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East Huntington Bridge

The **East Huntington Bridge** (officially the **Frank Gatski Memorial Bridge**, also called the **East End Bridge** or the **31st Street Bridge**) is a 900-foot (270 m) cable-stayed bridge crossing the Ohio River at Huntington, West Virginia. It carries **West Virginia Route 106** on the West Virginia approach and OH 775 on the Ohio approach.[1]

The northern approach (from Ohio State Route 7) is the recently extended Ohio State Route 775; its southern terminus is a pair of ramps (northbound on-ramp from Fifth Avenue, southbound offramp to Third Avenue) connecting it to U.S. Route 60.

## History

The history of the span dates to the early 1970s when possible routings for a future Ohio River span were being discussed. To conform to the Huntington city comprehensive plan, the alignment preferred by the city was one that connected to Interstate 64 outside of the city boundaries. Many favored a plan about one mile north of the city along WV 2.

Work began on the bridge in 1983 and was completed in August 1985 at a cost of $38 million. The designer of the bridge was Arvid Grant and Associated of Olympia, Washington and was the first bridge of its type in West Virginia. It was only the second of its kind in the United States since it utilized concrete instead of steel for its construction. It was built as a FHWA demonstration project.

The Ohio River span and approach ramps on both sides of the river completed was what was known as Phase I. Future plans involved tolling the bridge and connecting it to U.S. Route 60 four blocks east.

The bridge was renamed for Marshall University's first member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, Frank "Gunner" Gatski, during halftime of the Marshall-UTEP Football game on November 18, 2006.[2]
Rain

## Lorain

Lorain (Rain) is a 17 year old vampire in the 11th grade. She is 1.55m tall and has blonde hair and blue eyes. Rain is an eccentric artist with a flair for the dramatic. She often uses jokes and theatrics to mask her emotions, but also just to paint the silence when she's simply bored. Rain's time at the convent was largely shaped by her relationship with Alek, who she started dating not long after being enrolled. Rain is deeply emotional, but often expresses herself in a way that causes others to not take her seriously, even when she needs them too.
Broadway Bridge (Daytona Beach)

The **Broadway Bridge** is a segmental bridge that spans the Halifax River and Intracoastal Waterway in downtown Daytona Beach, Florida, carrying U.S. Route 92.

The Broadway Bridge reaches a height of 65 feet (19.9 m) and is 3,008 feet (917 m) in length. The bridge is more famous for its flair than its purpose. Mosaics of manatees, dolphins and other wildlife native to Florida give the bridge some tourist appeal.

The bridge was dedicated on July 20, 2001.

## History

### First bridge

Plans for the original Broadway Bridge were approved by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on May 4, 1912. Michael Sholtz (father of future Governor David Sholtz), President of Central of Florida Railway Company, petitioned the Corps for the new bridge which he planned to use for his company's electric streetcar system, that would connect the cities of Daytona, Daytona Beach, and Seabreeze (separate cities at the time, before consolidating in 1926) across the Halifax River.

The bridge was simply referred to as *the concrete bridge* for many years, until it started to be called the Broadway Bridge. It likely picked up the name because it connected to Broadway Avenue (now named International Speedway Blvd.) on the beach side.

### Second bridge

By 1947, the Broadway Bridge was carrying traffic for a spur of State Road A1A and State Road 600. The State Road Department determined a new four-lane drawbridge was needed to replace the old structure. Tidewater Construction Corporation of Norfolk, Virginia, was awarded the contract to construct the bridge, and started work on February 6, 1947. The overall length was 1777 feet with a channel span of 104 feet, allowing 90-foot clearance with the double-leaf bascule (drawbridge) open.

The second Broadway Bridge over the Halifax River was officially opened on November 8, 1948, and dedicated in honor of Robert T. Carleton, Road Department member of the Fifth District, and Elmer Blank, Volusia County Commissioner. Although the name "Carleton-Blank Bridge" appeared on state maps, the local community continued to refer to the structure as the Broadway Bridge.

### Third Bridge

The State Road Department reported that the 1948 lift bridge occurred several problems, and it could be better to build a bigger bridge for sail boats to go under better. Construction on the new bridge started on March 4, 2000. On October 21, a crane fell from the bridges.

The new bridge opened on July 20, 2001, replacing the 1948 bridge.
Colonel Patrick O'Rorke Memorial Bridge

The **Colonel Patrick O'Rorke Memorial Bridge** is a bascule bridge in New York, United States, that connects the Rochester neighborhood of Charlotte to the town of Irondequoit. The bridge, located about 6 miles (10 km) north of downtown Rochester, is named for Civil War Colonel Patrick O'Rorke, who grew up in Rochester and led the New York 140th Infantry at the Battle of Gettysburg. He was killed in action assisting the defense of Little Round Top. The bridge carries Pattonwood Drive over the CSX Transportation-owned Charlotte Running Track and the Genesee River near its mouth at Lake Ontario. The movable part of the bridge is 243 feet (74 m) long, while the western approach is 148 feet (45 m) and the eastern approach is 530 feet (162 m).

