HX Draw

HX Draw
HX Draw
Coordinates	40°47′17″N 74°04′55″W / 40.788078°N 74.081869°W
Carries	NJ Transit Bergen County Line and Pascack Valley Line
Crosses	Hackensack River
Locale	Secaucus and East Rutherford, New Jersey
Maintained by	NJ Transit
Characteristics
Design	Warren through truss bascule bridge
Material	Steel
History
Constructed by	Strauss Bascule Bridge Co.
Opened	1911
Location

The HX Draw is a bascule bridge carrying the New Jersey Transit Bergen County Line and Pascack Valley Line across the Hackensack River between Secaucus, New Jersey and East Rutherford. The bridge is also known as The Jack-Knife because of its unusual method of opening.^[1]

Designed by Joseph Strauss and completed in 1911, this bridge is one of the first heel trunnion bascule bridges built in the United States and originally formed part of the Erie Railroad's main line.^[1]^[2]

In 2008, NJ Transit repainted the span in a new coat of black paint.

References

^ ^a ^b "Hackensack River bridges are man-made marvels". South Bergenite. 14 July 2010. Archived from the original on 19 September 2012. Retrieved 18 November 2011.
^ "NJMC Master Plan" (PDF). New Jersey Meadowlands Commission. p. 9-2. Retrieved 20 November 2011.

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[sb-2010-07-14-1] "Hackensack River bridges are man-made marvels". South Bergenite. 14 July 2010. Archived from the original on 19 September 2012. Retrieved 18 November 2011.

[2] "NJMC Master Plan" (PDF). New Jersey Meadowlands Commission. p. 9-2. Retrieved 20 November 2011.

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v t e NJ Transit Rail Operations
Hoboken Division	Bergen County Line Main Line Meadowlands Rail Line Montclair-Boonton Line Morris & Essex Lines ( Morristown Line and Gladstone Branch) Pascack Valley Line Port Jervis Line
Newark Division	Atlantic City Line North Jersey Coast Line Northeast Corridor Line Princeton Branch Raritan Valley Line
Connections	Aldene Connection Harold Interlocking Lehigh Line Connection Kearny Connection Montclair Connection Port Morris Junction Secaucus Junction Waterfront Connection
Current rolling stock	EMD GP40PH-2 ALP-46 ALP-45DP PL42AC Comet coaches Comet V MultiLevel coaches Arrow multiple units
Bridges and tunnels	Beach Bridge Bergen Tunnels Brielle Draw Connecting Railway Bridge DB Draw Delair Bridge Dock Bridge East River Tunnels HX Draw Lower Hack Lift Lyndhurst Draw Morgan Draw Morrisville–Trenton Railroad Bridge Newark Drawbridge North River Tunnels Oceanport Draw Portal Bridge Rahway River Bridge Raritan Bay Drawbridge Raritan River Bridge Roseville Tunnel Shark River Draw Upper Hack Lift WR Draw
Stations and yards	List of stations Historic stations County Yard Morrisville Yard Sunnyside Yard
Proposed lines	Lackawanna Cut-Off Monmouth Ocean Middlesex Line West Trenton Line
Other topics	Access to the Region's Core Atlantic City Express Service Glassboro–Camden Line Gateway Program Mid-Line Loop Northern Branch Passaic–Bergen–Hudson Transit Sawtooth Bridges Train to the Game Former stations Proposed stations

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