Outerbridge Crossing
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 The Outerbridge Crossing, seen from Tottenville, Staten Island. Perth Amboy, New Jersey is on the left; Staten Island, New York is on the right |
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| Carries | 4 lanes of NJ 440/NY 440 |
|---|---|
| Crosses | Arthur Kill |
| Locale | Perth Amboy, New Jersey and southwestern Staten Island, New York |
| Maintained by | Port Authority of New York and New Jersey |
| Design | Steel Cantilever bridge |
| Longest span | 750 feet (229 meters) |
| Total length | 10,140 feet (3,093 meters)[1] |
| Width | 62 feet (18.9 meters) |
| Vertical clearance | 14 feet (4.3 meters) |
| Clearance below | 135 feet (41.1 meters)[1] |
| Opening date | June 29, 1928 |
| Toll | $6.00 (eastbound) (E-ZPass) |
The Outerbridge Crossing is a cantilever bridge over the Arthur Kill connecting Perth Amboy, New Jersey with Staten Island, New York. Known locally as the "Outerbridge", it is part of a popular route on NY-440/NJ-440 from the south and west to New York City and Long Island.
Tolls are collected in the eastbound direction only. The cash toll is $6 for passenger vehicles. Users of E-ZPass pay a discounted toll of $5 during peak hours (6-9 am and 4-7 pm) or $4 at other times.
It is 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.
It opened simultaneously with the Goethals Bridge on June 29, 1928. Both spans have similar designs.
The name of the bridge is peculiar in that it seems to suggest the bridge's location but in fact refers to a person. It is the "outer" (that is the most southern) bridge of the state of New York and of Staten Island, and the most remote bridge of New York City. But the bridge was actually named for Eugenius H. Outerbridge, the first chairman of the then-Port of New York Authority and a resident of Staten Island.[1]
In recent years, the bridge has undergone numerous repair jobs as a result of the high volume of traffic that crosses the bridge each day.
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Port Authority: Outerbridge Crossing
- Outerbridge Crossing Historic Overview at Steve Anderson's nycroads.com
- Maps and aerial photos
- Street map from Google Maps or Yahoo! Maps
- Topographic map from TopoZone
- Aerial image or topographic map from TerraServer-USA
- Satellite image from Google Maps or Microsoft Virtual Earth
| Bridges of the Arthur Kill | |||
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| Upstream Goethals Bridge  |
Outerbridge Crossing  |
Downstream Raritan Bay |
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