Lackawanna Old Road

Lackawanna Old Road
Old Road bridge (built 1902) spanning the Delaware River, Delaware, New Jersey
Overview
Termini	Port Morris Junction Slateford Junction
History
Opened	1856
Closed	1970
Technical
Line length	39.6 mi (63.7 km)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Operating speed	70 mph (110 km/h)

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Legend
miles from Hoboken Terminal  to Scranton via DL Pocono Mainline Slateford Junction Lackawanna Cut-Off Portland Lehigh and New England Railroad Delaware River US 46 Blairstown Railway 79.8 Delaware 77.5 Manunka Chunk Belvidere Delaware Railroad Manunka Chunk Tunnel Bridgeville Lehigh and Hudson River Railway Pequest River 71.0 Oxford Furnace Oxford Tunnel Phillipsburg Branch 66.5 Washington Hampton Branch to Central Railroad of New Jersey 63.1 Port Murray 56.8 Hackettstown 51.2 Waterloo Sussex Branch 48.0 Netcong Lackawanna Cut-Off Port Morris Yard Port Morris Junction 45.5 Lake Hopatcong 0.0 Hoboken Terminal

The Lackawanna Old Road was part of the original mainline of the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad (DL&W). Opened in 1856, it was, for a half-century, a part of the line connecting the states of New Jersey and Pennsylvania.

In 1911, the DL&W cut 11 miles (18 km) off the route by opening the Lackawanna Cut-Off, which branched off from existing track at the new Port Morris Junction and Slateford Junction. The 39.6-mile (63.7 km) stretch of existing track between these junctions was relegated to secondary status and became known as the "Old Road".