Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p The Arthur Kill Vertical Lift Railroad Bridge is a railroad-only, vertical-lift bridge connecting Elizabethport, New Jersey and the Howland Hook Marine Terminal on Staten Island. The bridge was built by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in 1959 to replace a swing span. It is a single-track bridge that parallels the Goethals Bridge, which is a section of Interstate 278. It has the longest lift span of any vertical-lift bridge in the world, with two 215-foot (66 m) towers and a 558-foot truss span that allows a 500-ft channel. It clears mean high water by 31 feet when closed and 135 feet (41 m) when lifted.In October 1957 a train from Washington crossed the bridge carrying Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip to the Staten Island Ferry for a state visit. }
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- Arthur_Kill_Vertical_Lift_Bridge abstract "The Arthur Kill Vertical Lift Railroad Bridge is a railroad-only, vertical-lift bridge connecting Elizabethport, New Jersey and the Howland Hook Marine Terminal on Staten Island. The bridge was built by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in 1959 to replace a swing span. It is a single-track bridge that parallels the Goethals Bridge, which is a section of Interstate 278. It has the longest lift span of any vertical-lift bridge in the world, with two 215-foot (66 m) towers and a 558-foot truss span that allows a 500-ft channel. It clears mean high water by 31 feet when closed and 135 feet (41 m) when lifted.In October 1957 a train from Washington crossed the bridge carrying Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip to the Staten Island Ferry for a state visit".