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Bayonne Bridge
Staten Island, NY - Peter - Tuesday, March 10th, 2009 : goo
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Staten Island's Bayonne Bridge
reflects in a pool of water collected in an empty lot.
Opened to Traffic: November 15, 1931
Length of Arch Span: 1,675 feet
Length of New Jersey Viaduct: 3,010 feet
Length of Staten Island Viaduct: 2,010 feet
Total Length of Elevated Structure: 6,695 feet
Total Length of Bridge: 5,780 feet
Width of Bridge: 85 feet
Number of Traffic Lanes: 4 lanes
Width of Roadway: 40 feet
Channel Clearance of Bridge at Mid-Span: 151 feet
Height of Arch Above Water at Crown: 325 feet
Cost of original structure: $13,000,000
PA investment as of December 31, 2007: $218,677,000
Number of Toll Lanes: 4
Total eastbound traffic: 3,984,000 vehicles
Total traffic (both directions): 7,968,000 vehicles
(from www.panynj.gov/CommutingTravel/bridges/html/bayonne.html)
A much more conclusive read, with a photo of the Bayonne Bridge under construction:
www.nycroads.com/crossings/bayonne
en.structurae.de/structures/data/index.cfm?ID=s0000008
And if you like NYC's bridges, be sure to check out The Bridges of New York City...
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Volksjaeger: 10th Mar 2009 - 14:15 GMT
Reminds me of when I used to take the train to NJ from Boston. In the spring you'd see these gross algae blooms in the Jersey scum swamps.
Jeuring: 10th Mar 2009 - 15:14 GMT
Being that I'm not from America, I think I can be forgiven for scrolling past the title too fast and reading it as "Satan Island".
Shaolin Fox: 10th Mar 2009 - 18:39 GMT
Ah, now there's a sight for sore eyes. I grew up around that area of Jersey as well and have been over that bridge many times. It was awesome when they were filming War Of the Worlds there.
53Merk: 10th Mar 2009 - 23:32 GMT
Long ago I watched a TV documentary on bridges that looked at the Bayonne Bridge and asked the question, "Who would look at an industrial swamp, and decide to span it with a poem?"
The Bayonne Bridge- that glorious arch- rocks.
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