Lower Hack Lift

The Lower Hack Lift is a lift bridge carrying the New Jersey Transit Morristown Line across the Hackensack River at mile 3.4, Jersey City, New Jersey.

Lower Hack Lift Bridge
Lower Hack Lift, looking southwest, in a 1979 photo
Coordinates	40.7432°N 74.0770°W / 40.7432; -74.0770 (Lower Hack Lift Bridge)
Carries	New Jersey Transit
Crosses	Hackensack River
Locale	Jersey City, New Jersey and Kearny
Other name(s)	Erie-Lackawanna Railroad Bridge
Maintained by	New Jersey Transit
Characteristics
Design	Lift bridge
Material	Steel
History
Designer	John Alexander Low Waddell
Construction start	1927
Opened	October 2, 1928; 96 years ago (1928-10-02)
Location

The three-track lift span was built in 1927–28 by the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad under the direction and design of John Alexander Low Waddell. The span was completed and opened October 2, 1928.^{[citation needed]}

Seen from the southwest in 2006

In addition to the Morristown and Gladstone lines, Montclair-Boonton Line service and North Jersey Coast Line service (via the Waterfront Connection) also use Lower Hack to access Hoboken Terminal.^{[citation needed]}

According to US Coast Guard regulations, Lower Hack shall open upon signal with at least one hour notice to the bridge tender at Upper Hack Lift on the Main Line.^[1]

See also

• Upper Hack Lift (NJ Transit bridge at mile 6.9)
• List of bridges documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in New Jersey
• List of crossings of the Hackensack River
• NJT movable bridges