Editing Goethals Bridge (section)

{{short description|Bridge between New Jersey and New York}}
{{Use American English|date=January 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2017}}
{{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
| official_name = 
| also_known_as = 
| carries = 6 lanes of {{jct|country=USA|I|278}}
| crosses = [[Arthur Kill]]
| locale = [[Elizabeth, New Jersey]] and [[Howland Hook, Staten Island|Howland Hook]], [[Staten Island]], [[New York (state)|New York]], U.S.
| coordinates = {{Coord|40|38|08|N|74|11|50|W|region:US-NY|display=inline,title}}
| maint = [[Port Authority of New York and New Jersey]]
| id = 3800072
| design = [[Twin bridges|Dual-span]] [[cable-stayed bridge|cable-stayed bridge]]
| mainspan = {{cvt|672|ft}}<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 |access-date=February 27, 2010 |archive-date=February 28, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100228025104/http://www.panynj.gov/bridges-tunnels/goethals-bridge-facts-info.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
| length = {{cvt|7109|ft}}<ref name="PANYNJ Facts"/>
| width = {{cvt|62|ft}}<ref name="PANYNJ Facts"/>
| clearance = {{cvt|14|ft}}
| below = {{cvt|140|ft}}<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 |access-date=March 16, 2018 |archive-date=March 11, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180311161313/http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/downloads/pdf/nyc-bridge-traffic-report-2016.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
| cost = $1,250,000,000 (replacement span)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Smisek |first=Peter |date=March 14, 2019 |title=Replacing New York's Goethals Bridge |url=https://www.theb1m.com/video/replacing-new-yorks-goethals-bridge |access-date=March 7, 2023 |website=The B1M |archive-date=March 8, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230308012431/https://www.theb1m.com/video/replacing-new-yorks-goethals-bridge |url-status=live }}</ref>
| open = {{start date and age|2017|6|10}} (eastbound)<br />{{start date and age|2018|5|21}} (westbound)
| closed = 
| replaces = [[Goethals Bridge (1928–2017)]]
| toll = {{PANYNJ toll rates|goethals=y}}
}}

The '''Goethals Bridge''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|ɡ|ɒ|θ|əl|z}}) is a pair of [[cable-stayed bridge]] spans connecting [[Elizabeth, New Jersey|Elizabeth]], [[New Jersey]], to [[Staten Island]], [[New York (state)|New York]], United States. The spans cross a strait known as [[Arthur Kill]], and replaced a [[cantilever bridge]] span built in 1928. The bridge is operated by the [[Port Authority of New York and New Jersey]].

The New Jersey side is about {{convert|2.5|mi|km}} south of [[Newark Liberty International Airport]]. The bridge and its predecessor are named for Major General [[George Washington Goethals]], who supervised construction of the [[Panama Canal]] and was the first consulting engineer of the Port Authority.

The eastbound span opened on June 10, 2017, at which time the original span was closed. The old cantilever span was dismantled in January 2018 and the new westbound span opened on May 21, 2018.