Bayonne Bridge

Bayonne Bridge
Coordinates	40°38′31″N 74°08′31″W / 40.642°N 74.142°W / 40.642; -74.142
Carries	4 lanes of NY 440 (NY side) / Route 440 / CR 501 (NJ side)
Crosses	Kill Van Kull
Locale	Staten Island, New York and Bayonne, New Jersey
Maintained by	Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
Characteristics
Design	Steel arch bridge
Total length	5,780 feet (1,762 m)
Width	85 feet (26 m)
Longest span	1,675 feet (510.54 m)
Clearance above	14 feet (for motor vehicles)
Clearance below	215 feet (66 m) (for ships)
History
Opened	November 15, 1931 (92 years ago) (1931-11-15)
Rebuilt	2013-2019
Statistics
Daily traffic	9,025 (2016)[1]
Toll	(Southbound only) As of January 7, 2024: Cars $17.63 (Tolls-by-Mail) $13.38 for Off-Peak (E-ZPass) $15.38 for Peak (E-ZPass) $6.88 (New York or New Jersey issued E-ZPass with registered commuter plan and three or more trips into Staten Island, NY during a calendar month) (Peak hours: Weekdays: 6–10 a.m., 4–8 p.m.; Sat. & Sun.: 11 a.m. – 9 p.m.) These toll rates: view talk edit [2]
Location

The Bayonne Bridge is an arch bridge that spans the Kill Van Kull between Staten Island, New York and Bayonne, New Jersey. It carries New York State Route 440 and New Jersey Route 440, with the two roads connecting at the state border at the river’s center. It has the sixth-longest steel arch mainspan in the world, and this span was the longest in the world at the time of its completion. The bridge is also one of four connecting New Jersey with Staten Island; the other two roadway bridges are the Goethals Bridge in Elizabeth and Outerbridge Crossing (which also carries Route 440) in Perth Amboy, and the rail-only span is the Arthur Kill Vertical Lift Bridge, all of which cross the Arthur Kill.

The original 151-foot (46 m) roadway carried two lanes of motor traffic in each direction, as well as a walkway. Completed in 1931, the Bayonne Bridge was built by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which still operates the bridge. It was designed by Swiss master bridge-builder Othmar Ammann and architect Cass Gilbert.

A project to provide increased clearance required to accommodate New Panamax ships began in 2013, and was completed in two stages between 2017 and 2019. The new roadways each carry two lanes of unidirectional motor traffic plus shoulders for disabled vehicles in addition to a separate path for pedestrians and bicyclists, which opened on May 24, 2019. The desired navigational clearance was achieved June 8, 2017.