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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. Outerbridge Crossing from Tottenville, Staten Island © 2002 Matthew Trump File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
Outerbridge Crossing from Tottenville, Staten Island © 2002 Matthew Trump File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ...
The neighborhood of Tottenville in Staten Island is shown highlighted in orange Tottenville, area approx. ...
Perth Amboy is a City located in Middlesex County, New Jersey. ...
Staten Island lies to the southwest of the rest of New York City. ...
Official language(s) None, English de facto Capital Albany Largest city New York City Area - Total - Width - Length - % water - Latitude - Longitude Ranked 27th 141,205 km² 455 km 530 km 13. ...
A cantilever bridge is a form of bridge whereby the structure is supported using the technique of cantilevers. ...
The Arthur Kill, seen from Staten Island, with Carteret, New Jersey in the background. ...
Perth Amboy is a City located in Middlesex County, New Jersey. ...
For other uses, see Staten Island (disambiguation) Staten Island, shown in an enhanced satellite image Staten Island is one of the five boroughs of New York City, located on an island of the same name on the west side of the Narrows at the entrance of New York Harbor. ...
New York State Highway 440 is a state highway of New York State. ...
New Jersey State Highway 440 is a state highway in New Jersey, United States. ...
Midtown Manhattan, looking north from the Empire State Building, 2005 New York City (officially named the City of New York) is the most populous city in the state of New York and the entire United States. ...
The four counties of 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. E-ZPass (Fast Lane in Massachusetts, Smart Tag in Virginia, I-Pass in Illinois) is the electronic toll collection system used on most toll bridges and toll roads in the eastern United States from Virginia to Maine, and recently extended into Illinois. ...
It is a steel truss 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. John Alexander Low Waddell (1854–1938, often shortened to J.A.L. Waddell and sometimes known as John Alexander Waddell) was an American civil engineer and prolific bridge designer, with more than a thousand structures to his credit in the U.S., Canada, and other countries around the world. ...
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey is a bi-state agency (operated pursuant to an interstate compact) that runs most of the regional transportation infrastructure including the bridges, tunnels, airports and seaports within the New York-New Jersey Port District. ...
It opened simultaneously with the Goethals Bridge on June 29, 1928. The Goethals Bridge, seen from Staten Island The Goethals Bridge (pronounced GAWTH-uhls) connects Elizabeth, New Jersey to Staten Island, New York over the Arthur Kill. ...
June 29 is the 180th day of the year (181st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 185 days remaining. ...
1928 (MCMXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ...
The design of the bridge is very similar to that of the Goethals Bridge, which was built simultaneously. The Goethals Bridge, seen from Staten Island The Goethals Bridge (pronounced GAWTH-uhls) connects Elizabeth, New Jersey to Staten Island, New York over the Arthur Kill. ...
The name of the bridge is something of an anomaly in that its name seems to suggest its function. It is the "outer" (that is the most southern) bridge of both the State of New York and of Staten Island. In fact it was named for Eugenius H. Outerbridge, the first chairman of the then Port of New York Authority and a resident of Staten Island. Official language(s) None, English de facto Capital Albany Largest city New York City Area - Total - Width - Length - % water - Latitude - Longitude Ranked 27th 141,205 km² 455 km 530 km 13. ...
Eugenius H. Outerbridge was b. ...
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.
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