The O'Rorke Bridge replaced the Stutson Street Bridge, a smaller bascule bridge located about 250 feet (76 m) downstream. The current bridge carries four 11-foot (3 m) wide car lanes, as well as having two bike lanes and wide sidewalks, where the old bridge was only two lanes.[1] The bridge was dedicated on October 2, 2004.[2] It was maintained by Monroe County until November 26, 2007, when ownership of the structure was transferred to the state of New York as part of a highway maintenance swap between the two levels of government.[3] It is now maintained by the New York State Department of Transportation as **New York State Route 943F**, an unsigned reference route.[4]
Fifteenth Avenue Bridge

The **Fifteenth Street Bridge** is a girder bridge across the Youghiogheny River connecting the Pittsburgh industrial suburbs of Port Vue and McKeesport, Pennsylvania. The 1995 structure replaced a 1906 truss bridge. The bridge's length is significantly longer than that of several surrounding structures because its crosses both the river and a large water treatment facility.

The Youghiogheny River Trail, a portion of the Cumberland, Maryland-to-Pittsburgh Great Allegheny Passage uses the bridge's pedestrian lanes. Through McKeesport, the trail features a designated right of way, while it is officially signed through city streets in Port Vue.

As of 2005, the bridge officially became known as the Senator Albert V. “Bud” Belan Bridge after Governor Ed Rendell signed Senate Bill 406. The renaming was in honor of Sen. Belan’s efforts to restore the bridge.
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Millard E. Tydings Memorial Bridge

The **Millard E. Tydings Memorial Bridge**, commonly referred to as simply the **Tydings Bridge** is a continuous deck truss bridge that carries Interstate 95 over the Susquehanna River between Havre de Grace and Perryville, Maryland. The bridge opened in 1962 and is owned by the Maryland Transporation Authority. For traffic traveling north/eastbound only, a toll of $8.00 is required for “passenger cars” paying cash - EZ-PASS users receive a discount of $6.00. The expensive toll makes the bridge, along with the Thomas J. Hatem Memorial Bridge downstream which costs the same, one of the most expensive toll facilities on the eastern seaboard. Only the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel as well as some bridges within New York City are more expensive.

## See also

* Thomas J. Hatem Memorial Bridge
* List of bridges within the Interstate 95 corridor

## External links

* Wikipedia
* BridgeHunter.com
Rainbow Falls International Bridge

The **Rainbow Falls International Bridge**, officially the **Niagara Falls International Rainbow Bridge** and commonly referred to as simply the **Rainbow Bridge** is a steel arch under bridge over the Niagara River between New York and Ontario, located less than 1/2 mile upstream from the Niagara Falls American Waterfall. The bridge gets its name from the fact that rainbows are often visible over and around this bridge due to its extreme close proximity to the falls.

The current Rainbow Bridge opened in 1941, to replace a previous arch bridge similar in design to the Whirlpool Rapids Bridge upstream. This bridge, known as the **Honeymoon Bridge**, opened in 1898 and collapsed during an ice storm in 1938. The Honeymoon Bridge was constructed as a replacement for a suspension bridge designed by Charles W. Ellet, known as the **Niagara-Clifton Bridge.** This fell under high winds that snapped the cables in 1889. For close to 10 years, a bridge did not exist at this location. The Rainbow Bridge was constructed in 3 years after the collapse of the Honeymoon Bridge.

The Rainbow Bridge is a popular tourist attraction as well as a busy border crossing due to its proximity to the falls. The bridge is the only Niagara River/Niagara River Gorge bridge that allows pedestrian and bicycle traffic, and therefore the sidewalks are often crowded with pedestrians looking to get photographs of the nearby waterfall. Pedestrians crossing the bridge between the United States and Canada must pay a toll of $1.00 USD westbound. Pedestrians just entering the bridge to take photos without actually crossing the border do not need to pay, however violators who claim to just be taking photos and then cross the border are charged a substantial fee on top of the toll.

Vehicles crossing the bridge pay a westbound-only cash toll of $3.50 USD, and a discounted toll of $3.25 USD with EZ-PASS or NEXUS prepaid tolls.

## See also

* Whirlpool Rapids Bridge
* List of bridges within the Interstate 90 corridor

## External links

* Niagara-Clifton Bridge at Wikipedia
* Honeymoon Bridge at Wikipedia
* Rainbow Bridge at Wikipedia
* Rainbow Bridge at BridgeHunter.com
Hutchinson River

The **Hutchinson River** is a freshwater stream located in the Bronx, and Southern Westchester County, New York. The river forms in Scarsdale at Brookline Road and flows 10 miles south until it empties into Eastchester Bay in the New York City borough of the Bronx. The river defines New Rochelle's jagged north-western city line, and serves as the boundary between New Rochelle and Scarsdale, New Rochelle and Eastchester, as well as Mount Vernon and Pelham.

The Hutchinson River, however, is only navigable for its three southernmost miles.

## Bridges

The New England Thruway (Interstate 95) crosses the river just outside of the Bronx, New York City via the Hutchinson River Bridge.
Biloxi Bay Bridge

The **Biloxi Bay Bridge** is a bridge in the U.S. state of Mississippi which carries U.S. Route 90 (US 90) over Biloxi Bay between Biloxi and Ocean Springs. Though the bridge's ballast and accompanying railroad track was heavily damaged by Hurricane Katrina in August 2005, the structure remained and subsequently underwent major repairs.[1] It reopened to traffic on November 1, 2007. The span carries 6 lanes of traffic as well as a 12-foot (3.7 m) path for pedestrians and bicyclists on the Gulf side of the bridge.

