Morgan Draw

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| carries = Conrail
North Jersey Coast Line

| crosses = Cheesequake Creek

| locale = Morgan and Laurence Harbor, New Jersey

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| owner = NJ Transit

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| id = NJT 403
BH 60655{{cite web|title=NJT - Morgan Draw|url=http://bridgehunter.com/nj/middlesex/bh60655/|website=Bridgehunter.com|access-date=November 5, 2016}}

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| traversable = Yes; by train only

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| electrification = Yes

| engineering = Harry L. Thomas

| builder = Scherzer Rolling Lift Bridge Co.

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| complete = {{end date|1912}}

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Morgan Draw is railroad moveable bridge over the Cheesequake Creek between the Morgan section of Sayreville and Laurence Harbor in Old Bridge in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States. Located at MP 0.2 near the mouth on the Raritan Bay, the bascule bridge lies just upstream of the New Jersey Route 35 crossing. It is owned and operated by New Jersey Transit Rail Operations (NJT){{cite news | title = Morgan Draw | publisher = Bridgehunter | url = http://bridgehunter.com/nj/middlesex/bh60655/ | access-date = June 13, 2015}}{{cite press release| title = REHABILITATION PLANNED FOR 94-YEAR-OLD DRAWBRIDGE ON NORTH JERSEY COAST LINE |url=http://www.njtransit.com/tm/tm_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=PressReleaseTo&PRESS_RELEASE_ID=2204 |publisher = New Jersey Transit |access-date=June 13, 2015}} and substantially rehabilitated in 2005-2008.{{Cite web|url=https://www.arema.org/AREMA_MBRR/Contact_Management/Sign_In.aspx?WebsiteKey=754e81ab-7dc9-4d2b-a33d-5c48245a4bef&LoginRedirect=true&returnurl=%2ffiles%2flibrary%2f2012_Conference_Proceedings%2fMorgan_Draw_Rolling_Lift_Tread_and_Track_Plate_Replacement.pdf|title=Sign In|website=Arema.org|access-date=July 7, 2022}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.ironbc.com/movable-bridges.html|title = Iron Bc - Projects - Movable Bridges - Morgan Drawbridge|website=Ironbc.com}} A storm surge during Hurricane Sandy in 2012 caused severe damage to the bridge.{{cite press release | title = ALL BUT ONE NJ TRANSIT RAIL LINES FULLY OR PARTIALLY RESTORED STARTING MONDAY, NOVEMBER 19 | url = http://www.njtransit.com/tm/tm_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=PressReleaseTo&PRESS_RELEASE_ID=2816 | publisher = New Jersey Transit | access-date = June 13, 2015 | archive-date = November 21, 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121121124445/http://www.njtransit.com/tm/tm_servlet.srv?hdnPageAction=PressReleaseTo&PRESS_RELEASE_ID=2816 | url-status = dead }}

Operations

The Cheesequake Creek is used for recreational boating. The bridge serves the North Jersey Coast Line between the South Amboy and Aberdeen-Matawan stations. It is also used by Conrail. As of 2008 the Code of Federal Regulations stipulated that it open on signal; except that, at least 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 through Thursday, and midnight Sunday through 6 a.m. Monday; and rom December 1 through December 31 from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m.{{cite web|url=http://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/retrieveECFR?gp=1&SID=3ca88e0ad9fc7ec2246e191852cbe1da&ty=HTML&h=L&mc=true&r=PART&n=pt33.1.117#se33.1.117_1709|title=eCFR — Code of Federal Regulations|website=Ecfr.gov|access-date=June 13, 2015}}

See also

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