Outerbridge Crossing

40.524914 - 74.246635Koordinaten: 40 ° 31 ' 29.7 "N, 74 ° 14' 47.9 " W

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Arthur Kill

Outerbridge Crossing is a cantilever bridge that connects the New York City borough of Staten Iceland with New Jersey. In addition to the Bayonne and Goethals Bridge is one of three roads of Staten Iceland to New Jersey and establishes the connection between the New Jersey Turnpike ( I-95 ) and the Garden State Parkway in New Jersey and the West Shore Expressway on Staten Iceland. Outerbridge Crossing is operated by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which raises a bar toll from the current 8 U.S. dollars for cars; is the electronic toll collection system used Ez -Pass, the tariff is reduced.

Outerbridge Crossing is by Eugenius H. Outerbridge, the first chairman of the Port Authority, named. The bridge was one of the first projects of the Port Authority and was the, released on June 29, 1929, the same day as further north, almost identical Goethals Bridge to traffic. It is 2,682 m long and crosses the Arthur Kill, a strait that separates Staten Iceland from the mainland and an important access to the Port of New York is at a height of 43.6 m. The bridge has four lanes and was used in 2008 by 30.232 million vehicles.