The eastbound Outerbridge Crossing will be closed from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. on April 22 and April 23 to complete road realignment and striping for the …

Work is expected to commence immediately after the completion of the Coast Guard’s environmental review process and the receipt of required permits, with crews beginning to build a new elevated roadway 64 feet above the existing deck. The Port Authority is expediting the work to coincide with the widening of the Panama Canal, which is expected to be done in 2015. The replacement crossing will be a dual span, state-of-the-art ca-stayed structure connecting ble …

Outerbridge Crossing. Outerbridge Crossing looking southwest towards Perth Amboy.

Plans at the time included six checkpoint areas — the George Washington Bridge, Goethals Bridge, Bayonne Bridge, OuterBridge Crossing, Lincoln Tunnel and Holland Tunnel. Christie.

The project will ensure the port maintains its position as the largest port on the East Coast and third largest in the country.Replacement of the pavement is intended to avoid the potential for costly emergency repairs, which could lead to unplanned closures and negative impacts on the traveling public. Andrew Cuomo announced an historic bridge construction program at today’s meeting of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Board of Commissioners. “These projects are tremendously important to New Jersey and the region,” said Gov. The program includes three of the bi-state agency’s bridges that link New York and New Jersey, with two of the three being substantial, large-scale projects that include building a new bridge to replace the current span and raising the roadway of an existing bridge.

Major funding for NJTV News provided by Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey, New Jersey Education Association, New Jersey Manufacturers Insurance Group, Orsted, PSE&G, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and RWJ Barnabas Health.Additional support for NJTV News is made possible by The E.J. Will the Outerbridge Crossing be replaced? “Employing a public-private partnership to build a new Goethals Bridge and utilizing unique engineering strategies to raise the roadway of the Bayonne Bridge demonstrate our ability to build major transportation infrastructure in a smart and cost effective manner. Once completed, the Bayonne Bridge roadway will be 215 feet above the Kill Van Kull waterway, allowing larger cargo ships to pass beneath. A steel truss cantilever design by John Alexander Low Waddell, who also designed the Outerbridge Crossing, the original Goethals was 672 ft (205 m) long central span, 7,109 feet (2,168 m) long in total, 62 feet (19 m) wide, had a clearance of 135 feet (41.1 m) and had four lanes for traffic.. “They will put thousands of hardworking men and women to work, secure the Port of New York and New Jersey’s role as the premier port and economic engine of the East Coast, and provide New Jersey residents with modern bridge spans that will improve safety and benefit commuters for years to come.” “By investing in critical infrastructure projects, the Port Authority is renewing its commitment to refocus on its core mission,” said Gov. Port Authority police say Port Authority officers and Although not identical, the two bridges were built using the same concept. Re: Outerbridge Crossing Replacement Plan Underway « Reply #16 on: April 27, 2018, 10:41:25 PM » I would like to see PATH continue not only to EWR, but beyond it tunneling under Newark Bay, then under Bayonne before going under the Kill Van Kull to traverse the Staten Island North Shore to terminate at the St. George Terminal.

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All lanes on the Outerbridge Crossing have reopened following a crash involving a car being chased by police.