Goethals Bridge (Old)
Facts
- Overview
- Lost cantilevered through truss bridge over Arthur Kill on I-278 in New York City
- Location
- New York City, Richmond County, New York, and Union County, New Jersey
- Status
- Replaced by a new bridge
- History
- Opened to traffic June 29, 1928. Closed to traffic June 9, 2017 as replacement opened; Demolished 2019
- Builders
- - J.A.L. Waddell of Port Hope, Canada (Design Engineer)
- Port Authority of NY&NJ
- Design
- Cantilevered through truss
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 336.0 ft.
Total length: 1,152.0 ft.
Deck width: 39.7 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 19.7 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +40.63568, -74.19670 (decimal degrees)
40°38'08" N, 74°11'48" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 18/567930/4498625 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Elizabeth
- Average daily traffic (as of 2014)
- 85,715
- Inventory numbers
- NY 5523059 (New York State bridge identification number)
NBI #000000005523059
BH 26715 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection report (as of September 2017)
- Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 49.9 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com
Update Log
- March 24, 2021: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
- April 3, 2020: Updated by Nick Boppel: Bridge is gone
- December 3, 2019: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
- October 12, 2019: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
- June 19, 2017: Updated by Alexander D. Mitchell IV: Bridge closed, dismantling begun
- December 6, 2016: New photos from Royce and Bobette Haley
- July 2, 2014: New Street View added by Ralph Demars
- May 8, 2014: Updated by Nathan Holth: Added demo plan details.
- November 2, 2013: New photos from Tony Dillon
Sources
- Wikipedia
- Tony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com
- Historicbridges.org - by Nathan Holth
- Nathan Holth
- Royce and Bobette Haley - roycehaley111 [at] yahoo [dot] com
- Alexander D. Mitchell IV
- Geoff Hubbs
- Nick Boppel - nickboppel01 [at] gmail [dot] com
Comments
Yes this bridge is being replaced with cable stayed bridge.
Yes this bridge is being replaced with cable stayed bridge.
I saw this article in the Reading Eagle printed on 3-19-16.A local company in Schuykill county pa. is manufacturing prestressed beams for this bridge.The article did not mention if the bridge is being rehabbed or a new bridge is being built.If anyone knows if a new bridge is being built it would be news to me.
The Google-mobile stops before and then resumes after crossing this bridge. So what do they not want you to see from this bridge? The shipping containers to the North? A row of buildings? Some entity is trying really hard not to get any photography of this area.
In the post 9-11 world where everyone is supposed to know everything ... no secrets ... what do they have to hide? Is there a conspiracy? Are they working against America?
One of a couple unusual police encounters I have had recently photographing bridges occurred here. Was approached by a port authority cop and photography of the bridge was not allowed. It is my understanding of USA law that with a couple exceptions (military bases, nuclear power plants) if you are on public property you can photo whatever you want. Of course, I had still managed to shoot hundreds of photos including 0.5 second interval still photos over the bridge with my GoPro.
And so another increasingly rare and impressive major cantilever is slated to be replaced with yet another mundane and rather run-of-the-mill cable-stayed bridge. Lovely.
*headdesk*
According to Wikipedia this bridge is doomed.
This page's URL is http://bridgehunter.com/ny/richmond/goethals/
Thanks nathan.I do remember reading something about a cable stayed bridge.Do you know what they might do with the old bridge?