• The Bayonne Bridge, which crosses New York Harbor from New Jersey to Staten Island is going to be altered and the harbor dredged to allow large container ships to pass under it.
• The design team worked with a working with a joint venture of HDR Inc. and Parsons Brinckerhoff to come up with a now-approved plan that will put a new roadway higher up in the arch of the bridge, which is the world's fourth-longer steel arch bridge, by using a rolling gantry set on precast concrete piers.
• As part of the project, the federal government has sped up plans to dredge the harbor channel below the bridge, which will bring the total clearance to 215 feet from the current 151 feet and will allow passage for larger vessels that will be coming north when Panama Canal renovations are finished.

From the article:

The world's fourth-longest steel arch bridge is receiving a lift—through both design and political will—without receiving an actual face-lift. ...