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{{Infobox bridge
|name= Goethals Bridge
|image=New Goethals Bridge from airplane cropped.jpg
|image_upright=1.3
|caption=Aerial view of the Goethals Bridge (top left) with the [[Arthur Kill Vertical Lift Bridge]] at bottom right
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|carries= 6 lanes of {{jct|country=USA|I|278}} (3 in each direction), pedestrians, and cyclists
|crosses= [[Arthur Kill]]
|locale= [[Elizabeth, New Jersey]] and [[Howland Hook, Staten Island|Howland Hook]], [[Staten Island]], [[New York (state)|New York]], [[United States]]
|maint= [[Port Authority of New York and New Jersey]]
|id= 3800072
|design= [[Cantilever bridge]] (Original)<br />dual-span [[cable-stayed bridge|cable-stayed]] [[twin bridges|twin bridge]] (New span)
|mainspan= {{convert|672|ft|abbr=on}}<ref name="PANYNJ Facts">{{cite web |url=http://www.panynj.gov/bridges-tunnels/goethals-bridge-facts-info.html
 |title=Facts & Info - Goethals Bridge
 |work=Port Authority of New York & New Jersey
 |accessdate=February 27, 2010}}</ref>
|length= {{convert|7109|ft|abbr=on}}<ref name="PANYNJ Facts"/>
|width= {{convert|62|ft|abbr=on}}<ref name="PANYNJ Facts"/>
|clearance= {{convert|14|ft|abbr=on}}
|below= {{convert|140|ft|abbr=on}}<ref name="PANYNJ Facts"/>
|traffic= 82,852 (2016)<ref name="nycdot16">{{cite web
 |url=http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/downloads/pdf/nyc-bridge-traffic-report-2016.pdf
 |title=New York City Bridge Traffic Volumes
 |date=2016
 |publisher=New York City Department of Transportation
 |page=11
 |accessdate=March 16, 2018
 |archive-date=March 11, 2018
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 }}</ref>
|open= {{start date and age|1928|6|29}} (original span)<br />{{start date and age|2017|6|10}} (new eastbound span)<br />{{start date and age|2018|5|21}} (new westbound span)
|closed= {{start date and age|2017|6|09}} (original span)
|toll= {{PANYNJ toll rates}}
|coordinates = {{coord|40.636|-74.197|region:US-NY|display=inline,title}}
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The '''Goethals Bridge''' is a [[cantilever bridge]] that connects [[Elizabeth, New Jersey]] and [[Staten Island]], [[New York City|New York]]. It was designed by [[John Alexander Low Waddell]], who also designed the [[Outerbridge Crossing]]. It was built by the Port of New York Authority (now the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey).<ref>Richman, Steven M. (2005). ''The Bridges of New Jersey: Portraits of Garden State Crossings''. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press. pp. 103–104. {{ISBN|0-8135-3510-7}}.</ref> It opened on June 29, 1928, the same day that the Outerbridge Crossing opened.<ref>{{cite news |title=Two Bridges Open Over Arthur Kill. Traffic Between Staten Island and New Jersey Begins at 5 A.M. Without Ceremony. New Bus Service Starts. Borough President Lynch Will Ask Legal Action to Bar It as Bad for Business. |url=http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F70F17F63558167A93C2AA178DD85F4C8285F9 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=June 30, 1928 |page=35}}</ref> It was named after [[George Washington Goethals]], who was the first consulting [[engineer]] of the Port Authority.<ref name=birth>{{cite news |author= |title=Happy Bridge Birthday |url=http://www.silive.com/transportation/index.ssf/2008/06/happy_bridge_birthday.html |quote=The Goethals Bridge, which links Elizabeth, N.J., with Mariners Harbor across the Arthur Kill, was named in memory of Major General George Washington Goethals. Goethals was the builder of the Panama Canal and served as the first consulting engineer of the Port Authority. |work=[[Staten Island Advance]] |date=June 27, 2008 |accessdate=2010-09-16 }}</ref>

The bridge of one of three bridges that connect Staten Island with New Jersey. The other bridges are the [[Outerbridge Crossing]] and the [[Bayonne Bridge]] in [[Bayonne, New Jersey]].

The bridge was replaced in 2018 with a pair of [[cable-stayed bridge]]s. The old bridge was [[Demolition|demolished]] soon after.<ref>{{cite news |last = Higgs |first = Larry |title = Port Authority planning its first new bridge since 1930s |newspaper = Asbury Park Press |date = April 25, 2013 |url = http://www.app.com/article/20130425/NJNEWS10/304250040/Port-Authority-planning-its-first-new-bridge-since-1930s}}</ref> The new bridge has [[pedestrian]] and [[bicycle]] access, which the old one didn't have.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nj.gov/transportation/commuter/bike/bridges.shtm
 |title=Bridges and Tunnels|accessdate=2012-12-04}}</ref>

== Goethals Bridge Media ==
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File:Goethals Bridge.JPG|The original Goethals Bridge, seen from Staten Island in 2004

File:Goethals bridge concept.png|A 2007 [[3D computer graphics|3D rendering]] of one proposed replacement bridge

File:Goethals replacement diagram.png|A diagram comparing the four replacement alternatives and their position relative to the old bridge

File:Goethals Bridge 04 - New bridge.jpg|From the new eastbound bridge, looking westward
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