Beach Bridge, Railway swing bridge in Atlantic City, United States.
Beach Bridge is a railway swing bridge that crosses Beach Thorofare in New Jersey, running alongside the Atlantic City Expressway. The steel structure allows trains to move between the mainland and Atlantic City Island.
The 1922 swing bridge replaced an earlier structure at the same crossing; that predecessor was the site of the 1906 Atlantic City train wreck. The current span was rehabilitated in 1988 and again in 2004. It carries two tracks of NJ Transit's Atlantic City Line across the Beach Thorofare, linking the mainland with Absecon Island.
The bridge carries two tracks of NJ Transit's Atlantic City Line, the rail link between mainland New Jersey and Absecon Island. Its openings for maritime traffic are governed by Title 33 of the Code of Federal Regulations, so road and rail users share the crossing with boats on the Intracoastal Waterway.
The bridge sits 68.9 miles (110.9 km) north of Delaware Bay along the Intracoastal Waterway, next to the Atlantic City Rail Terminal. Openings for boat traffic follow Title 33 of the Code of Federal Regulations, so the swing span moves only when vessels need to pass. Watch from the mainland shore or from the Atlantic City Expressway alongside it.
The bridge sits 68.9 miles (110.9 km) north of Delaware Bay along the Intracoastal Waterway, and its openings for maritime traffic are governed by Title 33 of the Code of Federal Regulations. The same crossing had earlier carried a bridge that was the site of the 1906 Atlantic City train wreck.
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