Bayonne Bridge facts for kids
Quick facts for kids 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  NY 440/ Route 440 |
| Crosses | Kill Van Kull |
| Locale | Staten Island, New York City 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 |
| Statistics | |
| Daily traffic | 9,025 (2016) |
| Toll | (Southbound only) As of August 29, 2019:
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The Bayonne Bridge is a steel arch bridge that connects Bayonne, New Jersey and Staten Island, New York. It is the fifth-longest steel arch bridge in the world. It was the longest in the world when it was opened. It was designed by bridge-builder Othmar Ammann and architect Cass Gilbert. It was built by the Port of New York Authority (now the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey). It opened on November 15, 1931. In 2017 the deck was raised to allow ships designed for the new Panama Canal to pass.
The bridge of one of three bridges that connect Staten Island with New Jersey. The other bridges are the Goethals Bridge to Elizabeth, New Jersey and the Outerbridge Crossing to Perth Amboy, New Jersey.
Images for kids
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The original deck of the Bayonne Bridge
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The bridge with its original deck, seen from the North Shore Branch embankment at Nicholas Avenue
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The bridge with its original deck, seen at sunset
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New section in Port Richmond
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Late 2016 state, with both old deck and new
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In October 2017, old deck partially removed
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A New-Panamax ship, the CMA CGM Theodore Roosevelt, about to transit under the heightened Bayonne Bridge in September 2017
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View of the bridge's original deck from the lower chord
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See also
In Spanish: Puente Bayonne para niños
