Bridge to Newark?

See you in Secaucus

Looks as if the Gateway Project with a new tunnel connecting Penn Station to Secaucus and Newark stations is a go. It took both New Jersey senators and Amtrak to convince Governor Christie to bite, but now it's all aboard. The massive project will require not just a new tunnel but two new rail bridges on the NJ side. Knowing how the governor likes to save a buck (even if it costs the state millions), I have a suggestion: Let's give the Kosciuszko Bridge to NJ. It has to be replaced anyway. With a little spit and polish (get it?), it could easily be retrofitted as a railway bridge.

Moving Day?

Among other advantages, this would unite on the same side of the Lordly Hudson the monuments to the two great Polish heros of the American Revolution: Casimir Pulaski (as in Pulaski Skyway) and Tadeusz Kosciuszko. If London Bridge could be successfully moved to Arizona, we ought to be able to move this one 20 miles or so.




New Jersey, you are welcome.