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The Arthur Kill Vertical Lift Bridge is a rail vertical-lift bridge connecting Elizabethport, New Jersey, and the Howland Hook Marine Terminal on Staten Island, New York, United States. The bridge was built by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in 1959 to replace the Arthur Kill Bridge , a swing bridge opened in 1890. [ 6 ]
The New York City Planning Commission was amenable to constructing either a bridge or a tunnel across the Narrows, and in 1939, put forth a plan to expand New York City's highway system. [ 31 ] [ 26 ] In March of the same year, as a bill for the Battery Bridge was being passed, Staten Island state legislators added a last-minute amendment to ...
The terminal was purchased in 1973 by the New York City government for $47.5 million, [2] and United States Lines moved its container port operation there that year. [3] In 1985, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ) leased the terminal for 38 years. [4] The PANYNJ took full ownership of Howland Hook Marine Terminal in 2024.
The Justice Department filed a lawsuit against the owner and operator of the container ship that rammed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge in March, seeking $100 million in damages.
The owner of the massive container ship Dali, which caused the deadly collapse of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge last month, has initiated a process requiring owners of the cargo on board ...
The bus was turning around to avoid the bridge when it was hit by a car. No injuries reported. The bus did not hit the bridge but was illegally driving on the road. The bus did not hit the bridge but was illegally driving on the road. April 25, 2023 NYS DOT Vehicle [21] Driver was not issued any tickets. March 29, 2023 Semi-Truck [22]
At 1:27 a.m. ET (0527 GMT), a container ship named the Dali was sailing down the Patapsco River when it struck a pylon of the bridge, crumpling almost the entire structure into the water.
Oldest surviving bridge in New York City Alexander Hamilton Bridge: 1963: 2,375 724: 8 lanes of I-95 and US 1: Washington Bridge: 1888: 2,375 723.9: 6 lanes of roadway: University Heights Bridge: 1908: 269 82: 2 lanes of roadway: Broadway Bridge: 1962: 558.0 170.08: 4 lanes of Broadway/ US 9 and the train: Also known as Harlem Ship Canal Bridge ...