When the Portal Bridge gets stuck open, it becomes a curse word on the lips of rail commuters. It happened again Thursday. Think of the way Jerry Seinfeld utters the name of his arch-enemy Newman ...

There are three givens in life: death, taxes and the Portal Bridge getting stuck at the worse possible time after it opens to let a cargo ship pass. Tuesday was the double-header of commuting ...

The final arch on the new Portal North Bridge in New Jersey is in place. It's a major milestone in a crucial piece of rail infrastructure. Roughly 450 trains cross the old Portal Bridge daily ...

KEARNY — Getting to the 50% completion mark on the new $2.3 billion Portal North Bridge — and getting there on time and on budget — required overcoming myriad challenges and, for some ...

SECAUCUS — A year after state and local dignitaries broke ground on a $1.5 billion rail bridge in the Meadowlands, NJ Transit and Amtrak commuters aren't yet riding on the new span. But they ...

A regular cause of delays on the heavily traveled Northeast Corridor between Washington and Boston, the 104-year-old Portal Bridge over the Hackensack River in northern New Jersey is viewed as the ...

Work on the new Portal North Bridge is halfway done with the installation of the first arch along that span over the Hackensack River. New Jersey Transit and Amtrak showed off the work that's ...