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Exclusive Tour of $1.7B Portal North Bridge, a Key Component of Gateway Program Between NYC and NJ

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  • Опубликовано: 24 июн 2024
  • Navigating heavy train traffic and a swamp, crews have passed the halfway point on the replacement rail crossing over the Hackensack River in New Jersey.

Комментарии • 43

  • @lukasz20
    @lukasz20 Месяц назад +2

    Very cool project, watch it move along everyday while sitting in turnpike traffic 😂

  • @p.b.markovic4953
    @p.b.markovic4953 Месяц назад +2

    BRAVO!!! Finally work to eliminate train delays.

  • @justinholt8587
    @justinholt8587 Месяц назад +19

    @3:15 that’s me charging the #11 right angle into the column #unionstrong

  • @kevinb8881
    @kevinb8881 Месяц назад +20

    I wonder if Amtrak and NJ Transit will be using the same overhead catenary line voltage (12KV AC, 25Hz) on the new portal bridge!!

    • @SteveGettingAroundPhilly
      @SteveGettingAroundPhilly Месяц назад +24

      They are, since the voltage is dictated by what the substations can work with. The catenary on the new bridge will be constant tension wires too, which will be a big boost to reliability in the long term, especially in hot conditions.

    • @kevinb8881
      @kevinb8881 Месяц назад +8

      @@SteveGettingAroundPhilly Oh ok, with respect to the substation, got it, yes, constant tension wires would be more feasible for hot and cold temperatures, you know the entire Northeast Corridor and Keystone Corridor lines should be having these wires now but these components are very expensive, and even if Amtrak ever decided to upgrade both lines to 25KV AC, 60Hz, that's another expensive bill!!

    • @tomoconnell2320
      @tomoconnell2320 Месяц назад +2

      @@SteveGettingAroundPhillyI don’t believe your comment about constant tension catenary is accurate unfortunately. My understanding is that it will be variable like most of the surrounding area

    • @de-fault_de-fault
      @de-fault_de-fault Месяц назад +5

      @@tomoconnell2320they’ve been installing constant tension on the NEC in South Jersey and it’s hard to believe that given the need to build new, at least over this short segment, they would not take the opportunity to do it the right way. Then again value engineering is a thing in any project and I can imagine someone who only knows short term cost-cutting seeing that as a place to cut.

    • @de-fault_de-fault
      @de-fault_de-fault Месяц назад +4

      It’s one bridge in the midst of 200+ miles of 12.5kV 25Hz, plus NJT’s Arrow III EMUs (which will likely still be in service when the bridge opens) can’t switch voltage/frequency on the fly so they wouldn’t be able to cross it.

  • @ryan225360
    @ryan225360 Месяц назад +1

    Damn, this is some great and detailed coverage! Well done.

  • @rocketman1969
    @rocketman1969 Месяц назад +4

    Nice!

  • @jaymorgenthal9479
    @jaymorgenthal9479 Месяц назад +5

    Should have been done 10 years ago but that tub of lard Chrystie held it up.

  • @dk50b
    @dk50b Месяц назад

    0:45 Frank Corso is Chief of Construction Management for NJ Transit. There had never been an "NJ Transit Authority."

  • @MrPedroramos8911
    @MrPedroramos8911 Месяц назад

    Cool 😎

  • @1630lathe
    @1630lathe Месяц назад +3

    dope

  • @steve76414A
    @steve76414A Месяц назад

    Why is it taking so long to build. And why so damn expensive?

    • @hirampriggott1689
      @hirampriggott1689 5 дней назад

      Because we are not Chinese.

    • @andrewreynolds4949
      @andrewreynolds4949 День назад +1

      Because funding was not available. Construction is going pretty quickly now that the project is actually underway

    • @hirampriggott1689
      @hirampriggott1689 День назад

      @@andrewreynolds4949 The project is quite impressive when I go by on a NJ transit train. They are building it at a decent pace.

  • @xxxx-tb4de
    @xxxx-tb4de Месяц назад

    Will the project be stopped when the new administration takes over which the normal course of action in USA?

  • @Mr4IM4N
    @Mr4IM4N Месяц назад +3

    90 miles, china will be laughing 😂😂

    • @MrMarshmallow26
      @MrMarshmallow26 Месяц назад +18

      At least we’re actually doing something instead of sitting around. You should try appreciating efforts instead of China this China that. We get it already bro.

    • @mkkm945
      @mkkm945 Месяц назад +1

      Tell us you know nothing about this route. Portal is 1 mile from Secaucus & 3.75 miles from Newark where nearly all trains stops. Trains going in will be slowing down while trains going out will be speeding up. The same line a few miles south has a 135 mph limit. Most likely the track on this bridge can support that speed but the route & station layout does not.
      Nowhere in China will a train be doing >90 mph within 5 miles of a scheduled stop. Shut up and sit down.

    • @noggin6870
      @noggin6870 Месяц назад

      ​@@MrMarshmallow26no, we need to be absolutely blasting the entire transit infrastructure sector for absurd inefficiencies.
      Under no circumstances should this cost nearly $2 billion, it is grift, plain and simple.

    • @MrMarshmallow26
      @MrMarshmallow26 Месяц назад +2

      @@noggin6870 it wouldn’t be as hefty if people like you would stop trying to get in the way of projects

    • @kevinrichard1020
      @kevinrichard1020 Месяц назад +1

      @@mkkm945actually south of Newark the limits are 150 and with new Acela will top at 160 thru Princeton junction. But yes correct no need to build portal for speeds higher than 90, the trains couldn’t get up to speed between NY Penn and Newark.

  • @povertyspec9651
    @povertyspec9651 Месяц назад

    Meanwhile the highway bridges are 1000 years old

    • @frankpearson8792
      @frankpearson8792 Месяц назад +10

      So what's that has to do with A New Railroad bridge? Don't you think highways get Way more Funding from the Government then Rail? NEC is very important to the GDP if you didn't know already!!!

    • @grumio7132
      @grumio7132 Месяц назад +6

      The existing bridge was in pretty poor shape. It has to move to allow ships to pass underneath, but will oftentimes get stuck. It’s a pretty significant source of delays for rail traffic in North Jersey.

    • @interstellarphred
      @interstellarphred Месяц назад +3

      Highway lobby gaslighting

    • @mkkm945
      @mkkm945 Месяц назад +2

      Take the train bro.

    • @zackcascio5652
      @zackcascio5652 Месяц назад +2

      Bruh Highways get more federal funding than rails so your point is moot