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Goethals Bridge
The
Goethals Bridge
connects
Elizabeth
,
New Jersey
, to
Staten Island
,
New York
, in the
United States
. It crosses a strait known as
Arthur Kill
. Operated by the
Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
(PANYNJ), the span was one of the first structures built by the PANYNJ. On the New Jersey side it is located south of
Newark Liberty International Airport
. The bridge has been
grandfathered
into
Interstate 278
, and named for Major General
George Washington Goethals
, who supervised construction of the
Panama Canal
and was the first consulting engineer of the PANYNJ.
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