NJ Transit Morristown Line Vertical Lift Drawbridge over the Hackensack River

New Jersey Transit's Morristown Line serves all of Morris and Somerset Counties' commuter rail passengers to business destinations of Newark and New York. This "economic engine" transports many Wall Street and similar executives. The railroad crosses the Hackensack River in the City of Newark via a vertical lift drawbridge which must open to allow the passage of ships through the river. The reliable operation of this 82-year-old vertical lift drawbridge is critical to the railroad and the nation's economy. NJ Transit has awarded a contract to IEW Construction Group to refurbish the structural steel, paint the bridge, rehabilitate the motors, gears and control system, install new counterweight wire ropes, weigh and rebalance the bridge and repair the bridge deck and approaches. The project must be accomplished with minimal railway outages.