Tag: Staten Island

Roadbuilding

4 years of Goethals Bridge construction in 3 minutes

This time-lapse video shows the entire construction process for the Goethals Bridge Replacement project from 2014 to 2108. Watch it here on Equipment World.

March 22, 2019

Roadbuilding

Crews begin dismantling old Goethals Bridge

Crews began dismantling the old steel-cantilever truss Goethals Bridge January 15 by removing its middle span and lowering it onto a barge, NJ.com reports. It took a little more than eight hours to remove the middle span of the bridge, which runs between Staten Island and lower it onto a barge waiting 135 feet below in […]

January 24, 2018

Business

Commercial construction planning drops for fourth month in a row

Planning for nonresidential construction projects continued to lose ground in September for the fourth consecutive month, according to the Dodge Momentum Index. The index declined 8.4 percent from August, with institutional building dropping the most, at 11.5 percent. Commercial building planning fell 6.1 percent. The index measures the initial report for nonresidential building projects being […]

October 9, 2017

Roadbuilding

Construction time-lapse of NY/NJ Goethals Bridge’s first span

The Staten Island Advance time-lapse video below shows construction of one span of the new Goethals Bridge that connects Elizabeth, N.J., with Staten Island. ABC Eyewitness News reports that the original 89-year-old span is being replaced by twin spans. The first span constructed, carrying vehicles eastbound into New York, opened to traffic on Saturday, June […]

June 16, 2017

Roadbuilding

Worker on Verrazano-Narrows Bridge seriously injured in fall

A construction worker on the Brooklyn side of the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge shattered both of his legs when he fell 25 feet on Monday, the New York Daily News reports. The accident occurred at approximately 12 p.m. The worker fell from the upper deck and landed on a beam on the lower deck. In order to rescue him, Emergency […]

May 19, 2017

Roadbuilding

NY, NJ Port Authority officials offer look at Bayonne Bridge’s elevated roadway

On Nov. 15 New York and New Jersey Port Authority officials offered a first look at the Bayonne Bridge elevated roadway, which connects Bayonne, N.J. with Staten Island, ABC News reports. The elevated roadway is part of a $1.3 billion project to allow bigger cargo ships to enter New York City-area ports. Currently, the bridge has only 151 […]

November 25, 2016

Roadbuilding

Verrazano-Narrows bridge receives 50th anniversary exhibit

The Verrazano-Narrows bridge that connects Staten Island and Brooklyn will have its 50th birthday celebrated with an exhibit chronicling its construction. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) unveiled the exhibit , “Spanning the Narrows for Five Decades.” It celebrates the half centennial of the bridge with pictures of its construction, parts that were formerly on the bridge and […]

August 21, 2014

Construction Equipment

Morbark names New Jersey, Staten Island dealer

Morbark has signed a contract to make Garden State Bobcat Group its dealer for New Jersey and Staten Island, New York. The Garden State Bobcat Group consists of Bobcat of Central Jersey located in Green Brook, New Jersey, and Garden State Bobcat located in Freehold, New Jersey. Bobcat of Central Jersey will handle Morbark equipment […]

August 23, 2012