§ 5. Belt lines. The numbers hereinafter used correspond with the\nnumbers which have been placed on the map of the comprehensive plan to\nidentify the various belt lines and marginal railroads.\n Number 1. Middle belt line. Connects New Jersey and Staten Island and\nthe railroads on the westerly side of the port with Brooklyn, Queens,\nthe Bronx and the railroads on the easterly side of the port. Connects\nwith the New York Central railroad in the Bronx; with the New York, New\nHaven and Hartford railroad in the Bronx; with the Long Island railroad\nin Queens and Brooklyn; with the Baltimore and Ohio railroad near\nElizabethport and in Staten Island; with the Central Railroad Company of\nNew Jersey at Elizabethport and at points in Newark and Jersey City;\nwith the Pennsylvania railroad in Newark and Jersey City; with the\nLehigh Valley railroad in Newark and Jersey City; with the Delaware,\nLackawanna and Western railroad in Jersey City and the Secaucus meadows;\nwith the Erie railroad in Jersey City and the Secaucus meadows; with the\nNew York, Susquehanna and Western, the New York, Ontario and Western and\nthe West Shore railroads on the westerly side of the Palisades above the\nWeehawken tunnel.\n The route of the middle belt line as shown on said map is in general\nas follows: Commencing at the Hudson river at Spuyten Duyvil running\neasterly and southerly generally along the easterly side of the Harlem\nriver, utilizing existing lines so far as practicable and improving and\nadding where necessary, to a connection with Hell Gate bridge and the\nNew Haven railroad, a distance of approximately seven miles; thence\ncontinuing in a general southerly direction, utilizing existing lines\nand improving and adding where necessary, to a point near Bay Ridge, a\ndistance of approximately eighteen and one-half miles; thence by a new\ntunnel under New York bay in a northwesterly direction to a portal in\nJersey City or Bayonne, a distance of approximately five miles, to a\nconnection with the tracks of the Pennsylvania and Lehigh Valley\nrailroads; thence in a generally northerly direction along the easterly\nside of Newark bay and the Hackensack river at the westerly foot of the\nPalisades, utilizing existing tracks and improving and adding where\nnecessary, making connections with the Jersey Central, Pennsylvania,\nLehigh Valley, Delaware, Lackawanna and Western, Erie, New York,\nSusquehanna and Western, New York, Ontario and Western, and West Shore\nrailroads, a distance of approximately ten miles. From the westerly\nportal of the Bay tunnel and from the line along the easterly side of\nNewark bay by the bridges of the Central railroad of New Jersey\n(crossing the Hackensack and Passaic rivers) and of the Pennsylvania and\nLehigh Valley railroads (crossing Newark bay) to the line of the central\nrailroad of New Jersey running along the westerly side of Newark bay and\nthence southerly along this line to a connection with the Baltimore and\nOhio railroad south of Elizabethport, utilizing existing lines so far as\npracticable and improving and adding where necessary, a distance of\napproximately twelve miles; thence in an easterly direction crossing the\nArthur kill, utilizing existing lines so far as practicable and\nimproving and adding where necessary, along the northerly and easterly\nshores of Staten Island to the new city piers and to a connection, if\nthe city of New York consent thereto, with the tunnel under the Narrows\nto Brooklyn provided for under chapter seven hundred of the laws of the\nstate of New York for nineteen hundred and twenty-one.\n Number 2. A marginal railroad to the Bronx extending along the shore\nof the East river and Westchester creek connecting with the middle belt\nline (number one), and with the New York, New Haven and Hartford\nrailroad in the vicinity of Westchester.\n Number 3. A marginal railroad in Queens and Brooklyn extending along\nFlushing creek, Flushing bay, the East river and the
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