Back by popular demand thank you guys. This is Juan on Juan reporting.LOL Notice the drive in theater on right of bridge. PERTH AMBOY, N.J., Dec. 14- 1940 --The $4,696,000 Thomas Alva Edison Memorial Bridge over the Raritan River between Woodbridge and Sayreville TownshipsThe traffic situation was aggravated in Perth Amboy by the density of cross streets along Route 4 through the city. Along the five-mile stretch between Victory Bridge and the Woodbridge cloverleaf, there were 11 traffic signals and 69 cross streets. Despite the best efforts of the Perth Amboy, South Amboy and Woodbridge police to keep traffic moving, jams occurred each summer weekendIt was apparent to the locals meaning us that a second bridge, not a replacement, was required, and that it must be a fixed bridge, high enough for any conceivable vessel to freely pass. When designs for the new bridge were first revealed by the state, specifying a low-level bridge with a draw, the objections of local officials and citizens meaning us were so great that the highway department was forced to change its plans to an elevated fixed structure with 135 of clearance.The proposed bridge was to be the centerpiece of a plan which included the construction of a new limited-access highway around downtown Perth Amboy. The highway department called the new road the Route 35 Extension from the Woodbridge cloverleaf to Keyport, but it became generally known as the Perth Amboy By-passDuring the course of construction three workers were killed in falls from the bridge. Alex Zboyan, a carpenter from Perth Amboy, lost his footing while descending from the top of a river pier for lunch and plunged 125 feet into the river. Ira D. West, a steelworker from Keansburg, was the second casualty, falling 40 feet into the mire at the south end of the bridge. West was standing on a girder when he lost his footing while reaching for a cable. John Wright, a steel worker from New York City, fell 130 feet into the river.A tribute mention to these men.
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