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| Bergen
Arches/Erie Cut Aerial Photo Copyright © 2000 Leon Yost |
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From 1906-10, the Erie
Railroad company drove 5,000 feet through Palisades rock, from Palisade
Avenue on the east, to Tonnele Avenue on the west, in order to bring passenger
service to the Jersey City waterfront. The "Erie Cut," as much
as eighty-five feet deep, was punctuated by the Bergen Arches, a series
of concrete bridges that supported cross streets overhead. Today the site
has returned to nature, with moss and vines covering the bridges and cliff
face. It is a serene, pastoral world apart from the busy avenues that
cross it.
For a full description with photographs of the Bergen Arches click on the link below: |
| By: Carmela Karnoutsos Project Administrator: Patrick Shalhoub |
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