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Ravenswood Bridge

The **William S. Ritchie Jr. Bridge**, more commonly known as the **Ravenswood Bridge**, is a two-lane cantilever bridge in the United States, connecting Ravenswood, West Virginia and rural Meigs County, Ohio, across the Ohio River. It has a total length of 2,710 ft (830 m) with a main span of 900 ft (270 m). The bridge was completed in 1981.

The bridge replaced a ferry that had crossed the river between Ravenswood at Walnut Street and rural Lebanon Township since at least 1908. When the bridge opened in 1981, on the Ohio side of the river, the bridge and its approach route carried the 0.57-mile-long (0.92 km) **Ohio State Route 824** (**SR 824**). The crossing originally led to a winding two-lane SR 338. On the West Virginia side, the bridge carried **West Virginia Route 338**. In 2003, the SR 824 and WV 338 designations were removed when the US 33 relocation in Meigs County was completed and the US 33 designation was moved onto the bridge.
Alfred H. Smith Memorial Bridge

The **Alfred H. Smith Memorial Bridge**, sometimes referred to as the **Castleton Rail Bridge** is a through truss bridge over the Hudson River in Castleton-on-Hudson, New York. The bridge opened in 1924 and carries CSX Transportation railroad tracks across the river, less than 1/2 mile from the Castleton-on-Hudson Bridge, which carries the Berkshire Parkway (a spur of the New York State Thruway (I-90) across the river.

Although a railroad bridge, the Alfred H. Smith Memorial Bridge is still technically considered to be within the Interstate 90 highway corridor, even though it does not carry automobile traffic. The same goes for the Charles R. Fenwick Memorial Bridge in Washington, D.C. - due to its close proximity to three other highway bridges forming the 14th Street Bridge complex, the Fenwick Bridge is considered to be located within the Interstate 95 corridor.

Like the Fenwick Bridge, some of the more specific bridge dimensions (in this case, height and width) are not known due to the fact that railroad bridges are commonly not listed in the National Bridge Inventory (NBI). Unlike state DOT’s and other owners of vehicular bridges, railroad companies are not required to list their bridges in the NBI, and stereotypically many choose not to.

The Smith Bridge is named for Alfred Smith, President of the New York Central Railroad, which later merged with CSX Transportation, until his death from a horseback riding accident in 1923.

## See also

* Castleton-on-Hudson Bridge
* List of bridges within the Interstate 90 corridor

## External links

* Wikipedia
* BridgeHunter.com
17th Street Bridge (Vero Beach, Florida)

The **17th Street Bridge** (officially named the **Alma Lee Loy Bridge** in 2012) is a fixed concrete bridge that spans the Indian River intracoastal waterway in Indian River County, Florida. The bridge, started in 1977, was constructed by Gulf Contracting Inc, FL and was completed in 1979.

The Florida Department of Transportation bridge number is 880077.

The bridge has a total of four motor vehicle lanes and two bicycle lanes. The vertical clearance is 65 ft (20 m).

On the river it crosses the ICW at Statute Mile 953, south of flashing day beacon #145A.

## Controversy

Citizens are petitioning the government to add concrete barriers to protect the bicycle lanes after a child was killed crossing the bridge. The Florida DOT insists the 38 foot width each direction is too narrow for two travel lanes and a protected bicycle lane.[*citation needed*]
American Legion Memorial Bridge (Massachusetts)

The **American Legion Memorial Bridge**, historically and still sometimes referred to as the **Robinson Bridge** is a steel girder bridge over the Chicopee River between Chicopee and Springfield, Massachusetts. The current bridge opened in 1991 as a replacement for a previous through truss bridge that had deteriorated and was too narrow for vehicular traffic per modern day roadway standards.

The original truss bridge was constructed in 1903 and was a four-span through truss of the pratt truss configuration. Originally referred to as the “Chicoppe River Bridge”, it was renamed as the Robinson Bridge in 1958, after one of the chief planners of the nearby Massachusetts Turnpike, which was brand new at the time. The bridge deck was only 10 feet wide and only carried one lane of traffic with no shoulder, and therefore was illegal per current standards, which state that any one-lane road must not be narrower than 12 feet in width between curbs, and that any road carrying regular vehicular traffic must have an emergency pull off of some fashion. Therefore, the bridge was at risk of being closed and condemned.

Interstate 291 had been completed with a bridge over the Chicopee River in 1972. However, there was a strong desire from local residents to retain a surface road (i.e. non-expressway) crossing at this location. Construction on the current bridge started in 1989 and was completed in 1991. The stone piers of the original bridge had to be removed before construction of the new superstructure could begin, and this task took longer to complete than was originally anticipated. However, this was the only major construction delay.

The American Legion Memorial Bridge is the easternmost bridge located within the Interstate 90 corridor.

## See also

* Deady Memorial Bridge
* List of bridges within the Interstate 90 corridor
Lake Marion

**Lake Marion** is the largest lake in South Carolina, centrally located and with territory within five counties. It has a 315-mile shoreline and covers nearly 110,000 acres of rolling farmlands, former marshes, and river valley landscape.

The Santee River was dammed in the 1940s to supply hydroelectric power, as part of the rural electrification efforts initiated under President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal during the Great Depression. It is one of the fifty largest lakes in the United States, whether natural or man-made reservoirs, but covers only about a third of the area of the 15th largest in size.

