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In 2001, New Jersey Transit contracted JV Merco-Obayashi for the rehabilitation of the partially brick-lined North Bergen Tunnel. This included the stabilization of the two open cuts. The five ventilation shafts were stabilized and backfilled. Brick was removed so that the tunnel could be enlarged
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Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, North Bergen Tunnel, Through Bergen Hill from Prospect Street at Ogden Avenue to John F. Kennedy Boulevard at Beacon Avenue, Jersey City, Hudson County, NJ
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was inaugurated. Both tunnels are approximately 4,200 ft (1,300 m) long, and have two short segments of open
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Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, South Bergen Tunnel, Jersey City, Hudson County, NJ
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The tunnel portals from within Open Cut No. 1, facing east, before renovation in 2001
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using drill-and-blast methods, following which it was relined with
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in Jersey City in 1978. From left: the Bergen Tunnels, the
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Bergen Hill
Hudson Palisades
Jersey City, New Jersey
Coordinates
40°44′25″N 74°03′45″W / 40.74028°N 74.06250°W / 40.74028; -74.06250 (Bergen Tunnels)
New Jersey Transit
James Archbald
tracks
Track gauge
standard gauge
Electrified
Overhead line
Bergen Tunnels is located in New York City
Bergen Tunnels is located in Hudson County, New Jersey
Bergen Tunnels is located in New Jersey
railroad tunnels
cuts
Bergen Hill
Jersey City, New Jersey
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad
New Jersey Transit Rail Operations
Hoboken Terminal

Bergen Hill
Long Dock Tunnel
Bergen Arches
Morris and Essex Railroad
Long Dock Tunnel
Erie Railroad

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