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The Outerbridge Crossing, also known as the Outerbridge, is a cantilever bridge that spans the Arthur Kill between Perth Amboy, New Jersey, and Staten Island, New York.It carries New York State Route 440 and New Jersey Route 440, with the two roads connecting at the state border at the river’s center.
A prior attempt to link Brooklyn and Staten Island, using the Staten Island Tunnel, had commenced in 1923 but was canceled two years later. [2]: 135 [10] [11] That tunnel would have extended New York City Subway service from Brooklyn to Staten Island. [12] This proposal was also revived with the announcement of the Liberty Bridge.
1883 Brooklyn Bridge stampede: mass unrest 12 [116] 2003 2003 Staten Island Ferry crash: maritime 11 [117] 1975 LaGuardia Airport bombing: terrorism 11 [118] 1970 Trans International Airlines Flight 863: aircraft 11 [119] 1854 W. T. Jennings fire: fire 11 [92]: 29 1984 Palm Sunday massacre: homicide 10 [120] 1956 Bush Terminal explosion ...
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"Two trucks just got into an accident and a semi-tractor trailer is hanging over the bridge," one caller said. "We need people. Right now." "Oh, Jesus," the operator responded. "Okay. Hold on a ...
The original Goethals Bridge (/ ˈ ɡ ɒ θ əl z /) connected Elizabeth, New Jersey to Staten Island, New York, near the Howland Hook Marine Terminal, Staten Island, New York over the Arthur Kill. [3] In 2017, it was replaced by the New Goethals Bridge and later demolished. Bridge partially demolished, January 2018
In 1888, subsequent to building the Arthur Kill swing bridge between New Jersey and northwestern Staten Island, [4] the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad (the owners of the Staten Island Railway until 1971) proposed a tunnel between Staten Island and Brooklyn. [5] In 1890, Staten Island developer Erastus Wiman, who controlled the railway, sponsored a ...
The bridge had been closed to traffic since Sept. 18 and was in the process of being demolished as part of a $25 million project to replace four bridges along State Route 149, the department said.