Long Beach Bridge
Coordinates: 40°35′44.71″N 73°39′24.02″W / 40.5957528°N 73.6566722°W
| Long Beach Bridge | |
|---|---|
 Southwest view of the Long Beach Bridge | |
| Coordinates |
40°35′44.91″N 73°39′24.65″W / 40.5958083°N 73.6568472°W (southbound) 40°35′44.50″N 73°39′23.39″W / 40.5956944°N 73.6564972°W (northbound) |
| Carries | Motor vehicles, pedestrians |
| Crosses | Reynolds Channel |
| Locale | Nassau County, New York |
| Official name | Michael Valente Memorial Long Beach Bridge |
| Owner | Nassau County Highway Agency |
| Maintained by | Nassau County Department of Public Works |
| Heritage status | Eligible for the NRHP |
| ID number |
3300301 (southbound) 3300302 (northbound) |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | Bascule bridge |
| Material | Steel-deck |
| Total length | 820 feet (250 m) |
| Width |
Each span: 45 feet (14 m) Roadway: 36 feet (11 m) |
| Longest span | 150 feet (46 m) |
| Number of spans | 2 |
| Clearance below | 30.4 feet (9.3 m) |
| History | |
| Construction begin | August 13, 1953 |
| Construction cost | US$5,000,000 |
| Opened |
May 19, 1955 (first span) July 25, 1956 (second span) |
| Statistics | |
| Daily traffic |
19654 (southbound, 1997) 19515 (northbound, 1997) |
| 6 lanes (3 in each direction) | |
| References | |
| [1][2][3] | |
The Long Beach Bridge is a drawbridge, crossing Reynolds Channel and connecting Long Beach and Island Park, New York. Crossing on the Long Beach Bridge is free. The bridge starts in Long Beach as Long Beach Boulevard. At Barnum Island, the main road continues northeast as Austin Boulevard, while Long Beach Road branches to the north. The NBC show The Blacklist filmed a few scenes on the bridge.
History
The original Long Beach Bridge opened to traffic on June 18, 1922. The original span provided the first connection between the barrier island and Long Island. As years went by, the Long Beach Bridge contributed to the growth of the city of Long Beach. Unlike the original Atlantic Beach Bridge (which opened in 1927) and the Loop Parkway (which opened in 1934), the Long Beach Bridge was a free crossing.
In July 1953, Nassau County Executive A. Holly Patterson awarded a $5 million construction contract for a new Long Beach Bridge. The designing engineer was J.E. Greiner of Baltimore. The new Long Beach Bridge consists of two parallel bascule spans, each carrying three 12-foot-wide lanes, as well as sidewalks for pedestrians and cyclists. Each 150-foot-long bascule drawbridge was constructed with an above-water clearance of 29 feet, a design that was estimated to reduce the number of bridge openings from 2,000 to 200 per year.
In the summer of 2002, a $16 million project to rebuild the bridge was proposed. The project included rehabilitating the superstructure, abutments and seawall (including seismic retrofit), upgrading electrical and mechanical systems, and rebuilding the approaches. The project was completed in 2004.
Bridge details
Type of bridge: Steel-deck bascule drawbridge
Construction started: August 13, 1953
Opened to traffic (first span): May 19, 1955
Opened to traffic (second span): July 25, 1956
Length of each bascule draw span: 150 feet
Total length of each bridge: 820 feet
Width of each bridge: 45 feet
Number of traffic lanes: 6 lanes
Width of roadway: 36 feet
Clearance at center above mean high water: 29 feet
Cost of original structure (including approaches): $5,000,000[2]
References
- ↑
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Long Beach Bridge (Nassau CR 1)". Nycroads.com. Retrieved 2015-04-06.
- ↑ "National Bridge Inventory Database Search - 2012". Nationalbridges.com. Retrieved 2015-04-06.
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