This relocation meant that trains passing over the line had to make a sharp turn in Newark, and then again in Harrison, New Jersey, after crossing.

[4] The new bridge opened in 1869, and the main line of the New Jersey Railroad was re-routed, avoiding the curves of the original route.

[5] The original route in Newark and Harrison, approximately 1.34 miles (2.16 km) long, was retained as the Center Street Branch.

[7] The United New Jersey Railroad and Canal Company continued to exist on paper, and remained the owner of the line until the creation of Conrail in 1976.

[10] The Center Street Bridge over the Passaic was rebuilt as a double-deck bridge in 1911 to accommodate the electric rapid transit trains of the Hudson and Manhattan Railroad (now PATH), which traveled over an elevated right-of-way from Manhattan Transfer to Park Place station, a block southwest of the Center Street Branch tracks.