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1: If my new bridge and tunnel suggestion go nowhere, there is another plan to consider. The newest innovation in NYC today are the proposed flood-surge barriers on every tributary surrounding the city. You can thank Sandy for that.
2: The location I'm focusing on is outside the harbor South of the V-N bridge. This should be built NORTH of the V-N bridge between Richmond & Brooklyn.
3: THIS barrier will serve TWO purposes. It would include two-railroad tracks for rail-freight traffic and control flooding (NO roadway-first concept).
4: These tracks would CONNECT the Bay Ridge freight branch to the R-O-W of the abandoned SIRT North-shore freight line.
5: Since THIS barrier is movable, it will be opened to allow the newest mega container ships access to the inner-harbor and closed when trains are on it. For safety and security reasons, trains can NOT idle on the viaduct while it is opened.
6: It may look strange at first, but that will change once everyone finally sees how beneficial a continuous rail-freight line between Boston & Philadelphia can be.
7: This is what you would call a New York moment, big idea-big outcome. You can thank me later.
8: A sad note, from a recent video I viewed, ONE of the two freight-tracks on the Hellsgate bridge has been removed. I can't believe that the volume of rail-freight traffic in NYC has been reduced to that level on that bridge of all places. I hope that this track and roadbed are being repaired and will be replaced soon?
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