Oceanport Draw
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| carries = North Jersey Coast Line
| crosses = Oceanport Creek
| locale = Oceanport, New Jersey
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BH 61743{{cite web|title=NJT - Oceanport Draw|url=https://bridgehunter.com/nj/monmouth/bh61743/|website=Bridgehunter.com|access-date=October 1, 2017}}
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Oceanport Draw is railroad moveable bridge over the Oceanport Creek (MP 8.4), a tributary of the Shrewsbury River, in Oceanport in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States. It is owned and operated by New Jersey Transit Rail Operations (NJT).
History
The bridge was built in 1914 and was used by New York and Long Branch Railroad, which was jointly owned and operated by the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) and the Central Railroad of New Jersey (CNJ). It became property of Conrail in 1976.{{cite web|url=http://www.thebluecomet.com/nylb.html |title=The North Jersey Coast Line/ New York & Long Branch |access-date=April 7, 2009 |author=Staples, Robert A. |archive-date=September 28, 2011 |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928020133/http://www.thebluecomet.com/nylb.html }} It is identified as the Oceanport Creek Bridge (ID#2041) by the New Jersey's state historic preservation office (SHPO; April 4, 1984).{{cite web | title=New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places | url= http://www.nj.gov/dep/hpo/1identify/nrsr_lists.htm | publisher=New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection - Historic Preservation Office | access-date= October 1, 2017}}
Operations
The swing bridge serves the North Jersey Coast Line (MP 19.80) 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 through Thursday, and midnight Sunday through 6 a.m. Monday; and from 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|work=ecfr.gov|access-date=June 13, 2015}}
See also
References
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External links
- [https://iaspub.epa.gov/enviro/fii_query_detail.disp_program_facility?p_registry_id=110037292649 EPA]
{{New Jersey Transit Rail}}
Category:Railroad bridges in New Jersey
Category:Swing bridges in the United States
Category:Oceanport, New Jersey
Category:Bridges in Monmouth County, New Jersey
Category:Bridges completed in 1914
Category:Central Railroad of New Jersey