Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1924-01-21
GOVERNORS and LEGISLATORS
ACREE e BRIDGE PROJECT SHOULD
BE HANDL ED BY PORT AUTHORITY
Bridge Suggestions
Before Legislatures
Ample Width for Four Lines
of Traffic and a Light
Foot Sidewalk

Chief Engineer Clifford M.
Holland Of the New York State
Bridge and Tunnel Commission
and the New Jersey Interstate
Bridge and Tunnel Commission
today placed before the legisla-
lures of New Jersey and New
York his report on the proposed
bridge from Perth Amboy to Tot
tenville.
The report reviews the traffic
situation, quoting figures show
ing the number of automobiles
and pedestrians using the Tot
tenville-Perth Amboy ferry and
other ferries running between
Staten Island and New Jersey
and Staten Island and Manhattan
or Brooklyn. The bridge, ac-
cording to the report, is both
desirable and practical, the esti-
mated cost being placed at $5,-
100000 /.
Although two locations for the
proposed bridge are mentioned as
having outstanding advantages, En-
g.neer Holland favors the structure
running across Staten Island Sound
from point on Staten Island about
400 feet south of Allentown Lane,
just east of Fresh Kills Road, to
point in Perth Amboy at Bruck ave-
nue. and Kreil street.
"A bridge at this location" the re-
port states, will not only have its
approaches advantageously located
with respect to the highway routes
In each state, but will also be To-
Gated so as to be more assessible TO
the undeveloped areas north of the
crossing on both sides of the water
way.
I'm Staten Island, the bridge can
readily be reached from the new
Hylan Boulevard along the south
side of the island, the Amboy Road
through the center of the island and
the Fresh Kills Road on the north
side; while in Perht Amboy, a di-
rect connection, without passing
through the heart of the city, can
be made with Highway Route NO. 4.
which is main artery for tra1nc
connecting with the Lincoln High
way at Railway and continuing
south over the new highway bridge
now under construction between
Perth Amboy and South Amboy.
The other location considered Wy
Engineer Holland is from point
approximately 500 feet south of the
Amboy Road in Tottenville to Cor
don street, this city. This loca-
ton, the report continues, mas the
advantage of being the most direct
route between the communities on
either side of the waterway. There
are no physical obstacles in Totten-
Vile, but in Perth Amboy. the bridge
would come to grade in highly de-
veloped area.
"The highway approaches in
Staten Island for this crossing are
satisfactory. but in the case of Perth
Amboy the traffic would be led into
a pocket, requiring extensive street
changes. AS the crossing will form
a connecting link between the high
way systems of the states of New
York and New Jersey, 1t is consider
ed that the best interests of the
states, as we'll as the communities,
will be served if the vehicular traffic
is diverted around rather than
through the congested territory,
which condition would be satisfied If
the crossing were made in the north
erly section of 'Tottenville and Perth
Amboy."
preliminary Investigations have
been made on the basis of canti-
lever bridge spanning the widest dis
tance over the channel" the report
states. This type has been selected
because of the requirements of the
War Department and the uncertainty
as to the depth of the foundations
No borings have been taken and II,
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