EarthCam has released a 4K time-lapse video chronicling the four-year construction process of the new Goethals Bridge, a $1.5 billion twin-span cable-stayed bridge linking Elizabeth, New Jersey and Staten Island, New York. The Port Authority of New York & New Jersey with design-build team Kiewit-Weeks-Massman, AJV employed EarthCam's panoramic cameras to capture multiple angles as crews built the new span and deconstructed the original 1928 bridge.

Approval of the project was given in 2013, clearing a path towards the start of construction in May 2014. 

Goethals Bridge construction, image via EarthCam

Crossing the Arthur Kill strait with six lanes, three eastbound and three westbound, the bridge takes its name from Major General George Washington Goethals, the first consulting engineer of the Port Authority and the overseer of the Panama Canal's construction.

Dismantling of the old bridge as the westbound span undergoes finishing touches, image via EarthCam

The opening of the eastbound span to traffic on June 10, 2017 allowed crews to close the original bridge for good. The old cantilever span was deconstructed in January 2018, with the new westbound span opening on May 21, 2018.

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