Kill Van Kull

View from the Bayonne Bridge

Kill Van Kull is the name of a waterway which in York New port area , the Upper New York Bay with the Newark Bay combines and the island of Staten Iceland ( New York City , New York ) of the area of the city Bayonne in New Jersey separates.

history

The strait , about six kilometers long and about 300 m wide , was named by early Dutch settlers and is one of the busiest waterways in the world. The name Kill comes from the Central Dutch term Kille for ditch, waterway, fairway.

Ferry traffic began here as early as 1820. The Kill Van Kull is the main access route for container ships to the Port Newark-Elizabeth Marine Terminal, for this purpose the fairways (Kill Van Kull channel) have been artificially deepened. A trough depth of 15.24 m (50 feet) is desired. The Robbins Reef Lighthouse is located in front of the entrance to Kill Van Kull in Upper New York Bay and warns of the shallow Robbins Reef .

The waterway has been spanned by the Bayonne Bridge since 1931 .

location

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  Kill Van Kull (in red) connects Upper New York Bay with Newark Bay

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  Map of New York Harbor, showing the location of Kill Van Kull

source

• NYC Roads, Crossings, Bayonne

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Nadler: Kill Van Kull Fiasco Shows Red Hook's Importance , Congretional Press Release
2. ↑ Kill Van Kull & Newark Bay Channel Deepening ( Memento of the original from July 14, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, April 30, 1999 
3. ↑ Corps Announces Start of Test Blasting Work for Kill Van Kull 50 Foot Deepening ( Memento of the original from November 29, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , US ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS, MEDIA ADVISORY, August 1, 2005 

Web links

Commons : Kill Van Kull  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Tide table of Kill van Kull
• Ports and waterways safety: Kill Van Kull Channel et al., NY and NJ , Federal Register , April 15, 1999 (Nbr. Vol. 64, No. 72)

Coordinates: 40 ° 38 ′ 45 ″  N , 74 ° 6 ′ 52 ″  W.