General Information
Other name(s): | Bridge over the Kill van Kull |
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Beginning of works: | 1928 |
Completion: | 15 November 1931 |
Status: | in use |
Project Type
Structure: |
Half-through arch bridge Truss arch bridge |
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Function / usage: |
Motorway bridge / freeway bridge |
Material: |
Steel bridge |
Awards and Distinctions
2020 |
award winner
for registered users |
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1985 |
for registered users |
1931 |
First Place
for registered users |
Location
Location: |
Bayonne, Hudson County, New Jersey, USA Staten Island, New York, New York, USA |
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Crosses: |
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Coordinates: | 40° 38' 31" N 74° 8' 31" W |
Technical Information
Dimensions
total length | 1 762 m | |
clearance | 45.7 m | |
arch | span | 510.54 m |
Quantities
structural steel | 16 520 t |
Materials
deck |
steel
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arch |
steel
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Chronology
2013 — 2019 | As a result of the widening of the Panama canal, the navigational clearance of the Bayonne Bridge is increased to allow for passage of Post-Panamax class vessels. |
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Notes
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.
Participants
Initial construction (1928-1930)
Owner
Design
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Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
- Othmar Ammann (chief engineer)
- Allston Dana (design engineer)
Architecture
- Cass Gilbert (architectural consultant)
Consulting engineers
- Leon Solomon Moisseiff (consulting engineer)
Contractor
Deck raising (2013-2019)
Owner
Contractor
Expansion joints
Relevant Web Sites
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Dave Frieder: Bayonne Bridge
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HAER: Bayonne Bridge, Spanning Kill Van Kull between Bayonne & Staten Is, Bayonne, Hudson County, NJ
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mageba: Bayonne Bridge
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New York Yimby: Bayonne Bridge Navigational Clearance: Raising The Road On America’s Largest Suspended Arch Bridge
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NYC Roads: Bayonne Bridge (NY 440 and NJ 169)
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Port Authority of NY and NJ: Bayonne Bridge
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Port Authority: Bayonne Bridge Navigational Clearance Project
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Wikipedia: Bayonne Bridge
Relevant Publications
- Ammann's masterpieces reach 75. In: Bridge Design & Engineering, v. 12, n. 45 (4th Quarter 2006), pp. 12. (2006):
- L'architecture et les ingénieurs. Deux siècles de réalisations. Moniteur, Paris (France), pp. 118. (1997):
- L'art de l'ingénieur. constructeur, entrepeneur, inventeur. Éditions du Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris (France), pp. 76-77. (1997):
- Bayonne Bridge Segmental Approaches in Construction Engineering. Presented at: Structures Congress 2020, St. Louis, Missouri, USA, 5–8 April 2020 (Conference Cancelled). (2020):
- Bayonne Bridge: Raising the Roadway. In: Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers - Bridge Engineering, pp. 1-19. :
- About this
data sheet - Structure-ID
20000008 - Published on:
28/10/1998 - Last updated on:
06/04/2021