13th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest The American Experience
Exploring the Old Bergen Arches

My friend walking through the old Bergen Arches/Erie Cut in Jersey City, NJ. Bergen arches is a mile long series of tunnels cut into Bergen Hill the lower section of the Palisade mountains. They trains that ran through the the tunnels were operated by Erie Railroad. They have been abandoned since 1959.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 11.2015
Date Uploaded: 11.2015
Photo Location: jersey City , New Jersey, United States of America
Camera: NIKON D3300
Copyright: © Wilson Rivera