In January 1939, after the failure to allocate federal funds to the tunnels, Moses (now the chairman of the Triborough Bridge Authority) proposed a Brooklyn-Battery bridge. He stated that constructing a bridge would be cheaper, faster, and more efficient than building a tunnel. The bridge would consist of a six-lane tandem suspension bridge span with two back-to-back suspension bridges, and it could be built in 27 months, compared to 46 months for a tunnel. One of the other benefits, in Moses's opinion, was that the $41 million bridge would not require any federal money. Isaacs stated that a bridge would cause as much congestion as a tunnel would, so he did not favor the bridge plan. The Tunnel Authority also opposed the Brooklyn-Battery bridge because a bridge would lower property values. In response, Moses predicted that the Tunnel Authority's Queens-Midtown Tunnel would not be profitable, and that the Tunnel Authority should organize its existing affairs before deciding to build a new tunnel.