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In December 2008, the Federal Railroad Administration approved a $1.34 billion project to replace the Portal Bridge with two new bridges: [1] a two-track bridge to the north, and a two-track bridge to the south. [26] The new bridges were then scheduled to be completed in 2017, at which time the Portal Bridge was to be dismantled.
The law creating the New York State Bridge Authority is found in the Bridge Authority Act, currently Sections 525 to 542 of the New York Public Authorities Law and defines the Bridge Authority's mission as “to maintain and operate the safe vehicle crossings over the Hudson River entrusted to its jurisdiction for the economic and social ...
New York Tunnel Extension, 1912. The right-of-way was originally developed by the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) [22] in conjunction with the 1910 opening of New York's Pennsylvania Station, which required the construction of the Portal Bridge over the Hackensack River, as well as the North River Tunnels under the Hudson Palisades and Hudson River.
KEARNY — Getting to the 50% completion mark on the new $2.3 billion Portal North Bridge — and getting there on time and on budget — required overcoming myriad challenges and, for some ...
The arches for the North Portal Bridge, which will replace a 114-year old swing span across the Hackensack River, are being built near Albany, N.Y. Arches for NJ Transit's new Portal rail bridge ...
Governor Kathy Hochul announced the completion of a $18.6 million investment for three bridge replacement projects on I-90 in Central New York.
Robert Moses, the New York City parks commissioner, also pushed the state legislature to create an authority to fund, build, and operate the Triborough Bridge. [ 10 ] : 340–344 A bill to create the TBA passed quickly through both houses of the state legislature, [ 15 ] and was signed by Governor Herbert H. Lehman in April 1933.
The New York State Bridge Authority charges a toll for eastbound traffic crossing the Newburgh–Beacon Bridge. Construction of the highway began later than other Interstates in New York as legal hurdles to the construction of the bridge had to be removed, and federal funding was more limited when it finally began in 1960.