Thanks, John. The bridge was build when the tracks below belonged to the New Jersey Central Railroad Co. When that entity went bankrupt, the tracks were given to NJ Transit, but the latter never took ownership of the bridge. As a result, maintenance has been neglected for decades, as the state, the township, NJ Transit and the Department of transportation argue over who should pay for replacing the bridge.
Every day, two commuter trains pass under the bridge is each direction, in addition to occasional freight trains. Most trains on the Raritan Valley line no longer come this far, but turn around in Raritan Borough, a few miles to the east. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Fri, Aug 30, 2019 at 9:27 AM John <jsessoms...@nc.rr.com> wrote: > I believe New Jersey has a certain history regarding bridge closures 8^) > > This one looks like it maybe predates the New Jersey Department of > Transportation. I suspect it was built back before the automobile replaced > the > horse & carriage; perfectly adequate in its day, but no match for modern > road > behemoths. > > Nicely documented. Probably end up in the local library's historical > (hysterical?) photos file a hundred years from now. > > On 8/30/2019 04:21:47, Ralf R Radermacher wrote: > > Am 30.08.19 um 06:23 schrieb Daniel J. Matyola: > > > >> I went out look at the closure, and decided it was a bit interesting. > > > > Looks like some makeshift solution after the last one came down... > > > > Ralf > > > > > > -- > Science - Questions we may never find answers for. > Religion - Answers we must never question. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
