Goethals Bridge

The Goethals Bridge is the name of two crossings connecting Elizabeth, New Jersey, to Staten Island, New York, in the United States. The bridges consist of a 1920s-era cantilever span and two newer cable-stayed crossings. Both cross a strait known as Arthur Kill. The bridges are operated by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ),The original cantilever span was one of the first structures built by the PANYNJ. On the New Jersey side it is located south of Newark Liberty International Airport. The bridge was grandfathered into Interstate 278, and named for Major General George Washington Goethals, who supervised construction of the Panama Canal and was the first consulting engineer of the PANYNJ.In 2013, two new cable-stayed crossings, which would replace the cantilever span, were approved. The first of the two spans, running parallel to the old bridge, opened on June 10, 2017, at which time the original span was closed. The second new span will open in 2018.