West Portal, New Jersey

West Portal, New Jersey
Unincorporated community
The old town hall, West Portal in 2016
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Coordinates: 40°39′44″N75°2′0″W / 40.66222°N 75.03333°W / 40.66222; -75.03333
Country	United States
State	New Jersey
County	Hunterdon
Township	Bethlehem
Elevation [1]	436 ft (133 m)
Time zone	UTC−05:00 (Eastern (EST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC−04:00 (EDT)
GNIS feature ID	881725 [1]

West Portal is an unincorporated community located within Bethlehem Township, in Hunterdon County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

The community is centered at the intersection of Route 173 and County Route 643, approximately 5.1 miles (8.2 km) southwest of Hampton. ^[4]

The namesake West Portal of the Pattenburg Tunnel

The Norfolk Southern Railway's Lehigh Line (formerly the mainline of the Lehigh Valley Railroad), runs through West Portal and Lehigh Line's north entrance to the Pattenburg Tunnel (which goes underneath Musconetcong Mountain) is located in West Portal.

References

1. Feature Detail Report for: West Portal, Geographic Names Information System. Accessed January 1, 2015.
2. Locality Search, State of New Jersey. Accessed January 1, 2015.
3. Areas covering the point (-75.033333,40.662222), MapIt. Accessed January 1, 2015.
4. N 40.66222 W 75.03333, ACME Mapper. Accessed January 1, 2015.