V2.1 This update improves the ports, riverside facilities, river traffic, vegetation, and bridges on the marshes and rivers feeding the main rivers.
IMPORTANT! DO NOT USE BOTH FILES AVAILABLE IN THIS PACKAGE AT THE SAME TIME!
If you are using “FINAL APPROACH SIMULATIONS - KEWR NEWARK LIBERTY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT - MSFS “ payware mod please read the new file notes at the bottom of this page. Otherwise you can ignore the new file and use the main download file: rkbridger-kewr-bridges_v2.1_sm.zip
We want immersion in our sim! MSFS2020 is renown for it’s beautiful scenery and we want to be immersed in it. If you fly VFR, VR, or fly from KEWR to the Statue of Liberty or New York City, we don’t want the immersion broken by bad scenery such as ugly blocky dam type bridges or poorly rendered ports.
This package fixes all that along the rivers adjacent to KEWR with individually modeled bridges and cranes with night lighting to realistically represent the real world. The shipping and vegetation are also dramatically improved.
All the bridges east of KEWR for 20 miles from the Pulaski Skyway bridges at the Passaic and Hackensack rivers to the north, the Bayonne bridge at Bergen Point, to the Outerbridge over the Arthur Kill in the south. All the Ports have a variety of handcrafted cranes replacing the Asobo blocks and shipping and vegetation has been cleaned up.
The Bridges included are:
Pulaski Skyway Hackensack Bridge
Lincoln Highway Hackensack Bridge
Pulaski Skyway Passaic Bridge
Lincoln Highway Passaic Bridge
Lehigh Valley Rail Lift Bridge
New Jersey Turnpike Bridge
Bayonne Bridge
Arthur Kill Rail Lift Bridge
Goethals Bridge
OuterBridge
Cranes, shipping & vegetation at:
Port Newark
Port Authority of NY & NJ
New York Container Terminal
If you like this pack you may also be interested in the “All 29 New York Bridges” pack.
I have included a photo of the MSFS standard with the Skyway in the foreground and the Verrazzano bridge (marked) in the distance. One of the other photos shows the same scene with the KEWR pack included. Again you can see the Verrazzano block. The third photo of this scene is further away but with the “All 29 New York Bridges” pack included and now you will see the Verrazzano as you would in real life. Only the main towers are visible at this distance, but importantly they are visible!
For those using the “FINAL APPROACH SIMULATIONS - KEWR NEWARK LIBERTY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT - MSFS “ they have some port cranes in Port Newark which likely clash with my Port Newark, cranes, shipping and vegetation improvements. Therefore I have added a new file with my Port Newark changes removed which should eliminate any overlaps. All the bridges, and all the other improvements to the shipping, vegetation, and the other ports with their cranes, remain in the package unchanged.
If you notice any clashes (duplication) after the update please let me know.
Use file “rkbridger-kewr-bridges_v2.1_sm_ex_newark_port” only if you are using the Final Approach mod.
You are free to download both files but only one should be in the community folder at a time.
Enjoy!!
Notes
This product features our simInstaller technology and is available after purchase via our APP only.
Requirements
MSFS2020 version 1.17.3.0
Windows 10
Hard Disk Space: 239MB
Ability to unzip file and locate in Community Folder or your normal mod folder
Outstanding product. I did purchase FINAL APPROACH SIMULATIONS KEWR scenery, and unfortunately I am not able to get both sceneries to work at the same time. I look forward to modifications to the file “bridges-atkewr sm ex newark port” so that I can use both.
I was extremely happy to see my hometown bridges added to the simulator. Excellent work and much worth the money! I will definitely be watching for more scenery add-ons by this designer. Also the bridges do light up at night and look exactly as I remembered them growing up on Staten Island. Great work!