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The Goethals Bridge (/ ˈ ɡ ɒ θ əl z /) is a pair of cable-stayed bridge spans connecting Elizabeth, New Jersey, to Staten Island, New York, United States. The spans cross a strait known as Arthur Kill , and replaced a cantilever bridge span built in 1928.
The Great South Bay Bridge (historically known as the Captree Bridge) is a twin-span bridge on the southwest side of Suffolk County, New York, on Long Island. It carries the Robert Moses Causeway over the Great South Bay , between Long Island's South Shore and Captree Island . [ 1 ]
The Dorland J. Henderson Memorial Bridge, [1] familiarly known as the Manahawkin Bay Bridge or (while technically inaccurate) The Causeway, is a steel girder bridge that spans Manahawkin Bay, carrying traffic along Route 72 between Long Beach Island (LBI) and the Manahawkin section of Stafford Township, in Ocean County, New Jersey.
Some cities that lie along the Piedmont–Coastal Plain fall line include the following (from north to south): New Brunswick, New Jersey on the Raritan River; Princeton, New Jersey, on the Millstone River; Trenton, New Jersey, on the Delaware River. [2] Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on the Schuylkill River. [4] Wilmington, Delaware, on the ...
These three bridges, which connect Staten Island with New Jersey, were used by a combined 168,984 vehicles in both directions. [1] In 2011, advocacy group Transportation for America rated the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge as New York's most dangerous, because of the combination of deterioration and the number of people who cross it per day. [266]
The Bayonne Bridge is an arch bridge that spans the Kill Van Kull between Staten Island, New York, and Bayonne, New Jersey, United States. 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.
New Jersey Meadowlands Kearny Point: Locale: Jersey City, Kearny, and Newark, New Jersey, United States: Maintained by: NJDOT: ID number: 0901150 (Hudson County) [1] 0704150 (Essex County) [2] Characteristics; Design: Steel deck truss cantilever bridge over Meadowlands Pratt truss for river crossings: Total length: 3.502 mi (5.636 km) (18,492 ...
The J. Stanley Tunney Bridge was completed in 1972 to carry westbound traffic, while the Mathis bridge was dedicated for vehicles traveling eastbound. The Tunney Bridge is a high level girder bridge that was designed to allow tall ships to pass under it without requiring a bridge opening.