Work on New Jersey's $1.8-billion Portal North Bridge construction project, decades in the making to replace a 110-year-old link on a key northeast U.S. rail line, is set to take five years and begin at the end of 2021—bolstered by official federal approval on Jan. 13 of a $766.5-million grant.
An NJ Transit spokesperson says the agency released invitations to bid Jan. 14 to build for replacement for the troublesome two-track moveable swing-span railroad bridge over the Hackensack River, with bids due in the spring and contract award in the fall.