The Goethals Brige (pronounced as IPA: /ɡɑːθəlz/) connects Elizabeth, New Jersey to the Howland Hook Marine Terminal, Staten Island, New York over the Arthur Kill. Presently operated by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, the span was one of the first structures built by the authority. The bridge has been grandfathered into Interstate 278, and named for Major General George Washington Goethals, who supervised construction of the Panama Canal and was the first consulting engineer of the Port Authority.