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1 week agoThursday's Headlines: Menin to the Rescue Edition - Streetsblog New York City
Julie Menin will advance legislation to allow curbside outdoor dining year-round in New York City, reversing the winter ban.
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Opened alongside the Goethals Bridge on June 29, 1928, the Outerbridge Crossing was built to accommodate an anticipated influx in motor vehicle traffic following World War I. Originally named the Arthur Kill Bridge, the span was later renamed in honor of Eugenius H. Outerbridge, founding member and first chairman of the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey. The bridge, spanning from Charleston to Perth Amboy, N.J., is the outermost crossing under the jurisdiction of the Port Authority.