## Reconstruction after Hurricane Katrina

After the bridge's destruction from Hurricane Katrina in 2005, the MDOT tasked the reconstruction of the bridge to GC Constructors and its subcontractor Parsons for $339 million. Terms of the contract included that the bridge must have 1 lane of traffic in each direction open within 18 months, and all construction completed within 22 months. Construction was completed ahead of schedule, at 20 months. The new bridge is 129 feet wide, with 3 lanes of traffic in each direction, as well as a 12 ft pedestrian & cyclist path on the south facing side of the bridge. The new bridge is designed to withstand hurricane-force winds and waves similar to those of Katrina.[2]
Lewis Bridge (Missouri River)

The **Lewis Bridge** is a four lane bridge carrying U.S. Route 67 across the Missouri River between St. Louis County and St. Charles County, Missouri. It replaced an earlier narrow, 2-lane through truss bridge of the same name that ran adjacent to the Bellefontaine Bridge.

The original bridge was opened in 1927; it was replaced in 1979. The new bridge was rehabilitated in 2006.
Naval Academy Bridge

The **U.S. Naval Academy Bridge** is a bridge that crosses the Severn River in Annapolis, Maryland. It is located downriver from the Severn River Bridge and adjacent to the United States Naval Academy. Its predecessor, a bascule bridge, once served as the main point of entry into Annapolis from both Ritchie Highway and the ferry to the Eastern Shore prior to the construction of the John Hanson Highway and the current Severn River Bridge. In 1994, the deteriorating bascule bridge was replaced with the current crossing. The bridge's design was the winning entry of a bridge design competition, and was officially named the U.S. Naval Academy Bridge in honor of the Naval Academy's 150th anniversary.[1] The Naval Academy Bridge is part of Maryland Route 450 and provides an alternative entrance to the Naval Academy, avoiding downtown Annapolis.

## Design

This bridge was the replacement for an aging, moveable structure. The design of the moveable bridge had been driven in large part by a desire to keep the necessary structure low and unobtrusive enough that the view of the surrounding landscape was not unduly impacted. Thus, when a replacement was required, it was necessary to accept another moveable mechanism, or overcome local resistance to a higher structure. Maryland's director of bridges, Earle Jock Freedman, took that challenge to heart ("There's a bridge where you say, 'Who's going to look at it? Everybody.'"). He brought the state's governor to the site, where they decided on a higher structure, but with concessions such as a scenic overlook with benches by the riverbank, and with an intensive public-input campaign, including meetings and talks at local clubs and churches. The resulting public suggestions were incorporated wherever possible.
Fancy Bluff Creek

**Fancy Bluff Creek**, originally referred to as the **Brunswick River** is a short 7-mile tidal river in southeast Georgia, near the city of Brunswick.

The waterway was originally referred to as the Brunswick River, but was renamed to Fancy Bluff Creek due to the fact that a lone 1 mile upstream of Brunswick, Georgia the river, while remaining navigable and slightly tidal, becomes more marshy and with more wetlands on either side, thus disqualifying itself as an official river. However, the waterway is still referred to as the Brunswick River by many locals.

## Bridges

Interstate 95 and GA-303 cross the Creek in the town of Dock Junction, a suburb of Brunswick. Here the Creek is not-so creek-like in that it is a wide and navigable body of water, and therefore the bridges are of considerable length. The Sidney Lanier Bridge, a cable-stayed bridge of similar design to the Talmadge Memorial Bridge over the Savannah River to the north, crosses the mouth of the Creek in downtown Brunswick. The Jekyll Island Causeway crosses over the wetlands around the north side of the Creek’s mouth as a privately-owned toll road connecting mainland Georgia to Jekyll Island.
George Washington Bridge

The **George Washington Bridge**, commonly referred to as the **GW Bridge** or simply the **GWB** is a double-decked suspension bridge over the Hudson River between New York City and Fort Lee, New Jersey. The bridge carries 14 lanes of Interstate 95 over the river and is the second-widest bridge in the United States, and is the busiest bridge in the world. The bridge is owned and maintained by the Port Authority.

The bridge was designed by landmark engineer Othmar Ammann and opened in 1931 with only a single deck. The bridge was the world’s longest suspension bridge until being surpassed by San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge in 1937. In 1962, increasing traffic demands prompted the addition of the second deck. Ammann designed the lower level addition of the bridge at 82 years old, which would ultimately end up being his last project.

The George Washington Bridge is one of five bridges within the Interstate 95 corridor in New York City - the others are the Alexander Hamilton Bridge, the Washington Heights Bridge, the Bronx-Whitestone Bridge and the Throgs Neck Bridge.

## Description

The George Washington Bridge carries I-95 between New Jersey and New York. Coming from New Jersey, US 46 terminates at the state border in the middle of the bridge. Further west, I-80, US 9W, New Jersey Route 4, and the New Jersey Turnpike also feed into the bridge via either I-95, U.S. 1/9, or U.S. 46 but end before reaching it. The Palisades Interstate Parkway connects directly to the bridge's upper level, though not to the lower level (plans to give direct access to the lower level from the parkway have been postponed). The marginal roads and local streets above the highways are known as GWB Plaza.

