Exclusive Tour of $1.7B Portal North Bridge, a Key Component of Gateway Program Between NYC and NJ
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- Опубліковано 24 чер 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.
BRAVO!!! Finally work to eliminate train delays.
@3:15 that’s me charging the #11 right angle into the column #unionstrong
great work out there, you guys are the backbone of our region! huge respect!
@@saucycade123 thanks brother!
I appreciate your hard work!
@@MichaelTrainorTheBestUrlEver Thank you
Very cool project, watch it move along everyday while sitting in turnpike traffic 😂
I wonder if Amtrak and NJ Transit will be using the same overhead catenary line voltage (12KV AC, 25Hz) on the new portal bridge!!
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.
@@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!!
@@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
@@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.
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.
Damn, this is some great and detailed coverage! Well done.
Should have been done 10 years ago but that tub of lard Chrystie held it up.
Nice!
0:45 Frank Corso is Chief of Construction Management for NJ Transit. There had never been an "NJ Transit Authority."
Cool 😎
Why is it taking so long to build. And why so damn expensive?
dope
Will the project be stopped when the new administration takes over which the normal course of action in USA?
90 miles, china will be laughing 😂😂
They are beyond laughing. They are ready to crush US in every way possible. US impotence (and corruption) is visible to everyone. Emperor not only has no clothes he has forgotten what clothes mean.
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.
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.
@@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.
@@noggin6870 it wouldn’t be as hefty if people like you would stop trying to get in the way of projects
Meanwhile the highway bridges are 1000 years old
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!!!
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.
Highway lobby gaslighting
Take the train bro.
Bruh Highways get more federal funding than rails so your point is moot