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 large steel arch bridge. It connects Bayonne, New Jersey, and Staten Island, New York. When it opened, it was the longest steel arch bridge in the world. Today, it is the fifth-longest.
The bridge was designed by a famous bridge builder named Othmar Ammann. An architect named Cass Gilbert also helped with its design. The Port of New York Authority built the bridge. It opened to traffic on November 15, 1931.
In 2017, the bridge's road deck was raised higher. This was done so that very large ships could pass underneath. These ships are designed to fit through the new, wider Panama Canal.
The Bayonne Bridge is one of three bridges that connect Staten Island to New Jersey. The other two are the Goethals Bridge and the Outerbridge Crossing.
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
