Elsa Brenner: Future of Bridge Stirs Bicounty Cooperation.The New York Times, abgerufen am 31. Januar 2009 (englisch): „The site was selected to be as close to New York City as possible while escaping the 25-mile jurisdiction of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which apparently opposed the bridge because it would compete with the authority's own crossings.“
David W. Chen: A Bridge Too Long; The Cost of Urban Sprawl: Unplanned Obsolescence".The New York Times, 30. Januar 2000, abgerufen am 31. Januar 2009 (englisch): „"And because it is so long -- built at the Hudson's widest point to escape the 25-mile jurisdiction of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey -- it is unusually expensive to maintain, repair and, if necessary, replace.“