2025 Honor Award
Analysis, Planning, Research and Communications
Bergen Arches Greenway & Transit Feasibility Study
Jersey City, NJ
Landscape Architect:
Supermass Studio
Project Team:
- NHDM (Architect)
- Arup (Engineer)
- City of Jersey City (Client)
Photo Credit(s):
Main Photo: Supermass Studio
Photos 1, 3-12, 14: Supermass Studio
Photos 2: Supermass Studio, Google Earth, Jersey City Landmarks Conservancy
Photo 13: NHDM Architects
About the Project:
The Bergen Arches is a 60 feet wide, 40-70 feet deep, 3/4-mile long trenched and abandoned railway corridor with numerous overhead bridges and tunnels in Jersey City. Excavated out of blue rock, it was originally constructed by the Erie Railroad at the turn of the 20th century to connect its main lines west of Jersey City to the Hudson Riverfront directly across from Manhattan. The Department of Infrastructure of the City of Jersey City commissioned the Bergen Arches Feasibility Study and solicited an investigation of the Bergen Arches as a greenway and transit corridor. The completed study represents a tangible and validating step out of many towards realizing a one-of-a-kind greenway and transit corridor through the city. When realized, the Bergen Arches can serve the city in many ways, including providing ways to engage nature as an urban forest, providing recreational opportunities as a park, enhancing mobility as a transit way, and connecting people and neighborhoods as a community resource.
