Outerbridge Crossing, Cantilever bridge in Perth Amboy, United States

Outerbridge Crossing is a steel cantilever bridge carrying Route 440 across the Arthur Kill between Perth Amboy, New Jersey, and Staten Island, New York. It is 2,682 meters (8,800 feet) long and 18.9 meters wide, with two lanes in each direction divided by a concrete barrier and no shoulders or sidewalks. The cantilever section is 640 meters long with a 228.6-meter main span, and the steel lattice rises to a triangular peak above the central span.

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey built the bridge between 1925 and 1928 to create a direct road link between both states. It was named after Eugenius Harvey Outerbridge, a Staten Island businessman who served as the first chairman of the port authority.

The bridge connects two states across a busy shipping route that carries containers and tankers to the Port of New York. The name sounds like a geographic term, but it comes from the surname of a port authority chairman who played an important role in planning the project.

Vehicles heading east toward New York pay a toll at the end of the bridge, either with E-ZPass or through automatic license plate recognition. Traffic can move slower during rush hours, especially on weekday mornings and afternoons.

The bridge's name is often misread as a description of its location, but it honours Eugenius Harvey Outerbridge, the Port Authority's first chairman. The span was deliberately called a "crossing" rather than a "bridge" so his name would not be doubled. Its cantilever main span is 228.6 metres (750 feet), and the towers rise 43.6 metres (143 feet) above the Arthur Kill.