Rating:
26716
{96}%
3 votes
Outerbridge Crossing
Description
Cantilevered through truss bridge over Arthur Kill on NY 440/NJ 440; the bridge was named for Eugenius Harvey Outerbridge, the first chairman of the then–Port of New York Authority
Facts
- Overview
- Cantilevered through truss bridge over Arthur Kill on NY 440/NJ 440 between Perth Amboy and Staten Island in New York
- Location
- New York City, Richmond County, New York, and Middlesex County, New Jersey
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Opened to traffic June 29, 1928
- Builders
- - J.A.L. Waddell of Port Hope, Canada
- Port Authority of NY&NJ
- Design
- Cantilevered Warren through truss
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 375.0 ft.
Total length: 2,099.8 ft. (0.4 mi.)
Deck width: 39.7 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 19.4 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +40.52472, -74.24750 (decimal degrees)
40°31'29" N, 74°14'51" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 18/563739/4486270 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Arthur Kill
- Average daily traffic (as of 2014)
- 83,650
- Inventory numbers
- NY 5523069 (New York State bridge identification number)
BH 26716 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
- Inspection report (as of August 2018)
- 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: 50 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com
Update Log
- July 27, 2022: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
- July 12, 2021: Updated by Luke: Removed superfluous "J.A.L. Waddell-designer" category
- August 16, 2019: New photos from Geoff Hubbs
- July 20, 2019: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
- July 2, 2014: New Street View added by Ralph Demars
- April 2, 2010: New photos from Jason Smith
Sources
- Wikipedia
- Jason Smith - flensburg [dot] bridgehunter [dot] av [at] googlemail [dot] com
- Geoff Hubbs
- Luke