New Goethals Bridge will open tomorrow

New Goethals Bridge will open tomorrow

So, last day in the history of the Goethals Bridge is now. 89-year-old bridge, located over the Strait Arthur Kill and connecting new Jersey and Staten island, will be closed today at 10 o’clock in the morning, and replace it open a new — New Goethals Bridge, with two lines of direction to 3 lanes in each (in opposite directions). Lane width 12 feet (4 meters) each. Plus 12-foot outer shoulders of the bridge and 5-foot inner shoulders (pedestrians and cyclists).

Line of traffic from new York (or East) will be open on Saturday at 4 PM, and the motion of new Jersey (the West) will open at 6 PM on Sunday.

The port authorities of new York and new Jersey say that the new 1.5 km bridge cost 1.5 billion dollars and this is the first discovery of the new bridge by the port Department, since the completion of the Bayonne Bridge in 1931 year.

Recall that initially, the Goethals Bridge was planned to be restored, however, the city acknowledged that the idea financially untenable, because to repair the toll bridge had to be closed, but for the city it would mean a loss of $ 35 million per year. The new bridge was built by voluntary investors, but the city authorities hope that all attachments will be compensated and the bridge was starting to make a profit in a very short time, due to its demand.

New bridge replacing the 89-year-old Goethals Bridge https://t.co/VVWiSqzs3y pic.twitter.com/bfygUdMbWb

— Eyewitness News (@ABC7NY) June 9, 2017

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