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12/5/2023
Construction kicked off last week on the Tonnelle Avenue Bridge and utility-relocation project, which marks the start of construction in New Jersey on the Hudson Tunnel project.
The Tonnelle Avenue effort calls for the relocation of utilities and the construction of a new roadway bridge for Tonnelle Avenue in North Bergen, New Jersey. The new roadway bridge will be located above what will be the railroad right-of-way, which will allow for a connection to the new tunnel portal at the western slope of the New Jersey Palisades.
It will also provide construction access between the staging sites on either side of Tonnelle Avenue, as well as access to the entry point for the tunnel-boring machines that will dig the Palisades Tunnel portion of the Hudson project.
The Tonnelle Avenue work is a milestone on the Hudson Tunnel project’s start of active construction on both sides of the Hudson River, Gateway Development Commission (GDC) officials said in a press release. The commission oversees the Gateway program, a comprehensive set of rail investments along the Northeast Corridor. In New York, work has begun on the Hudson Yards concrete casing-Section 3, an essential right-of-way preservation project that guarantees the new tunnel's connection to New York Penn Station.
The Tonnelle Avenue project is made possible by a $25 million Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation, for which GDC was selected in June.
The Tonnelle is expected to be completed in fall 2025. Naik Consulting Group is providing construction management and related technical services, while Conti Civil LLC is responsible for construction.
The Hudson Tunnel project involves replacing the century-old rail tunnels that run under the Hudson River between New York and New Jersey. The tunnels allow Amtrak and New Jersey Transit trains to operate between New York City and New Jersey.