Bayonne Bridge, Spanning Kill Van Kull between Bayonne & Staten Island, Bayonne, Hudson County, NJ

Significance: Bayonne Bridge is significant as the world's longest steel bridge for nearly half a century, the first use of manganese steel (for main arch ribs and rivets), and the use of falsework for construction of an arch span of this size.

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-18

Survey number: HAER NJ-66

Building/structure dates: 1931 Initial Construction

Building/structure dates: 1966 Subsequent Work

Building/structure dates: 1995 Subsequent Work

Building/structure dates: 1999 Subsequent Work

Building/structure dates: 2000 Subsequent Work

Building/structure dates: 2001 Subsequent Work

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1969 - 1980

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