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Awards/GRANT

$188,000,000

Department of Transportation·Federal Railroad Administration

to NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION

WORK BEGAN2026-04-01·LATEST ACTION2026-04-27·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDASST_NON_69A36526421040FSPDC_069
Award description

THE PROJECT INCLUDES CONSTRUCTION FOR REHABILITATION OF THE DOCK BRIDGE, WHICH CROSSES THE PASSAIC RIVER BETWEEN NEWARK AND HARRISON, NJ. THE 90-YEAR-OLD, SIX-TRACK, STEEL THROUGH-TRUSS BRIDGE WILL UNDERGO DECOMMISSIONING OF THE LIFT SPAN TO FIXATE THE BRIDGE, INSTALLATION OF STRAIGHT STEEL RAILS TO REPLACE MOVEABLE MITER RAILS AND ASSOCIATED RAIL SYSTEMS, REPAIR TO CONCRETE PIERS AND FENDER REMOVAL, AND INSTALLATION OF NEW DOLPHINS. THE PROJECT IS INTENDED TO IMPROVE OPERATIONS FOR AMTRAK S INTERCITY SERVICES, AS WELL AS NEW JERSEY TRANSIT (NJ TRANSIT) COMMUTER SERVICES AND PORT AUTHORITY OF NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY PORT AUTHORITY TRANS-HUDSON TRANSIT SERVICE (PATH).

Verbatim from USAspending.gov. Capitalization, abbreviations, and codes are unchanged.

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In plain English

Rehabilitation of the 90-year-old Dock Bridge spanning the Passaic River to improve rail operations for Amtrak, NJ Transit, and PATH services.

Sub-sectors
rail-infrastructurebridge-rehabilitationamtrak-nj-transit
Why this matters

Critical Northeast Corridor infrastructure upgrade supporting intercity and commuter rail serving millions of annual passengers across the New York-New Jersey region.

Supply-chain signal

Demand for structural steel, concrete repair materials, rail systems, and marine construction services (dolphins, fenders) from regional and national suppliers.

Generated by award_classification v2.1.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-22. Cost: $0.002966.

Period of performance
Start
2026-04-01
End
2029-06-30
Status
activein 1096 days
Sources

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