Arthur Kill Bridge

Arthur Kill Bridge

steel vertical-lift bridge, completed in 1959, spanning the Arthur Kill (channel) between Elizabeth, N.J., and Staten Island, N.Y. The movable section, suspended from two 215-foot- (66-metre-) high towers, is 558 feet (170 m) long and can be raised 135 feet (41 m) above the water to allow ships to pass beneath it. It carries a single railroad track and, at its completion, was the longest and highest span of its type in the world.

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