Great South Bay Bridge

Great South Bay Bridge is a bridge connecting the Robert Moses Causeway from Long Island's mainland over the Great South Bay, connecting to both Captree and Jones Beach Islands on the southwest central side of Long Island New York.

The Great South Bay Bridge serves as access via The Robert Moses Causeway to both the Captree Island draw bridge and the Fire Island Inlet Bridge, leading visitors and on-lookers to either the Fire Island Lighthouse or the Robert Moses State Park.

Ocean Parkway runs parallel along Jones Beach Island giving access to a host of barrier Island Ocean beaches, including the world famous Jones Beach State Park.

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History

The design of the twin bridges is a through truss. The two-lane southbound causeway across Great South Bay opened in 1954 and originally carried two-way traffic.[1] The three-lane northbound bridge opened in 1968, after which the original structure was converted to accommodate one-way southbound traffic. The original bridge was reconstructed between 1997 and 2000.[2]

The dimensions are:

  • largest span in length: 460.0 feet (140.2 m)
  • Total length: 10,519.5 feet (3,206.3 m)
  • Deck width: 26.6 feet (8.1 m)
  • Vertical clearance above deck: 16.2 feet (4.9 m)

Average daily traffic (as of 2007) is - 7,659

See also

References

  1. ^ "Captree Parkway and Span Opened". The New York Times: p. 43. June 13, 1954. http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F00F10FB3558117A93C1A8178DD85F408585F9. Retrieved 2010-04-11. 
  2. ^ Anderson, Steve. "Robert Moses Causeway". NYCRoads. http://www.nycroads.com/roads/robert-moses/. Retrieved 2010-04-11. 

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