Sawtooth Bridges
The Sawtooth Bridges are a pair of railroad bridges on the Northeast Corridor known individually as Amtrak Bridge No. 7.80 and Amtrak Bridge No. 7.96. They are located in the Meadowlands in Kearny, New Jersey, between Newark Penn Station and Secaucus Junction at a stretch where the rights-of-way of Amtrak, NJ Transit, PATH, and Conrail converge and re-align.Photo: Fan Railer, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Bridge
- Description: pair of railroad viaducts in New Jersey; owned by Amtrak
- Also known as: “Amtrak Bridge No. 7.80”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Sports Illustrated Stadium and Essex Generating Station.
Sports Illustrated Stadium
Stadium
Photo: Sam Szapucki, CC BY 2.0.
Sports Illustrated Stadium is a soccer-specific stadium in Harrison, New Jersey, that is home to the New York Red Bulls of Major League Soccer and Gotham FC of the National Women's Soccer League. Sports Illustrated Stadium is situated 1½ miles west of Sawtooth Bridges.
Essex Generating Station
The Essex Generating Station is a peaking power plant on the banks of the Passaic River, three miles east of Downtown in Newark, New Jersey. The station was a major part of New Jersey’s energy infrastructure, transitioning from a coal-fired power plant to a modern peaking facility before closing in 2022. Essex Generating Station is situated 2,500 feet southeast of Sawtooth Bridges.Pennsylvania Station
Railway station
Photo: King of Hearts, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Newark Penn Station is an intermodal passenger station in Newark, New Jersey. One of the New York metropolitan area's major transportation hubs, Newark Penn Station is served by multiple rail and bus carriers, making it the seventh busiest rail station in the United States, and the fourth busiest in the New York City metropolitan area. Pennsylvania Station is situated 2 miles west of Sawtooth Bridges.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Harrison and Kearny.
Harrison
Photo: King of Hearts, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Harrison is a town in the western part of Hudson County in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It is part of the New York metropolitan area. It is a suburb of the neighboring city of Newark, and is located 8 miles from New York City.
Kearny
Town
Photo: Jim.henderson, Public domain.
Kearny is a town in the western part of Hudson County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, and a suburb of Newark. As of the 2020 United States census, the town's population was 41,999, an increase of 1,315 from the 2010 census count of 40,684, which in turn reflected an increase of 171 from the 40,513 counted in the 2000 census. Kearny is situated 2 miles northwest of Sawtooth Bridges.
the Neck
Village
The Ironbound is a neighborhood in the city of Newark in Essex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It is a large working-class multi-ethnic community, covering about 4 square miles. the Neck is situated 2 miles southwest of Sawtooth Bridges.
Sawtooth Bridges
- Categories: railway bridge and transportation
- Location: Town of Kearny, Hudson County, Gateway, New Jersey, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
40.74389° or 40° 44′ 38″ northLongitude
-74.12515° or 74° 7′ 31″ westInception
1907Open location code
87G7PVVF+HWOpenStreetMap ID
way 899334505OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=bridgeWikidata ID
Q96405051
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