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The original Goethals Bridge, seen from Staten Island in 2004. The original Goethals bridge was a four lane steel truss cantilever design by John Alexander Low Waddell, who also designed the nearby Outerbridge Crossing. It had a 672 ft (205 m) long central span, was 7,109 feet (2,167 m) long, 62 feet (19 m) wide, and had a vertical clearance of ...
The original Goethals Bridge (/ ˈ ɡ ɒ θ əl z /) spanned the Arthur Kill, connecting Elizabeth, New Jersey, to Staten Island, New York, United States (near the Howland Hook Marine Terminal). [3] In 2017, it was replaced by the New Goethals Bridge and later demolished.
The bridge is of a steel cantilever construction, designed by John Alexander Low Waddell and built under the auspices of the Port of New York Authority, now the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which currently operates it. [5] It opened simultaneously with the first Goethals Bridge on June 29, 1928. [7]
The 3.7% increase, triggered by inflation, comes as the new congestion pricing toll to enter Manhattan below 60th Street looms as well
The first link of the SIE opened in January 1964, from the Goethals Bridge to Victory Boulevard. The remainder opened later that year. The freeway had a total cost of $47 million (equivalent to $353 million in 2023 [25]). [35] The toll plaza at the Goethals Bridge was converted to one way tolling in 1970.
Tolls would increase by 25 cents on Jan. 5, 2025, followed by additional 25-cent increases between 2026 and 2028, in addition to automatic toll hikes based on inflation.
Goethals Bridge: 2018 [14] [15] 2225.04 m: 6 lanes of I-278: Replaced the old Goethals Bridge (completed 1928); the two new spans are a cable-stayed design Arthur Kill Vertical Lift Bridge: 1959: 170.08 m: CSX and M&E rail lines: Outerbridge Crossing: 1928: 3093 m: 4 lanes of Route 440; NY 440: Kill Van Kull: Bayonne Bridge: 1931: 1761.74 m: 4 ...
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