Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and Governor Chris Christie today announced that the eastbound lane of the new Goethals Bridge will open to New Jersey-bound traffic late Sunday afternoon, June 11, 2017. This event will follow closure of the original 89-year-old Goethals Bridge on Friday evening, June 9, 2017. The old Goethals Bridge was completed in 1928. The new Goethals Bridge represents the first bridge built by The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey in more than 85 years. The $1.5 billion project to build a cable-stayed crossing over the Arthur Kill between Staten Island, New York and Elizabeth, New Jersey represents a majorRead More →

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Governor Chris Christie announced today the early completion of a new navigational clearance level at the Bayonne Bridge. The new clearance of 215 feet will allow environmentally friendly cargo vessels of up to 18,000 TEUs to access marine terminals in Elizabeth, Newark, and Staten Island. The Bayonne Bridge’s lower roadway removal was completed seven months ahead of a revised year-end schedule to increase clearance capacity from 151 feet and the maximum vessel size from 9,800 TEUs. “This historic project will create all kinds of jobs and billions of dollars in activity to New Jersey and this region,” Governor Christie said. “All major shipping lines willRead More →

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This article was originally presented as “Unbuilding the Bayonne Bridge” by Neal Buccino, posted at the The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey’s Portfolio blog.   The Bayonne Bridge “Raise the Roadway” project was designed to lift the span of the Bayonne Bridge to accommodate a new generation of bigger commercial ships. This effort posed an unprecedented engineering challenge: building a new bridge over the old roadway, while the existing one was still open and carrying traffic. The work is progressing well. Recently, the U.S. Coast Guard Sector New York and pilot organizations lifted air draft restrictions enabling vessels carrying up to 9,800Read More →

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Continuing to build on his commitment to growing New Jersey’s economy and making the state a premier business destination, Governor Chris Christie today announced that as of June 30, the $1.6 billion raising of the Bayonne Bridge roadway will allow the world’s ultra-large, environmentally friendly container vessels to pass beneath the span, gaining access to the Ports of Newark, Elizabeth, and Staten Island. Governor Christie, who joined Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and other officials at Maher Terminals in Elizabeth, said the existing lower roadway of the bridge, which had prevented larger ships from entering the East Coast’s busiest port terminals afterRead More →

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   The Port Authority posted for public comment the agency’s largest ever $32.2 billion draft 2017-2026 Capital Plan. This posting on the agency’s website launches a month-long public review and comment period on the proposed 10-year plan. To view the document, click here. The plan includes $29.5 billion in direct spending on Port Authority projects and a commitment to support debt service on $2.7 billion for the Gateway passenger rail tunnel project and related infrastructure – the largest funding commitment by any stakeholder involved in the project to date. The plan also outlines spending of $1.1 billion over the next 10 years toward capital improvementsRead More →

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