Portal North Bridge set to improve commutes
Work is now underway to connect the new Portal Bridge in New Jersey to the Northeast Corridor, designed to provide more reliable and convenient commutes. With just one track now open on the 116-year-old Portal Bridge, the new one, known as the Portal North Bridge, is nearly finished. The month-long cutover process to connect the new bridge to the existing infrastructure began last week.
“The showpiece here is, obviously, this new three-span Portal North Bridge, which is going to be a high-level fixed bridge. So it’s not going to require opening to accommodate marine traffic,” NJ Transit’s Bill Brooks said. “So that’s going to be more reliable, more convenient.”
