Bayonne Bridge | |
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Coordinates | 40°38′31″N 74°08′31″W / 40.642°N 74.142°W |
Carries | 4 lanes of ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Crosses | Kill Van Kull |
Locale | Staten Island, New York and Bayonne, New Jersey |
Maintained by | Port Authority of New York and New Jersey |
Characteristics | |
Design | Steel arch bridge |
Total length | 5,780 feet (1,762 m) |
Width | 85 feet (26 m) |
Longest span | 1,675 feet (510.54 m) |
Clearance above | 14 feet (for motor vehicles) |
Clearance below | 215 feet (66 m) (for ships) |
History | |
Opened | November 15, 1931 |
Rebuilt | 2013-2019 |
Statistics | |
Daily traffic | 9,025 (2016)[1] |
Toll | (Southbound only) As of January 7, 2024:
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The Bayonne Bridge is an arch bridge that spans the Kill Van Kull between Staten Island, New York and Bayonne, New Jersey. It carries New York State Route 440 and New Jersey Route 440, with the two roads connecting at the state border at the river’s center. It has the sixth-longest steel arch mainspan in the world, the longest in the world at the time of its completion. The bridge is also one of four connecting New Jersey with Staten Island; the other two roadway bridges are the Goethals Bridge in Elizabeth and Outerbridge Crossing (which also carries Route 440) in Perth Amboy, and the rail-only span is the Arthur Kill Vertical Lift Bridge, all of which cross the Arthur Kill.
The original four-lane roadway was designed for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey by Swiss master bridge-builder Othmar Ammann and architect Cass Gilbert. Completed in 1931, it included a walkway, and offered 151 feet (46 m) of vertical clearance above the water.
A Port Authority project to provide increased clearance required to accommodate New Panamax ships began in 2013, raising it approximately 64 feet (20 m) to 215 feet (66 m) by June 8, 2017. The new roadways opened on May 24, 2019, with each carrying two lanes of unidirectional motor traffic plus shoulders for disabled vehicles, in addition to a separate path for pedestrians and bicyclists.
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