Bayonne Bridge (Bayonne/Staten Island, 1931)

Bayonne Bridge

Structural Type:	Arch bridge
Function / usage:	Motorway bridge / freeway bridge
Other name(s):	Bridge over the Kill van Kull
Built:	1928 - 1931
Status:	in use

Location:	Bayonne, Hudson County, New Jersey, USA, North America Staten Island, New York, New York, USA, North America
Crosses	Kill van Kull
Coordinates:	40° 38' 31.00" N 74° 8' 31.00" W

	clearance	45.7 m
arch	span	504 m

structural steel

16 520 t

deck	steel
arch	steel

World's longest arch bridge until completion of New River Gorge Bridge (1978).

The abutments were originally meant to be covered with a stone veneer that was however never realized for lack of funding.

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