Bayonne Bridge
The Bayonne Bridge, as seen from Port Richmond, Staten Island
Carries	4 lanes of NY 440/NJ 440
Crosses	Kill Van Kull
Locale	Staten Island, New York and Bayonne, New Jersey
Maintained by	Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
Design	Steel Arch bridge
Longest span	1,675 feet (510.54 m)
Total length	5,780 feet (1,761.74 m)
Width	85 feet (25.91 m)
Vertical clearance	14 feet
Clearance below	151 feet (46.03 m)
AADT	23,400[1]
Opening date	November 15, 1931
Toll	$6.00 (southbound) (E-ZPass)
Coordinates	40°38′30″N, 74°08′31″W

The Bayonne Bridge is the third longest steel arch bridge in the world, and was the longest in the world at the time of its completion. It connects Bayonne, New Jersey with Staten Island, New York, spanning the Kill Van Kull. Bayonne Bridge as seen from Port Richmond, Staten Island © 2004 Matthew Trump File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Port Richmond, seen from Bayonne, New Jersey across the Kill Van Kull Port Richmond is a neighborhood situated on the North Shore of Staten Island, one of the five boroughs of New York City, USA. It is along the waterfront of the Kill Van Kull, with the southern terminus of... New York State Route 440 is a New York state highway. ... New Jersey State Highway 440 is a state highway in New Jersey, United States. ... The Kill Van Kull is a tidal strait approximately 3 miles long and 1000 feet wide separating Staten Island and Bayonne, New Jersey, USA. The name kill comes from an old Dutch word for water channel It connects Newark Bay with Upper New York Bay. ... Staten Island (IPA: ) is one of the five boroughs of New York City. ... “NY” redirects here. ... Seal of Bayonne Bayonne is a city in Hudson County, New Jersey, United States. ... Official language(s) English de facto Capital Trenton Largest city Newark Area  Ranked 47th  - Total 8,729 sq mi (22,608 km²)  - Width 70 miles (110 km)  - Length 150 miles (240 km)  - % water 14. ... Tolls collected at the Holland Tunnel and other crossings help fund the Port Authority. ... The steel cable of a colliery winding tower. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Annual average daily traffic, abbrevated AADT, is a term used primarily in transportation planning and transportation engineering. ... is the 319th day of the year (320th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1931 (MCMXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ... This list of the largest arch bridges ranks the worlds arch bridges by the length of main span. ... The steel cable of a colliery winding tower. ... The Tyne Bridge, in green, with many of the Tynes other bridges pictured behind it. ... Seal of Bayonne Bayonne is a city in Hudson County, New Jersey, United States. ... Official language(s) English de facto Capital Trenton Largest city Newark Area  Ranked 47th  - Total 8,729 sq mi (22,608 km²)  - Width 70 miles (110 km)  - Length 150 miles (240 km)  - % water 14. ... Staten Island (IPA: ) is one of the five boroughs of New York City. ... “NY” redirects here. ... The Kill Van Kull is a tidal strait approximately 3 miles long and 1000 feet wide separating Staten Island and Bayonne, New Jersey, USA. The name kill comes from an old Dutch word for water channel It connects Newark Bay with Upper New York Bay. ...

The bridge was designed by the master bridge-builder Othmar Ammann and the architect Cass Gilbert. It was built by the Port of New York Authority and opened on November 15, 1931. The primary purpose of the bridge was to allow vehicle traffic from Staten Island to reach Manhattan via the Holland Tunnel. Othmar Ammann (March 26, 1879 - September 22, 1965) was a renowned civil engineer whose designs include: George Washington Bridge (opened October 24, 1931) Bayonne Bridge (opened November 15, 1931) Bronx-Whitestone Bridge (opened April 29, 1939) Throgs Neck Bridge (opened January 11, 1961) Verrazano Narrows Bridge (opened November 21... An architect at his drawing board, 1893 An architect is a person who is involved in the planning, designing and oversight of a buildings construction. ... Woolworth Building (New York City), was the worlds tallest building at the time it was built, in 1909. ... Tolls collected at the Holland Tunnel and other crossings help fund the Port Authority. ... is the 319th day of the year (320th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1931 (MCMXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Manhattan is a borough of New York City, New York, USA, coterminous with New York County. ... Clifford Milburn Holland, 1919 Traveling through the Holland Tunnel, from Manhattan to New Jersey. ...

Ammann, the master bridge builder and chief architect of the Port Authority, chose the steel arch design after rejecting a cantilever and suspension design as expensive and impractical for the site. This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... A suspension bridge is a type of bridge that has been created since ancient times as early as 100 AD. Simple suspension bridges, for use by pedestrians and livestock, are still constructed, based upon the ancient Inca rope bridge. ...

The eventual design of the bridge called for a graceful parabolic arch that soars 226 feet (69 m) above the Kill Van Kull and supports a road bed for 1,675 feet (511 m) without intermediary piers. The total length of the bridge is 8,640 feet (2,633 m) with a mid-span clearance above the water of 150 feet (46 m). A parabola A graph showing the reflective property, the directrix (light blue), and the lines connecting the focus and directrix to the parabola (blue) In mathematics, the parabola (from the Greek: παραβολή) (IPA pronunciation: ) is a conic section generated by the intersection of a right circular conical surface and a plane... A foot (plural: feet) is a non-SI unit of distance or length, measuring around a third of a metre. ... ‹ The template below (Unit of length) is being considered for deletion. ... Mountain road with hairpin turns in the French Alps For other uses, see Road (disambiguation). ... For the type of foundation, see Deep foundation. ...

