FreightWaves Classics: Connecting Staten Island to the rest of New York

The Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge. (Photo: New York City Parks)

Four of the five boroughs of New York City are islands or are connected to an island.  There are Manhattan Island and Staten Island of course, but Queens and Brooklyn are both located on Long Island. The Bronx is the only borough that is connected to New York State’s mainland.

Background

Whether you drive a truck, car or motorcycle, you will use bridges and/or tunnels to navigate New York City, which is home to over 2,000 bridges and tunnels! A number of governmental agencies manage this...

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Sandy Hook Pilots captain dies in fall

Timothy Murray died Wednesday.

A Sandy Hook Pilots Association captain died Wednesday from injuries sustained in a fall while boarding a vessel.

Timothy M. Murray had been piloting vessels in and out of the Port of New York and New Jersey for more than eight years. 

Murray reportedly fell from a pilot ladder while boarding a tanker inbound to the port at about 10:30 p.m. Wednesday. He was evacuated to a local hospital, where he died from his injuries. 

Murray is survived by his wife and five...

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