Photos
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General View Looking Obliquely Upstream Of The Cantilever Through Truss Over The Passaic River With New York In The Right Background Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Close Up View Looking Obliquely Upstream Of The Cantilever Through Truss Over The Passaic River Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Close Up View Looking Obliquely Downstream Of The Cantilever Through Truss Over The Passaic River With New York In The Background Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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General View Of Deck Truss Viaduct Between Passaic And Hackensack Rivers Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Long Distance View Of Cantilever Through Truss Over Hackensack River Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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General View Looking Obliquely Downstream Of Cantilever Through Truss Over Hackensack River Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Detail View Of Pier Of Cantilever Through Truss Over Hackensack River Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
Facts
- Overview
- Cantilevered through and deck truss bridge over the Passaic and Hackensack Rivers on US 1/US 9 in Jersey City
- Location
- Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1932; rehabilitated 1984
- Builder
- - Sigvald Johannesson (Engineer)
- Design
- Through truss
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 549.9 ft.
Total length: 14,757.6 ft.
Deck width: 46.9 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 13.7 ft.
- Recognition
- Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
- Inventory numbers
- NJ 0901150 (New Jersey bridge number)
BH 25240 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection (as of 09/2006)
- Deck condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 2.0 (out of 100) - Average daily traffic (as of 2006)
- 65,000
Sources
- HAER NJ-34 - Pulaski Skyway, Spanning Passaic & Hackensack Rivers, Jersey City, Hudson County, NJ
Comments
Built 1930-32 and opened November 24, 1932. The Pulaski Skyway is almost 4 miles long and was referenced in the 1938 radio show "The War of the Worlds" and has been featured prominently on "The Sopranos". Each cantilever span is 550 foot long.
Passaic and Hackensack River spans:
