Bayonne Bridge
Record: 1762 m
Main Span Record: 510.54 m
Clearance below Record: 66 m
The Bayonne Bridge is an arch bridge spanning the Kill Van Kull connecting Bayonne, New Jersey, with Staten Island, New York City. It carries New York State Route 440 (NY 440) and New Jersey Route 440. It is the fifth-longest steel arch bridge in the world, and it was 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 155-foot (47 m) roadway carried two lanes of motor traffic in each direction, as well as a walkway. A project to provide increased clearance required to accommodate New Panamax ships began in 2013. Half of the new 215-foot (66 m) roadway was opened to one lane of traffic each northbound and southbound on February 20, 2017, and the second half of the roadway was fully opened on February 11, 2019. The new roadways each carry two lanes of unidirectional motor traffic plus shoulders for disabled vehicles in addition to a separate path for pedestrians and bicyclists, which opened on May 24, 2019. The desired navigational clearance was achieved June 8, 2017.
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