On the New York side, the 12-lane Trans-Manhattan Expressway heads east across the narrow neck of upper Manhattan, from the bridge to the Harlem River, providing access from both decks to 178th Street, the Henry Hudson Parkway and Riverside Drive on the West Side of Manhattan, and to Amsterdam Avenue and the Harlem River Drive on the East Side. The Expressway connects directly with the Alexander Hamilton Bridge, which spans the Harlem River as part of the Cross-Bronx Expressway (I-95), providing access to the Major Deegan Expressway (I-87). Heading towards New Jersey, local access to the bridge is available from 179th Street. There are also ramps connecting the bridge to the George Washington Bridge Bus Terminal,a commuter bus terminal with direct access to the New York City Subway at the 175th Street (A train) station on the IND Eighth Avenue Line.

Emergency services are provided by the Port Authority's Tunnel & Bridge Agents, who are stationed at the bridge 24/7 and maintain various apparatus such as fire trucks, rescue trucks, and wreckers specially designed for the GW Bridge for serious incidents, such as fires, vehicle extrications, Haz-Mat incidents, overturned vehicles, and many other emergencies. Emergency Medical Services are also provided by the Agents.

## See also

* Alexander Hamilton Bridge
* Washington Heights Bridge
* Bronx-Whitestone Bridge
* Throgs Neck Bridge
* List of bridges within the Interstate 95 corridor
Jefferson Barracks Bridge

The **Jefferson Barracks Bridge**, officially the **Jefferson Barracks Memorial Arch Bridge**, is a pair of bridges across the Mississippi River on the south side of St. Louis, Missouri metropolitan area. Each bridge is 3,998 feet (1,219 m) long with a 909-foot (277 m) long arch bridge spanning the shipping channel. The northern bridge was built in 1983, and the southern opened in 1992. A delay occurred during the construction of the southern bridge when a crane dropped a section of it into the river and it had to be rebuilt.

The original Jefferson Barracks Bridge was a steel truss toll bridge that carried U.S. Route 50. Construction on that bridge began on August 5, 1942, and it opened two years later. A toll was charged until 1959, when the construction bonds were paid off. Prior to the construction of the original bridge, river crossings in this area were made via the Davis Street Ferry in the Carondelet neighborhood of St. Louis.

The current bridge carries traffic for both Interstate 255 (part of the St. Louis beltway) and U.S. Route 50. However, I-255 itself was not built until a few years after the northern bridge opened in 1983.

The names comes from the nearby Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, itself originally part of the large Jefferson Barracks military complex, established in 1826 and decommissioned in 1946.
Chelsea Street Lift Bridge

The **Chelsea Street Lift Bridge**, commonly referred to as simply the **Chelsea Bridge** is a vertical-lift bridge over the Chelsea River in Chelsea, Massachusetts. The bridge opened in 2013 after 5 years of construction to replace a previous drawbridge that was structurally and functionally obsolete and no longer adequate for the amount of traffic it was carrying.

The original Chelsea Street Bridge was a through truss drawbridge constructed in 1936. Although often referred to as a single-leaf bascule, the bridge was technically a drawbridge due to the fact that the concrete counterweight was above the roadway, and the bridge did not rely on a complex counterweight system, rather just the one weight. Additionally, the bridge did not raise to a full 90 degree angle, which a bascule does.

In 2008, the first plans were drafted to replace the Chelsea Street Bridge. A vertical-lift bridge was chosen as the replacement design because the lift towers could be constructed on top of the through truss structure of the original drawbridge, thus allowing the bridge to remain in service during the initial phases of construction. However, Chelsea Street was closed to all traffic in 2011 to allow the construction and installation of the actual lift span along the towers, which required several cranes and other equipment both on the street and in the water.

The new bridge opened to traffic in November 2013 after 5 years of construction. The original bridge was abandoned in the raised position underneath the new truss lift span for almost a year, before funds were finally secured to demolish the span in July 2014.

The Cheslea Street Bridge, as well as the Andrew P. McArdle Memorial Bridge downstream, can lift the roadway in excess of 150 feet above mean high water level to allow large barges in and out of the river, mostly transporting freight to and from the nearby Revere Beach Cargo Terminal.

## See also

* Andrew P. McArdle Memorial Bridge
* List of bridges within the Interstate 90 corridor
Laurel Creek Gorge Bridge

The **Laurel Creek Gorge Bridge** is a continuous steel plate girder bridge that spans Laurel Creek on Interstate 26/U.S. Route 19/U.S. Route 23 between Asheville, North Carolina and Johnson City, Tennessee. It is the second tallest bridge in North Carolina—after the Peter Guice Memorial Bridge—with a deck height of 220 ft (67 m).[2] Construction of the bridge was finished in 2002.[1] Due to its proximity to the higher mountains and its elevation of over 3000', the highway in this area is subject to heavy snow and icing. The bridge design incorporates a special system which sprays de-icing liquid onto the bridge deck whenever icing is detected.[2]

The section of I-26 from U.S. Route 19 to the border with Tennessee was designated a scenic highway by the North Carolina Board of Transportation.[2]
Frog Bridge

The **Frog Bridge** (officially known as the **Thread City Crossing**) is a bridge located in Willimantic, Connecticut which carries South Street (CT 661) across the Willimantic River. It is known as the Frog Bridge because it has four copper frog sculptures on each end of the bridge, sitting on concrete thread spools. The sculptures were designed and created by artist Leo Jensen of Ivoryton, Connecticut.[1][2][3]

