincoln Highway	Kearny Point & Newark Ironbound
	Pulaski Skyway	U.S. Route 1/9	Kearny Point & Newark Ironbound
2.6	Point-No-Point Bridge	Passaic and Harsimus Line	Kearny Meadows & Newark Ironbound
	New Jersey Turnpike	Interstate 95	Kearny & Newark
	Jackson Street Bridge	Frank E. Rodgers Boulevard	Harrison & Newark Ironbound
5.0	Amtrak Dock Vertical Lift	Amtrak New Jersey Transit Port Authority Trans Hudson Newark line	Harrison & Penn Station (Newark)
	Centre Street Bridge (defunct)	New Jersey Railroad	Harrison & Newark
	Bridge Street Bridge	County Route 508	Harrison & Newark
	Newark Drawbridge	New Jersey Transit	Harrison & Newark Broad Street Station
	William A. Stickel Memorial Bridge	Interstate 280	Harrison & Newark
	Clay Street Bridge	Central Avenue Clay Street	East Newark & Newark
	NX Bridge (abandoned/open position)	Erie Railroad Newark Branch	Harrison & Newark
	WR Draw (not in use/closed position )	New York and Greenwood Lake Railway Erie Railroad New Jersey Transit Boonton Line	Kearny & North Newark
8.9	Belleville Turnpike Bridge	NJ Route 7	Arlington & Belleville

Bergen Hill-Hudson Palisades

Old Bergen Tunnel, east end, taken February 10, 1906

Entrances to four of the railroad tunnels under Bergen Hill

HBLR 8th Street Viaduct

CCRNJ right-of way at Richard St Station on former Morris Canal

National Docks Secondary

Journal Square Transportation Center was built over Bergen Hill Cut

Bergen Hill Cut is also used by Conrail's North Jersey Shared Assets lines

The Bergen Arches seen behind NJ Turnpike viaduct

One of the Bergen Arches

vehicular cuts	carries	location	connection
State Highway (Depressed Highway)	New Jersey Route 139	Jersey City	Pulaski Skyway - Holland Tunnel
Lincoln Tunnel Approach	NJ Route 495	North Hudson	New Jersey Turnpike - Lincoln Tunnel
The next vehicular cut to the north and the last in New Jersey is in Bergen County
GWB Plaza		Fort Lee	to George Washington Bridge
There are numerous excavations for roads on the eastern escarpment of the Hudson Palisades, including New York Avenue, Mountain Road, Paterson Plank Road, Wing Viaduct, Hackensack Plank Road, Shippen Street, Boulevard East, Pershing Road, Bull Ferry Road, Gorge Road

Meadowlands

New Jersey Turnpike and other infrastructure crisscross the Meadowlands

Kearny and Croxton in the low-lying Meadowlands supports an infrastructure that includes many unnamed bridges, embankments, flyovers, and causeways. The Manhattan Transfer was once located in the Kearny Meadows. The Kearny Connection allows transfer between the Hoboken and Newark Divisions of New Jersey Transit rail operations for its Waterfront Connection. The Main, Bergen County, Pascack Valley, Meadowlands, and Port Jervis lines uses a series of embankments and bridges to cross the Meadowlands. Planned expansion of Secaucus Junction includes a massive loop. Numerous junctions, including the Marion, and the Northern Running Track are part of the Conrail's North Jersey Shared Assets Area, a component in the national freight rail network. Much of the New Jersey Turnpike travels along a causeway. Nearby Snake Hill, Exit 15's huge horseshoe-shaped U-turn rises above the rail yards and lines below it.