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Busiest rail span in the entire western hemisphere. let me say that again. it is the busiest rail span in the entire western hemisphere. 450 trains pass over it every day. 200,000 amtrak and new jersey transit passengers. by ships and barges also need to get under it. and many can't fit. that means the bridges need to swing open and closed again. a process that stops real traffic and causes other problems. the bridge opens over 100 times a year and 15% of the time something goes wrong. 15% of the time. for example, if the rails don't lock back in place exactly right, the bridge closes. and som...

Rail span in the entire western hemisphere. let me say that again. it's the busiest rail span in the entire western hemisphere. 450 trains pass over it every day. 200,000 amtrak and new jersey transit passengers. but ships and barges also need to get under it. many can't fit. that means the bridges need to swing open and closed again, a process that stops rail traffic and causes other problems. the bridge opens over 100 times a year. and 15% of the time, something goes wrong. 15% of the time. for example, if the rails don't lock back in place exactly right, the bridge closes. and sometimes, yo...

But 110 years ago, today, it's been called something different. a choke point, a bottleneck. in achilles' heel in the northeast corridor. it's become the busiest rails band and the entire western hemisphere. let me say that again. that busiest rail span and the entire western hemisphere. at peak usage, 450 trains pass over it every day. 200,000 amtrak and new jersey transit passengers, but ships and barges also need to get under it. many can fit. in that means that bridges need to swing open and close again, a process that stops traffic and causes other problems. the bridge opens over 100 time...