## Naming

The design of the bridge relates to the local story of "The Battle of the Frogs". In 1754, thousands of bullfrogs in Frog Pond, about a mile east of Windham Center, awoke residents with loud croaking sounds. Many people mistook the sound for war drums or shouted words, and feared it was the French or Indians attacking the small town.[4][5][6][7]

## History

### Previous bridge

The bridge was built to replace an 1857 stone arch bridge located in the middle of the mill complex. The original bridge was planned to be replaced as early as 1872. Another effort to replace the old bridge was made at the turn of the 20th century, but ended up with a compromise resulting in the Willimantic Footbridge. The bridge was closed shortly after the opening of the Frog Bridge, remaining closed until October 2006 when it reopened as the Windham Garden on the Bridge, a pedestrian bridge.[8]

### Current bridge

In 1986, then-state legislator John Lescoe introduced a bill to fund a feasibility study for a new bridge over the Willimantic River. The funding was finally approved in 1991.[5] The first design for the bridge just had the spools of thread but after the community did not approve it, an architect was hired from the state who added the frogs. The bridge started construction in March 1999 and it opened in September 2000 but full project for the surrounding area was not completed until the Fall of 2001.[9] In 2002, the FHA awarded the Frog Bridge an honorable mention for Excellence in Highway Design in the category of Historic Preservation.[10][11][7] The bridge was built over a man-made waterfall which used to provide power for the Jillson Mills.[12]

## Design

The bridge is a simple compression iron arch bridge that crosses the Willimantic River and a railroad line owned by the New England Central Railroad. It carries South St. that connects to Route 32 and Route 66. It has 8 concrete thread spools, 4 with green-colored copper frogs, the frogs eye's have gold leaf covering it. The four frogs are named Manny, Willy, Windy and Swifty.[13] Outside of the frogs, the bridge is more like a conventional highway bridge.[1]
Lexington Bridge (Mississippi River)

**Lexington Bridge** is a plate girder bridge that spans the Mississippi River between Saint Paul and Lilydale, Minnesota, United States. It was built in 2004 by the Minnesota Department of Transportation.

The original Lexington Bridge was built in 1965 as part of the proposed construction of Interstate 35E. However, the bridge did not see much use for a while, because I-35E was not completed between Lilydale and Burnsville until the mid-1980s. Construction of I-35E between Minnesota State Highway 5, just north of the bridge, and Interstate 94 in downtown St. Paul was not finished until the early 1990s. The increase in traffic caused the old bridge to deteriorate faster than expected. As a result of deterioration, and a need to carry more traffic, the old bridge was replaced. The staging of this construction project was notable for keeping four lanes of traffic open during the process. A new span was built on the west side of the bridge, and then traffic was detoured to the new southbound span and the old southbound span. The old northbound span was demolished, and a new northbound span was built. When this was completed, the old southbound span was demolished, and the inner two lanes of the new bridge were completed.

The bridge has an anti-icing system that sprays potassium acetate onto the bridge surface to prevent frost and ice formation in inclement weather. This is part of a test to see if measured application of chemicals can prolong the life of a structure, as compared to the usual liberal application of sodium chloride salt.
James B. Garrison Bridge

The **James B. Garrison Bridge** are two automobile bridges spanning the Pee Dee River/Lake Tillery, between Stanly and Montgomery Counties. The bridges carry NC 24/NC 27/NC 73.

## History

### Swift Island Ferry Bridge I

The first bridge was opened on December 28, 1922, entirely in reinforced concrete; it was 1,068.7 feet (325.7 m) in length and 18.0 feet (5.5 m) in width. The bridge consisted of three 146.2-foot (44.6 m) arches and was built at a cost of approximately $186 thousand, it replaced the Swift's Island Ferry service, which the bridge was named after. In 1926, Carolina Power & Light began construction of the Tillery Hydroelectric Plant; the dam built in conjunction with the plant would establish a new lake (Lake Tillery), but would also submerge the bridge. As a result, Carolina Power & Light funded the construction of a new bridge that was overseen by the state. When the new bridge opened in 1927, the original bridge was closed and slated to be razed. In what became known as the "Battle of Swift Island Bridge," the US Army made several different attempts to destroy the bridge: first by overloading with weight, second by aerial bombing and third by artillery. The fourth attempt was finally successful after placing 2,000 pounds (910 kg) of explosives, placed at the bases of the structure, detonating the bridge. In 1928 the lake formed, submerging what little remained of the first bridge.

### Swift Island Ferry Bridge II

The second and current westbound bridge opened in 1927, replacing the first Swift Island Ferry Bridge. Built entirely in reinforced concrete; the bridge consist of four 210.0-foot (64.0 m) arches, at 1,060.1 feet (323.1 m) long and 24.0 feet (7.3 m) wide. The bridge originally served NC 74 till 1934, when it was replaced by NC 27/NC 73. In 1963-1964, NC 24 was added to the bridge. In 1979, after the completion of a second parallel bridge, the Swift Island Ferry Bridge was renamed, with the new bridge, as the James B. Garrison Bridge, serving two-lanes of westbound NC 24/NC 27/NC 73.

