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On Thursday, March 7, 2024, the Portal Bridge in Kearny, New Jersey, a crucial component of the region's rail infrastructure, found itself at the center of a major commuting disruption. The century-old swing bridge got stuck in the open position for an agonizing 90 minutes. This malfunction...
The Harrison, New Jersey PATH (Port Authority Trans-Hudson) station stands as a testament to the relentless pursuit of connecting lives and economies across the Hudson River. Its story is intertwined with the visionary Hudson and Manhattan Railroad (H&M) company, an endeavor that not only...
Commuters traveling from Harrison through Kearny to Jersey City via Harrison Avenue are set to face significant traffic disruptions starting Monday, January 15, 2023, as the New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) announces lane closures on Harrison Avenue also known as County Road...
Route 280 has sound barriers along its route to help reduce road noise going into communities. The Sound Barriers along suburban towns are made of concrete and are decorative, as decorative as you can make a sound barrier look.
The Sound Barriers along Route 280 in Harrison were initially...
The Throwback Thursday has us visiting a building that for a century served residents and commuters daily as the portal to the Eastbound PATH train to Jersey City / Hoboken / New York City.
The station which was originally a Pennsylvania Railroad Station was as old as the Portal Bridge in...
At the Portal Bridge Groundbreaking ceremony in a parking lot in Kearny NJ with the 111-year-old Portal bridge as a backdrop, there was every House of Representative’s elected officials from New Jersey and top brass of Federal and State Transportation officials, State and Local elected...
On Monday, August 1, 2022, US Transporation Secretary Pete Buttigieg traveled through Harrison down Harrison Avenue to a parking lot in Kearny within view of a one hundred and eleven-year-old bridge called the Portal Bridge to conduct a groundbreaking ceremony of a new Portal Bridge that...
