Stat of The Day: Match Point, Ms. Outerbridge
Christopher & AmyCate via flickr
Since I got a copy a month ago of the essay collection New York Calling: From Blackout to Bloomberg, I've found about one piece of New York trivia per hour of reading. Here's one that sounds unbelievable but a Google search proved its truth: The Outerbridge Crossing connecting Staten Island to New Jersey was not named thusly because, well, it's an outer-bridge crossing. It was named for Mary Ewing Outerbridge. The Staten Island native brought lawn tennis to the city after a winter trip to Bermuda. And now you know.
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From The Port Authority website: http://www.panynj.gov/CommutingTravel/bridges/html/outer.html
The Outerbridge Crossing was named in honor of Eugenius H. Outerbridge, first Chairman of the Port Authority.
From nycroads: http://www.nycroads.com/crossings/outerbridge/
The Port Authority tapped John Alexander Waddell, an American engineer with experience designing structures around the world, to design the Outerbridge Crossing and its twin to the north, the Goethals Bridge.