### James B. Garrison Bridge

On July 13, 1979, the older 1927 bridge and new 1979 bridge were dedicated to former North Carolina State Senator James B. Garrison. Between 1979-2003, both bridges provided four-lanes of traffic. In 2005, the older 1927 bridge was refurbished and was reduced to a single lane for westbound traffic. As part of the widening of N.C. 24-27, PCL Civil Constructors was awarded a $20.1 million contract in November 2018 to improve the bridges. The older bridge is being widened from 23 feet to 39 feet. All of the work is scheduled to be complete by December 2020.
Great Bridge Bridge

The **Great Bridge Bridge** is a double-leaf rolling bascule drawbridge that carries Battlefield Blvd (State Route 168 Business) across the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway in Chesapeake, Virginia.[1][2] It was constructed in 2004 by the Army Corps of Engineers and operated by the City of Chesapeake. It has a mean daily traffic of 35,000 vehicles. The current bridge cost $46 million.

In September 2018 a lightning strike disable the bridge's electronics, requiring manual operation.[3] Normally the bridge opens automatically, on the hour, from 6am to 7pm.[4] Vessels can request an opening from 7pm to 6am.

## Earlier bridges

On December 9, 1775, when the Battle of Great Bridge was fought, a bridge spanned the main channel of the Elizabeth River, in the middle of a broad marshy estuary.[2] A raised causeway spanned the rest of the estuary.[5]

A new bridge was built at Great Bridge, Virginia, in 1859, after the construction of Albemarle and Chesapeake Canal (which is part of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway).[6]

During the American Civil War a bridge crossing at Great Bridge was destroyed.[2]

A new two-lane swing bridge replaced the late 19th century bridge in 1943.[2]
Green Island Bridge

The **Green Island Bridge** crosses the Hudson River in New York, connecting Green Island with Troy. It opened September 12, 1981.

## History

The original Rensselaer and Saratoga Railroad bridge was a wood-truss covered bridge built in 1832. On May 10, 1862 it caught fire from the sparks of a passing locomotive and soon fell into the river. Parts of the burning structure, floating with the current, imperiled the steamboats and the smaller craft tied up along the wharves. The devastating wind-driven fire also consumed more than 500 buildings covering 75 acres (300,000 m2) of downtown Troy. This bridge was replaced by a second wooden bridge.

In 1884 a steel railroad bridge replaced the second wooden bridge. The steel bridge was really two parallel bridges owned by the Delaware and Hudson Railroad. When rail service ended in Troy on July 27, 1963, it was converted for automobile traffic. Until then the northern span was a rail bridge, and the southern span was a toll bridge for cars, trolleys, and pedestrians. It had a lift span added in 1924-25 for river shipping. This bridge failed on March 15, 1977 due to flooding caused by 2.7 inches (69 mm) of heavy weekend rains, coupled with melting snows and heavy runoff. The flood-induced scour undermined the lift span pier, causing the western lift tower and roadbed span of the bridge to collapse into the Hudson River.

The current Green Island Bridge (shown in the photos) was opened four-and-a-half years later on September 12, 1981. Construction costs topped $23,000,000. The bridge is a vertical lift bridge which is raised only occasionally for river traffic. The two metal-covered frames, which straddle the roadway, house the counterweights and lift mechanisms. The lift bridge joins Troy and Center Island (once known as Starbuck Island), an island in the river. There is another bridge that connects Center Island with the village of Green Island (which is no longer an island).
Merrimack River

The **Merrimack River** (or **Merrimac River**, an occasional earlier spelling) is a 117-mile-long river in the northeastern United States. It rises at the confluence of the Pemigewasset and Winnipesaukee rivers in Franklin, New Hampshire, flows southward into Massachusetts, and then flows northeast until it empties into the Atlantic Ocean at Newburyport. From Pawtucket Falls in Lowell, Massachusetts, onward, the Massachusetts–New Hampshire border is roughly calculated as the line three miles north of the river.

The Merrimack is an important regional focus in both New Hampshire and Massachusetts. The central-southern part of New Hampshire and most of northeast Massachusetts is known as the Merrimack Valley.

The Merrimack River watershed covers 5,010 square miles in southern New Hampshire and northeastern Massachusetts. It is the fourth largest river basin in New England.

The river begins in the city of Franklin, New Hampshire, at the confluence of the Pemigewasset and Winnipesaukee rivers. From there, the river flows south through Concord, Manchester, and Nashua, entering Massachusetts at the town of Tyngsborough, where it turns northeast and winds past or through Chelmsford, Lowell, Dracut, Tewksbury, Andover, Methuen, Lawrence, North Andover, Haverhill, Groveland, West Newbury, Merrimac, and Amesbury, to its mouth at the Atlantic Ocean between the city of Newburyport and the town of Salisbury.

## Bridges

The Whittier Memorial Bridge carries Interstate 95 across the river just outside of Newburyport, Massachusetts. This bridge, which was originally a truss through arch bridge, was just recently replaced with a state-of-the-art network tied arch bridge couplet. The historic Chain Suspension Bridge, the oldest bridge on the Merrimack River and one of the oldest non-covered bridges in New England, is located just downstream.
Kennebec River Bridge

The **Kennebec River Bridge** is a steel girder bridge that carries Interstate 95 over the Kennebec River in Fairfield, Maine. The bridge is the second northernmost significant bridge on Interstate 95 between Maine and Florida, and is also the northernmost free bridge in Maine (the other two bridges in Maine located to the south are part of the tolled Maine Turnpike).