The design of the steel arch is based on the Hell Gate Bridge designed by Ammann's mentor, Gustav Lindenthal. Gilbert had designed an ornamental granite sheathing over the steelwork as part of the original proposal, but as in the case of the George Washington Bridge, the stone sheathing was eliminated in order to lower the cost of the bridge, leaving the steel trusses exposed. The Hell Gate Bridge (originally the New York Connecting Railroad Bridge) is a 1,017-foot (310 m) steel arch railroad bridge between Astoria in the borough of Queens and Randalls and Wards Islands (which are now joined into one island and are politically part of Manhattan) in New York... The Hell Gate Bridge circa 1917. ... Close-up of granite from Yosemite National Park, valley of the Merced River Quarrying granite for the Mormon Temple, Utah Territory. ... For the bridge in New York that crosses the Harlem River, see Washington Bridge. ... In architecture and structural engineering, a truss is a structure comprising one or more triangular units which are constructed with straight slender members whose ends are connected at joints. ...

Construction of the bridge began in 1928. The eventual cost of construction was 13 million dollars. When it opened it 1931, it was the longest steel arch bridge in the world. It was deliberately built two feet (0.6 m) longer than the Sydney Harbour Bridge, which opened the year after. The Sydney Harbour Bridge is the main crossing of Sydney Harbour carrying rail, vehicular, and pedestrian traffic between the Sydney central business district (CBD) and the North Shore. ...

The presence of the Bayonne Bridge ultimately led to the discontinuation of the Bergen Point Ferry.

The supported roadway carries two lanes of traffic in each direction. The roadway deck could accommodate an expansion for either two traffic lanes or two light-rail lanes. A pedestrian walkway, cantilevered from the roadway, currently provides the only access by foot to Staten Island. The Port Authority also permits bicycle traffic, however the sidewalk ends abruptly at descending stairs on the New Jersey side. Due to safety concerns, bicycle riders are required to walk their bicycles across the bridge. “Velo” redirects here. ...

Tolls are collected on vehicles travelling into Staten Island (there is no toll for vehicles travelling into New Jersey). The car toll is $6.00, though discounts are available for E-ZPass subscribers. Paying toll on passing a bridge. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...

Beginning in Fall 2007, NYC Transit will offer local bus service over the bridge between Staten Island and the 34th Street Hudson-Bergen Light Rail Station in Bayonne. This will be the first interstate bus service offered by the MTA.^[2] The New York City Transit Authority (also known as NYCTA, Transit, NYCT for New York City Transit or simply the TA for Transit Authority) is a New York State authority that operates buses and subway trains in New York City. ... Staten Island (IPA: ) is one of the five boroughs of New York City. ... Map of the Hudson-Bergen Light Rail system 34th Street is a station on the Hudson-Bergen Light Rail (HBLR) located at Avenue E and East 34th Street in Bayonne, New Jersey. ... Metropolitan Transportation Authority is the name of a governmental or quasi-governmental body in each of several areas: Metropolitan Transit Authority of Boston Massachusetts, now the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority — Boston, Massachusetts Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority — Los Angeles County, California Metropolitan Transportation Authority — New York...

As of 2003, the bridge carried approximately 20,000 vehicles per day.

The span presents an increasingly difficult obstacle to large container ships passing under it on the way to and from Newark Bay, and as a result the Port Authority is considering modifing its design. The 151-foot height above mean water level means that some of today's ships must fold down antenna masts or wait for low tide to pass through. Current ships feature a height above water level of 175 feet and present a major challenge.^[3]

Appearances in Media

Bayonne Bridge at sunset

• The bridge was featured in the 2001 film A Beautiful Mind.
• The bridge has appeared in the HBO prison drama Oz.
• The bridge was featured in the 2005 science fiction film, War of the Worlds starring Tom Cruise, where most of the film took place in Bayonne, the bridge is shown seveal times, the main character's home was also located under the bridge. It was destroyed in an attack by aliens.

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References

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Sources

• Shanor, Rebecca Read (1995),The Encyclopedia of New York City, Kenneth T. Jackson, ed. (Yale Univ.Press, New Haven)
• "Most liquor licenses? Bumpiest town? Local municipalities hold unusual distinctions,"Union City Reporter, August 27, 2006.

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External links

• Port Authority of New York and New Jersey: Bayonne Bridge
• Bayonne Bridge (NY 440 and NJ 440)
• Bayonne Bridge in the Structurae database
• Bridgepros: Bayonne Bridge
• Maps and aerial photos for 40°38′31″N 74°08′31″W / 40.642043, -74.141965Coordinates: 40°38′31″N 74°08′31″W / 40.642043, -74.141965
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  • Topographic maps from TopoZone or TerraServer-USA

Bridges of the Kill Van Kull
Upstream Newark Bay Bridge	Bayonne Bridge	Downstream Verrazano Narrows Bridge