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Bayonne Bridge: What's Next?

BAYONNE, NJ-The Port Authority has approved $10 million to deal with the bridge's low clearance issues.

By Alyson Grala | Updated on August 17, 2009

BAYONNE, NJ-The Port of New York and New Jersey got a major boost late last week when the Port Authority Board of Commissioners authorized a planning analysis to help tackle Bayonne Bridge navigation issues posed by new super ships that are set to arrive following the Panama Canal’s 2014 expansion.

The Board authorized up to $10 million for planning and engineering services to develop options to deal with the bridge’s low clearance, which could prevent larger ships from reaching the bi-state port’s container terminals west of the bridge. The Port Authority’s evaluation will establish conceptual cost estimates and schedules for each option and provide a regional cost-benefit analysis of the alternatives, according to the Authority, which adds that planning and engineering efforts will take around 1.5 years. One idea being floated involves replacing the bridge with a tunnel under the Kill Van Kull tidal straight.

These planning efforts will supplement a Port Authority-commissioned study by the Army Corps of Engineers and the US Coast Guard that is looking at the impact of the bridge’s 151-foot clearance on future port trade, as well as the national economic development benefit that would be gained from eliminating the bridge’s navigational obstruction.

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