The bridge was originally constructed in 1964. However, the bridge was damaged by flooding just over 20 years later in 1987, and required a significant rehabilitation that resulted in Interstate 95 being closed for several months. The bridge was repaired and reopened only to be damaged again during the Mothers Day Flood of 2006, resulting in yet another closure of the bridge and I-95. In 2006, the type of steel of the girders was changed to help mitigate further damage from future flooding. For this reason, the original bridge was painted green and the bridge post-2006 is painted brick red/brown. As a result of these damages, there was a proposal to extend the Maine Turnpike, which currently ends in Augusta, north to include this bridge and allow for toll revenue to be collected to help recoup the cost of the emergency repairs. However, this proposal, along with a gasoline tax increase, were both rejected by voters, resulting in MaineDOT being in debt until 2011.

The bridge as seen today is just under 1,030 feet long and features a main span of 157 feet. As of 2015, the bridge carried an average of 10,130 vehicles per day.
Interstate 95

**Interstate 95 (I-95)** is the main Interstate Highway on the East Coast of the United States, running largely parallel to the Atlantic Ocean coast and U.S. Highway 1, serving areas from Florida to Maine. In general, I-95 serves the major cities and metropolitan areas of the Eastern Seaboard in the Mid-Atlantic up to the Northeast. The route follows a more direct inland route between Savannah and Washington, D.C., notably bypassing the coastal metropolitan areas of Charleston and Norfolk-Virginia Beach, which require connections through other Interstate Highways. The total length of I-95 is 1,919.74 mi (3,090 km). The southern terminus of I-95 is at U.S. Route 1 (US 1) in Miami, Florida, while the northern terminus is at the Houlton–Woodstock Border Crossing with New Brunswick, Canada.

## Rivers

The following is a list of rivers that I-95 crosses over, sorted from north to south and divided by state.

### Maine

* Penobscot River
* Kennebec River
* Androscoggin River
* Saco River

### Rhode Island

* Seekonk River
* Woonasquatucket River

### Connecticut

* Mystic River
* Thames River
* Connecticut River
* Quinnipiac River
* Housatonic River

### New York

* Hutchinson River
* Bronx River
* Harlem River

### New Jersey

* Hackensack River
* Passaic River
* Raritan River
* Rahway River

### Maryland

* Susquehanna River
* Paptsco River

### Virginia

* Rappahannock River
* James River
* Appomattox River

### North Carolina

* Roanoke River
* Tar River
* Cape Fear River

### South Carolina

* Great Pee Dee River
* Lake Marion

### Georgia

* Ogeechee River
* Butler River
* Altamaha River
* Fancy Bluff Creek
* Satilla River

### Florida

* Trout River
* St. John’s River
* Miami River

## Bridges

The following table lists all of the notable bridges along I-95, what state they are located in, what river they cross, and whether or not they are tolled.
Mohawk River

The **Mohawk River** is a 149-mile-long river in the U.S. state of New York. It is the largest tributary of the Hudson River. The Mohawk flows into the Hudson in Cohoes, New York, a few miles north of the city of Albany. It is a major waterway in north-central New York.

From its source in Lewis County, the Mohawk River flows generally east through the Mohawk Valley, passing by the cities of Rome, Utica, Little Falls, Canajoharie, Amsterdam, and Schenectady before entering the Hudson River at Cohoes, just north of Albany.

## Bridges

Many bridges cross the Mohawk River, especially along the eastern portions where the river is wider, and follows the route of the Erie Canal. Two bridges, the NY Thruway Mohawk River Bridge and the South Washington Street Bridge are located within the Interstate 90 corridor.
Moses Wheeler Bridge

The **Moses Wheeler Bridge**, officially the **Moses Wheeler Memorial Housatonic River Bridge** is a steel plate girder bridge that carries Interstate 95 over the Housatonic River between Stratford and Milford, Connecticut. The bridge was originally constructed in 1958, and significantly reconstructed in 2016. The 2016 reconstruction included replacement of the plate girder substructure (the underside of the girders) to eliminate pin-and-hanger constructions, which are now illegal for use in bridge construction. Additionally, a new two-lane identical girder was added to the structure on the same piers, thus allowing the highway to be widened to four lanes with room for a fifth both directions. The original girders were also repainted.
Paul Bryant Bridge

The **Paul Bryant Bridge** is a four-lane, 150-foot-tall (46 m), $28 million bridge spanning the Black Warrior River along Alabama State Route 297 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.[1] Construction of the 3,785-foot-long (1,154 m), twin-span bridge commenced in March 2000. Originally slated to open in December 2003, construction delays resulted in its opening on April 23, 2004.[1]

Serving as the fourth crossing of the Black Warrior River, this was the first phase of the larger Warrior Loop project slated for completion by 2012.[1] Constructed by the R.R. Dawson Bridge Company, during the course of its construction, two workers died while on the job in October 2001 and again in April 2003.

