No immediate fix for bridge contraints
Raising a bridge to improve access to a port is a thorny undertaking at the best of times, but hoisting a bridge that in 2006 accomodated 8.4m vehicles and is one the longest steel arch bridges in the world is a league apart.
The Bayonne Bridge spans the Kill Van Kull to link Bayonne, New Jersey, with the Port Richmond area of Staten Island, New York. Its mid-span clearance of 151ft allows ships to use this entrance to Port Newark and the Elizabeth-Port Authority Marine Terminal without interference. But the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey’s Rear Admiral would like to see that air draftraised to 187ft to accomodate the behemoths of the future. However, at an estimated cost of around $750m it is a tough project. “We’re grappling with funding approaches,” Rr Adm Larrabee tells
PS,
but he does not expect to see a fix to the bridge “in the next 10 -15 years”.
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