NJ.com: "Port Authority officials say the completion of the Bayonne Bridge Navigational Clearance Project is helping the Port of New York and New Jersey set new records for volume records, "shattering" the existing highs established two years ago.
As a result of the project, which saw the Bayonne Bridge raised from 151 feet to 215 feet to allow larger ships access to the port's marine facilities in Newark, Elizabeth and Staten Island, cargo volume was up 5.3 percent from 2015, when the previous record as set."
