In the past, there was rail service to the Atlantic City Race Course. The Atlantic City Race Course is a horse racing track on Leipzig Avenue in Hamilton Township (http://www.acracecourse.com/). This bridge was built to accommodate the right of way for the Turf or Gate branch of the Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines. (http://broadway.pennsyrr.com/Rail/Prr/Maps/Itlk/itlk_prsl.html) Along this branch, there was a spur for Atlantic Asphalt Co. as well. When comparing the railroad map which was updated on January 1, 1968 with what is presently there today, I cannot find Hunterdon Avenue which is shown intersecting with Aloe Avenue. There is no longer Laurel Street which ran between Drosera Avenue and the Atlantic City Race Course. I have reservations concerning this map. According to the Atlantic City Expressway website (http://www.sjta.com/acexpressway/history.asp), the Atlantic City Expressway opened on July 31, 1964, but the map which was updated on January 1, 1968 does not show it.
Presently, on the Atlantic City Expressway in Hamilton Township, Atlantic County, New Jersey, there is a bridge over a dirt road. You can get a good view of the bridge from Lombard Street which runs parallel to the Expressway between Leipzig Avenue and Wrangleboro Road. (39.465545, -74.632240) In the past, there was rail service to the Atlantic City Race Course. The Atlantic City Race Course is a horse racing track on Leipzig Avenue in Hamilton Township (http://www.acracecourse.com/). This bridge was built to accommodate the right of way for the Turf or Gate branch of the Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines. (http://broadway.pennsyrr.com/Rail/Prr/Maps/Itlk/itlk_prsl.html) Along this branch, there was a spur for Atlantic Asphalt Co. as well. When comparing the railroad map which was updated on January 1, 1968 with what is presently there today, I cannot find Hunterdon Avenue which is shown intersecting with Aloe Avenue. There is no longer Laurel Street which ran between Drosera Avenue and the Atlantic City Race Course. I have reservations concerning this map. According to the Atlantic City Expressway website (http://www.sjta.com/acexpressway/history.asp), the Atlantic City Expressway opened on July 31, 1964, but the map which was updated on January 1, 1968 does not show it.
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imant Reinwalds
6/6/2020 02:51:49 pm
In the bottom right photo you posted, if you did in the area of the weeds, triangle shape near roadway you will find train rails belonging to "pony express" . Observed them many years ago while at a MVA on a cold winters night.
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