Sawtooth Bridges, Newark

#94 among attractions in Newark

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The Sawtooth Bridges are a pair of railroad bridges on the Northeast Corridor known individually as Amtrak Bridge No. 7.80 and Amtrak Bridge No. 7.96. They are located in the Meadowlands in Kearny, New Jersey between Newark Penn Station and Secaucus Junction at a stretch where the rights-of-way of Amtrak, NJ Transit, PATH, and Conrail converge and re-align. The name refers to their appearance and the numbers refer to the milepoint from New York Penn Station. Originally built by Pennsylvania Railroad, they are owned and operated by Amtrak. They are slated for replacement as part of the Gateway Program, an infrastructure improvement program along the NEC. ()

Coordinates: 40°44'38"N, 74°7'30"W

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Sawtooth Bridges – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Lincoln Highway Passaic River Bridge, Kearny, Point-No-Point Bridge, Newark Plank Road.

0.8 miS
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Lincoln Highway Passaic River Bridge, Newark
21 min walk • The Lincoln Highway Passaic River Bridge is a vehicular moveable bridge crossing the Passaic River at a point 1.8 mi from the river mouth at Newark Bay in northeastern New Jersey, United States.
1.4 miNW
Area
Kearny, Newark
35 min walk • Kearny is a town in the western part of Hudson County, New Jersey, United States and a suburb of Newark. As of the 2010 United States Census, the town's population was 40,684, reflecting an increase of 171 from the 40,513 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn increased by 5,639 from the 34,874 counted in the 1990 Census.
~1320 ftSE
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Point-No-Point Bridge, Newark
7 min walk • Point-No-Point Bridge is a railroad bridge crossing the Passaic River between Newark and Kearny, New Jersey, United States, in the New Jersey Meadowlands. The swing bridge is the fourth from the river's mouth at Newark Bay and is 2.6 miles upstream from it.
1.2 miSW
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Newark Plank Road, Newark
32 min walk • The Newark Plank Road was a major artery between Hudson Waterfront at Paulus Hook and city of Newark further inland across the New Jersey Meadows. As its name suggests, a plank road was constructed of wooden planks laid side-to-side on a roadbed.
1.5 miNW
Neighbourhood
West Hudson, Newark
39 min walk • West Hudson is the western part of Hudson County, New Jersey comprising the contiguous municipalities of Kearny, Harrison and East Newark, which lies on the peninsula between the Hackensack River and Passaic River.
1.5 miSE
Neighbourhood
South Kearny, Jersey City
38 min walk • South Kearny, also known as Kearny Point, is an industrial district and distinct area of the western part of Hudson County, New Jersey at the northern end of Newark Bay in the town of Kearny, New Jersey.