Sherrill Shrinks Turnpike Bridge Project, a Score for Environmentalists

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The New Jersey Turnpike Authority will replace the Newark Bay Bridge without a major widening that was feared by environmentalists, civic groups and mass-transit advocates.

Gov. Mikie Sherrill, who announced the $6.7 billion project on Tuesday, said the Vincent R. Casciano Bridge will be demolished and rebuilt with four lanes, rather than the eight included in original plans. The National Transportation Safety Board last year had included the link, also known as the Newark Bay Bridge and the Turnpike Extension Bridge, among 68 spans nationwide with a potentially higher than acceptable collapse risk.