(erielack) Re: EL List Daily V3 #1955

[Todd Hollritt <thollritt_@_yahoo.com>]

From: "Gary R. Kazin" <gkazin_@_yahoo.com> wrote...

Roughly four miles of I-80 between Mountain View and Paterson, 
including the old Paterson High Bridge over the Passaic River.  NJDoT wanted part 
of the route for the highway and offered to provide a single track through
the area, but they would have provided no money to EL.  EL opted to get
money and no track.
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    How diffrent things would have been had they retained that short section of single track! Speaking of this portion of abandonded ROW, anyone ever notice the old stone wall that is visible just east of Garret Mountian off Route 80 eastbound? I don't think its former DL&W. It could be an old retaining wall from the Morris Canal since it also used the exact same route to get around the mountian. Keep an eye out for it next time you pass through the area. This time of year it's easy to spot.
    I still recall back in the early 90's the State of NJ began construction of the sound barrirers in West Paterson. Just east of the former Highbridge workers actually unearthed a large section of Lackawanna rail along the eastbound embankment! I happened to be passing by in slow traffic as they all stood there with a puzzled look on their faces   :) 
   
  Todd ~
  
 

		
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