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Bayonne Bridge, Spanning Kill Van Kull between Bayonne & Staten Island, Bayonne, Hudson County, NJ
Summary
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
Tags
Date
1969 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Amman, Othmar H
Cass, Gilbert
Goethals, George W
Location
Bayonne (N.J.), 40.66871, -74.11431
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html
