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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.
Brooklyn and Staten Island: Kings and Richmond: NY-304: Outerbridge Crossing: Extant Cantilever: 1928 1991 NY 440 and Route 440: Arthur Kill: Staten Island, New York, and Perth Amboy, New Jersey: Richmond County, New York, and Middlesex County, New Jersey
An interior view of Fort Wadsworth showing the location of the fortifications in the compound. The dashed red "trail" marks the location of today's Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge connecting Staten Island with Brooklyn to the east. The map was taken in site, maintained by the National Park Service
Wards Island Bridge: 1951: 937 285.6: Pedestrians and bicycles only: Wards Island Bridge in "open" position: Triborough Bridge (Vertical-Lift Bridge) 1936: 750 230: 2 lanes of exit ramp from F.D.R. Drive: Officially known as the Robert F. Kennedy Bridge Willis Avenue Bridge: 1901: 3,212 979: 4 lanes of roadway: Northbound traffic only Third ...
North Grand Island Bridge, Grand Island to Niagara Falls; Ogdensburg–Prescott International Bridge, Ogdensburg, New York to Johnstown, Ontario; Old Blenheim Bridge, North Blenheim; Outerbridge Crossing, New York City (Staten Island) to New Jersey; Park Avenue Bridge, New York City (Manhattan and the Bronx) Patroon Island Bridge, Albany
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 ...
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Constructed from 1925 to 1928, the bridge was named for Eugenius Harvey Outerbridge, the first chairman of the then–Port of New York Authority and a resident of Staten Island. [1] [4] [5] Rather than calling it the "Outerbridge Bridge", the span was labeled a "crossing". The bridge's etymology is sometimes incorrectly attributed to the fact ...