In January 2003, then Governor Don Siegleman ordered state transportation director Paul Bowlin to name the bridge in honor of long-time University of Alabama head football coach Paul "Bear" Bryant.[2]
Lewiston-Queenston Bridge

The **Lewiston-Queenston Bridge**, officially named the **Lewiston-Queenston Niagara River International Bridge** and sometimes referred to in Canada as the **Queenston-Lewiston Bridge** is a steel deck arch under bridge over the Niagara River between Lewiston and Queenston, Ontario. The bridge opened in 1962 and is one of the many bridges crossing the Niagara River and the Niagara River Gorge. The Lewiston-Queenston Bridge is often referred to as one of the most beautiful and scenic bridges in the United States of America.

The bridge has two plazas, one on the United States side and one on the Canadian side. The United States plaza is a toll booth, where vehicles crossing over the bridge westbound into Canada must pay a toll of $3.50 USD in cash, or $3.25 USD if they have EZ-PASS. This toll is not charged entering the United States (eastbound), and there is not a different toll in CAD for eastbound traffic.

The plaza on the Canadian side is where the Customs & Border Protection (CBP) and Border Services Agency (BSA) booths and facilities are located. For vehicles traveling in either direction, if they have a NEXUS pass or other legitimate express border crossing pass, they can simply stop at the booth, show their pass to the officer, provide proof of passport or visa, and proceed through. Traffic without a NEXUS pass must pull over at a significant widening in the road, located before the booth. Here, multiple officers will come and check documents manually. Sometimes, vehicles are randomly searched (with the driver’s consent) as part of the inspection process. Once the process concludes, the officers will hand the driver an “approval card” which they will then present at the booth.

The Lewiston-Queenston Bridge is one of several bridges across the Niagara River between the United States and Canada, all of which are located within the Interstate 90 corridor (with the exception of a few abandoned bridges).

## See also

* List of bridges within the Interstate 90 corridor
Chicago Skyway Toll Bridge

Built by the City of Chicago in 1958, the Chicago Skyway Toll Bridge (also known as the “Skyway”) is a 7.8-mile-long toll road that connects the Indiana Toll Road to the Dan Ryan Expressway on Chicago's South Side.  The main feature of the Skyway is a 1⁄2-mile-long steel truss bridge, known as the "High Bridge".  The bridge itself spans the Calumet River and Calumet Harbor, a major harbor for industrial ships – its main span extends 650 feet long and provides for 125 feet of vertical clearance.
The Skyway was operated and maintained by the City of Chicago until January 2005 when Skyway Concession Company, LLC assumed its operations under a 99-year operating lease. The lease agreement between Skyway and the City of Chicago was the first privatization of an existing toll road in the United States.
In February 2016, Skyway was purchased by three Canadian Pension Funds - OMERS Infrastructure, CPP Investment Board, and Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan.
M.E. Thompson Bridge

The M.E. Thompson Bridge is classified as Downing Muscrove Causeway bridge B. It is part of the Downing Muscrove Causeway crossing the East River, and is the closest bridge on this causeway to Jekyll Island, Georgia. The first one was a draw brdige built in 1954, and the current one was a girder bridge built in 1996.
Richard P. Braun Bridge

**Richard P. Braun Bridge** is a pair of 10-span concrete girder bridges spanning the Mississippi River between Brooklyn Park, Minnesota and Coon Rapids, Minnesota. The eastbound span was built in 1985 to connect Minnesota State Highway 252 with Minnesota State Highway 610 in Coon Rapids. The westbound span was built in 1999 as part of the continued construction of Highway 610 through Brooklyn Park. Richard P. Braun is a former Mn/DOT Commissioner from 1979–1986.

There is a walkway on the south side of the bridge that connects a trail along West River Road in Brooklyn Park with a trail along the east side of the river in Coon Rapids. The trail on the east side leads to the Coon Rapids Dam, about a mile and a half north.
Lake Monroe Bridge

**Lake Monroe Bridge** was a two-lane steel bridge constructed over the St. Johns River at the west outlet of Lake Monroe between 1933 and 1934. The bridge was a part of U.S. Route 17/92, and spanned the border between Seminole and Volusia Counties in Florida, United States. On the Seminole side is Sanford and on the Volusia side is DeBary. Historical markers claim the bridge was the first electrically operated swing bridge in the State of Florida.

## History

Lake Monroe Bridge was originally built between 1932 and 1933 as a replacement for a wooden bridge (tolled until 1926) that was manually operated. The bridge was a Warren-Truss Swing bridge, fabricated by Ingall's Iron Works of Birmingham, Alabama, the swing gear was manufactured by Earle Gear and Machine Company of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and was erected by W.W. White of St. Petersburg, Florida. The contracting company for the Florida State Road Department was Kreis Contracting Company of Knoxville, Tennessee.

Construction of the bridge provided economic relief to the region during the peak of the Great Depression, and the tourism it facilitated provided further relief after that period. When Interstate 4 was built in the late-1960s along with the original version of the nearby St. Johns River Veterans Memorial Bridge, it provided temporary relief for the Lake Monroe Bridge, which proved to be crucial after the opening of Walt Disney World southwest of Orlando. Unfortunately in the latter portion of the 20th Century, the bridge proved to be inadequate to handle more modern traffic. In 1994, the bridge was replaced by the Bill Benedict Bridge a much higher concrete slab bridge that has four lanes, and was built between this and a CSX Railroad drawbridge that originally served the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad. The remnants of the bridge can now be found in Lake Monroe Wayside Park along US 17-92 in Sanford, and now survives as a fishing pier and overlook.