Editing Goethals Bridge (section)

== Original bridge ==
{{main article|Goethals Bridge (1928–2017)}}
[[File:Goethals Bridge.JPG|thumb|left|The original Goethals Bridge, seen from Staten Island in 2004]]

The original Goethals bridge was a four lane steel truss [[cantilever]] design by [[John Alexander Low Waddell]], who also designed the nearby [[Outerbridge Crossing]]. It had a  {{cvt|672|ft|m}} long central span, was {{convert|7,109|ft|m}} long, {{convert|62|ft|m}} wide, and had a vertical clearance of {{convert|135|ft|m}}.<ref name="Citycyclopedia">{{cite enc-nyc|page=[https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780300055368/page/471 471] }}</ref>