Two Concept Development studies will be prepared as part of this effort: the Southern Middlesex County North-South Truck Corridor Project in Cranbury and Monroe, Middlesex County; and the East Hanover Avenue Bridge Catenary Rail Clearance Project in Morris Plains and Morris Township, Morris County. Additionally, a Preliminary Screening for Plate F vertical rail clearance along the NJ TRANSIT North Jersey Coast Line in Perth Amboy will be developed.
The Southern Middlesex County North-South Truck Corridor Project, a recommendation from the recently completed Southern Middlesex County Freight Movement Study, will look to develop a North-South truck corridor to reduce truck traffic in residential areas by providing a dedicated route parallel to the New Jersey Turnpike and County Route 619.
The East Hanover Avenue Bridge Catenary Rail Clearance Project, a recommendation from the Morris/Warren County Rail Corridor Study, will look to eliminate the vertical clearance constraint on the NJ TRANSIT Morristown Line to accommodate the 17 foot tall Plate F railcars which, based upon NJ TRANSIT criteria require an Absolute Minimum Clearance of 16-inches between the top of the rail car and energized Overhead Catenary Structure (18-feet 4-inches between the top of rail and energized OCS).
The Preliminary Screening for Plate F vertical rail clearance along the NJ TRANSIT North Jersey Coast Line in Perth Amboy will provide a screening level understanding of the existing vertical clearances that prohibit the movement of the 17 foot tall Plate F railcars and general options and order of magnitude associated costs for eliminating the constraints.
For further information on this project, please contact Jakub Rowinski, NJTPA Project Manager at
[email protected].