Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-09-11
CHANGE: I: MADE
IN BRIDGE PLAN
Number of Approach Spans
to be Increased on the
South Amboy Side
GRADE IS ALSO CHANGED
City Engineer Instructed to
Inspect Plans to Protect
Interests of City
GRADE IS ALSO CHANGED

Public notice has been received
in this city from the war depart
ment advising of certain changes
made in the original plans for the
new highway bridge across the Rari-
tan river connecting this city and
South Amboy. The only changes
made in the original plans, accord
ing to the notice, is in the number
OF approach spans and allowance
for a grade in the South Amboy
approach instead of it's being level,
as originally called for.
For the purpose of allowing inter
ested parties to inspect the plans,
they have been placed on exhibition
in Room 604, Army Building, 20
Whitehall street, New York City.
These will remain there until Sep
tember 20, and if no opposition is
voiced they will be forwarded to
Washington.
Mayor Wilson this morning in
structed City Engineer Larson to
inspect the plans in order to look
out for the interests of this city.
They will be either approved or op-
posed by the city on his recommen-
Gations to the mayor following his
inspection.
The public notice follows:
ITO whom it may concern:
The State Highway Commission
of New Jersey under date of Sept.
8, 1922, submitted to .his office re-
viseG plans for the construction of
Il highway bridge across Rdritan
River, New Jersey, between Perth
Amboy and South Amboy. These
plans are to supercede plans for "a
bridge at the same locality approved
by the Secretary of War April 2,
1921.
The revised plans differ only IN
the number of approach spans and
the approach from South Amboy is
on a one per cent rising Sraue IN
stead of being level as was the case
in the original plans. The clearance
at tho draw or navigation spans are
exactly the same as the clearanceS
shown on the original plans, i. e.
two draw openings OF 140 feet hor-
izontal clearance and 2S feet vertical
clearance above mean high water
with the center pier and rest piers
carried to sufficient depth to pro-
vide for a channel 40 feet deep at
mean low water.
THE approach spans are increas-
ed from ten spant of about 144 feet
h horizontal clearance each to sixteen
spans of 80 feet horizontal clearance
each. The vertical clearance at
mean high water of the approach
spans of the revised plans varies
from 10 feet at the South Amboy
enc of the bridge to % feet and
inc hes at the draw span. The verti-
cal clearance at mean high water OF
the approach spans from Perth AM
boy is 22 feet and s inches. The
vertical clearance of the approach
spans of the bridge approved April
2, 1921, was about 16 feet at mean
high water throughout.
The revised plans will be on ex'
hIbition in Room 604, Army Build
ing No. 80 Whitehall street, New
YCrk City, until September 20, 1922
where they may be seen and exam
ihed. If no opposition to the plans
by interested parties develop before
the expiration of the above time linn
it they will be forwarded to the De-
partment at Washington for appro'
val to supercede the plans approved
by the Secretary of War. April
1921.
"H. c. NEWCOMER,
"Col. Corps of Engineers,
District Engineers"