PULASKI SKYWAY

The Pulaski Skyway in northern New Jersey is a striking and attractive example of the early modern "superhighway" in the United States. Its construction was critical to the reinforcement of regional industrial growth and to the flow of persons and goods into the City of New York. The design of the route followed over three decades of growth in the development of state and national motor vehicle road systems, experimentation in new roadway planning methods, and expansion of highway engineering capabilities. The viaduct is an important structural engineering accomplishment. However, it is even more significant as a pioneer example of railway economic analysis transformed for use by highway planners. This work was undertaken to determine the extent to which railway economic practice was utilized in the Pulaski Skyway design, and whether or not the project was the first in the nation based on such theory. To place the Skyway in its historic context, research was undertaken on the..

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