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The swing bridge serves the North Jersey Coast Line (MP 19.80) [3] between the Little Silver and Monmouth Park stations.As of 2008 the Code of Federal Regulations stipulated that it open on signal with exceptions: four hours notice is required from January 1 through March 31 from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m.; from April 1 through April 30 and November 1 through November 30 (from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. Monday ...
A bascule bridge (also referred to as a drawbridge or a lifting bridge) is a moveable bridge with a counterweight that continuously balances a span, or leaf, throughout its upward swing to provide clearance for boat traffic. It may be single- or double-leafed.
The navigation station of a ship may be located on the bridge or in a separate chart room, nearby. It includes a table sized for nautical charts where calculations of course and location are made. The navigator plots the course to be followed by the ship on these charts. [ 6 ]
The deck of the bridge was an open grid design to decrease weight and ease lifting of the bridge to allow ship traffic to pass underneath. [37] The bridge used >400-short-ton (360-metric-ton) counterweights to lift the deck span portion to allow tall-masted vessels underneath. [38]
Due to the lift bridge's design, it suffered from poor navigational clearance. [18] As a result, it suffered several ship collisions during its existence. [18] [3] In 1972, the SS African Neptune cargo ship collided with the bridge while attempting to pass through its opening, causing several sections of the bridge to collapse into the river. [19]
A Passage Plan is an important step in ensuring vital navigation information is readily available, crew and those ashore know what to expect, and to minimize the likelihood of accidents. [4] Passage planning is important for the safety of a vessel as it requires the correct assessment and establishment of safety settings, including adequate ...
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.
In 2012, the bascule-type drawbridge on the railroad causeway was again replaced with a vertical-lift-type drawbridge, allowing the navigation channel through the draw span to be widened. The old bridge was sold to Sonoma–Marin Area Rail Transit to be installed on the Northwestern Pacific Railroad in Petaluma, California to cross the Petaluma ...