Railroads connecting New York City and Chicago of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway, owned by the New York Central Railroad. In 1857, the Fort Wayne Railroad Bridge was completed across the Allegheny River in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and trains began to run from Philadelphia to Chicago along the Pennsylvania Railroad and Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne and Chicago Rail Road (later part of the PRR). The Connecting Railway in Philadelphia opened for revenue service on June 3, 1867, with direct service between Philadelphia and Jersey City, New Jersey, across the Hudson River from New York. Through freight between Jersey City and Pittsburgh began the next month, and soon
Union City, New Jersey a 41.0% turnout. Union City is one of the five cities in North Hudson served by North Hudson Regional Fire and Rescue which was created in 1999; the city is served along with Guttenberg, North Bergen, Weehawken and West New York. Union City's Chief of Police is Richard Molinari, a Union City resident who replaced former Chief Brian Barrett. Bergenline Avenue and the marginal highway of New Jersey Route 495 are major public transportation corridors. Union City is from New York City via the Lincoln Tunnel, its main approach road, Route 495 bisecting it. Within a mile to the west