Cuomo announces official 'start' of $1.5B Goethals replacement
Judy L. Randall
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- The official start of construction on a $1.5 billion public-private partnership to replace the Goethals Bridge with a state-of-the-art, cable-stayed bridge was announced Wednesday by the Cuomo administration.
The replacement bridge -- expected to have a 100-year service life --will connect Staten Island with Elizabeth, N.J.
Construction is estimated to last approximately four years with initial service beginning in late 2016 and substantial completion in late 2017.
The new bridge will include additional wide travel lanes and 12-foot shoulders designed to ease congestion and accommodate higher volumes of traffic in the future. It will be built to include options for future mass transit, a pedestrian/bicycle pathway -- and comply with the "Buy American" steel requirement.
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