Tag: Bayonne Bridge

Roadbuilding

Work nearing completion for $1.7B ‘Raise the Roadway’ on Bayonne Bridge

The $1.7 billion bridge project over the Kill Van Kull between New Jersey and New York will be completed by the end of first quarter of 2019.

January 29, 2019

Roadbuilding

Worker seriously injured on lower level of Bayonne Bridge

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey reported that the Bayonne Bridge was closed to traffic in both directions on Tuesday afternoon after a worker was seriously injured, according to silive.com. The injured worker is part of the crew that is dismantling the lower level of the span as part of the “Raise […]

December 1, 2017

Roadbuilding

Time-lapse chronicles 64-foot raising of Bayonne Bridge roadway in NJ

New Jersey’s Bayonne Bridge is nearing the completion of a $1.6 billion project that is increasing the height of its roadway. You can watch a time-lapse of the roadway’s elevation in the video below. The roadway is being raised in order to allow for larger container ships to pass beneath the bridge to reach ports at […]

May 9, 2017

Roadbuilding

Bayonne Bridge “Raise the Roadway” to be completed 6 months ahead of schedule

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie says the raising of the roadway of the Bayonne Bridge, dubbed the “Raise the Roadway” project, will be complete by June 30, six months ahead of schedule. The roadway is being raised to allow for larger container ships to pass underneath the bridge to reach the ports at Newark, Elizabeth […]

May 5, 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

How crews are lifting the Bayonne Bridge’s roadway while keeping its arch in place

A video report recently posted by SILive.com provides a tour of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey’s $1.3 billion Bayonne Bridge construction project, which began in 2013 and is “Raising the Roadway” without altering the bridge’s existing arch. “One of the interesting things about the Bayonne Bridge is that, with most bridges you’re […]

August 15, 2016