## Bridges

Interstate 95 crosses the center of Lake Marion in Santee County, via the W.J. Gooding Memorial Bridge. The bridge is a twin-span steel girder bridge with causeway approaches constructed in the 1960’s to replace a previous concrete and stone bridge, named the Francis Marion Memorial Bridge. The Francis Marion Bridge was partially demolished to prevent obstructing the shipping channel, however the southern approach was preserved as a fishing pier. The original bridge is named for the same person that the lake itself is named for.
Chicopee River

The **Chicopee River** is an 18.0-mile-long tributary of the Connecticut River in Metropolitan Springfield, Massachusetts, known for fast-moving water and its extraordinarily large basin: the Connecticut River's largest tributary basin. The Chicopee River originates in a Palmer, Massachusetts village called Three Rivers, and then flows into the Connecticut River after passing through Ludlow, the Indian Orchard neighborhood of Springfield, and then curving sharply northwest before finding its confluence in downtown Chicopee, Massachusetts.

## Bridges

Multiple bridges cross the Chicopee River, however outside of downtown Springfield, many of these bridges are small and insignificant due to the river’s narrow length. However, two bridges in downtown Springfield are significant, and both are within the Interstate 90 corridor. The American Legion Memorial Bridge and the Deady Memorial Bridge are the last two crossings downstream on the river and are located within a mile of each other.
Piscataqua River Bridge

The **Piscataqua River Bridge**, also known as the **Interstate 95 Bridge** or the **High-Level Bridge** is a truss through arch bridge over the Piscataqua River between Portsmouth, New Hampshire and Kittery, Maine.

Carrying six lanes of Interstate 95 (the Blue Star Turnpike on the NH side and the Maine Turnpike on the ME side), the bridge is the third span to be constructed and first fixed crossing of the Piscataqua between Portsmouth and Kittery. The two other spans, the World War I Memorial Bridge and the Sarah Mildred Long Memorial Bridge, are both lift bridges, built to accommodate ship traffic along the Piscataqua. The high arch design of the Piscataqua River Bridge eliminates the need for a movable roadway.

## External links

* Wikipedia
* BridgeHunter.com
Great River Bridge (Westfield)

The **Great River Bridge** in Westfield, Massachusetts, is a pair of camelback truss spans over the Westfield River carrying US 202 / Route 10. The original bridge was completed in 1939, and a second bridge was finished in 2009.

## History

Begun after a flood in 1938 and completed the next year, the original bridge was the main north-south crossing of the river for seventy years.

With time, however, the span became a bottleneck that figuratively split the city. Starting no later than the 1970s, people started talking about taking some sort of action, and the result was the construction of a similar bridge 150 feet (46 m) downstream of the original, begun in 2007.[1] The new bridge opened for traffic and the old one was closed for renovation on August 18, 2009. The area surrounding was improved with new sidewalks, lights, and pavement.[2] The upstream (1938) bridge carries three lanes of southbound traffic, and the downstream (2007) bridge carries three lanes northbound.[1] A small park lies between the approaches on both sides of the river.

One previous constraint was a low rail bridge to the north of the original span, which required trucks to take a circuitous route to get across the river. This bridge was replaced by a new one just south of the original, but still north of the original river crossing, with more elevation so that trucks could access the southbound (upstream) span.[1]

In 2017, work began on conversion of the abandoned train bridge, upstream of the two road bridges, to a rail trail as part of the Columbia Greenway's final extension. The trail will connect to the bridge's parks.[3]

## Reconstruction of the original bridge

Rehabilitation of the original bridge was halted in April 2010 because of the discovery of major deterioration of the understructure. It was reported on July 18, 2010, in *The Republican* of Springfield that another year would be added to the project at a cost of an additional "several million dollars", according to State Senator Michael Knapik.[4] It was reopened in November 2011.
Niagara River

The **Niagara River** is a river that flows north from Lake Erie to Lake Ontario. It forms part of the border between the province of Ontario in Canada (on the west) and the state of New York in the United States (on the east).

The river, which is occasionally described as a strait, is about 36 miles long and includes Niagara Falls in its course. The falls have moved approximately 6.8 miles upstream from the Niagara Escarpment in the last 12,000 years, resulting in a gorge below the falls. Today, the diversion of the river for electrical generation has significantly reduced the rate of erosion. Ships on the Great Lakes use the Welland Canal, part of the Saint Lawrence Seaway, on the Canadian side of the river, to bypass Niagara Falls.

The total drop in elevation along the river is 325 feet. The Niagara Gorge extends downstream from the Falls and includes the Niagara Whirlpool and another section of rapids.

## Bridges

The Niagara River has multiple significant bridges, especially those along the Niagara River Gorge. All of these bridges, with the exception of two disused railroad bridges and an abandoned drawbridge in Buffalo, are considered to be within the Interstate 90 corridor. From north to south, the bridges are:

* The Lewiston-Queenston Bridge, carrying the Niagara Thruway/Queen Elizabeth Tollway (Interstate 190/ON-405).
* The Whirpool Rapids Bridge, carrying a express internatiaonl border crossing restricted to users with NEXUS passes.
* The Rainbow Falls International Bridge, carrying a scenic border crossing located directly below Niagara Falls.
* The North and South Grand Island Bridges, carrying the Niagara Thruway (Interstate 190) across Grand Island. These bridges are not international border crossings.
* The Peace Bridge, carrying Queen Elizabeth Way (QEW) near Buffalo.
Cedar Avenue Bridge (Minnesota River)

The **Cedar Avenue Bridge** carries Minnesota State Highway 77 across the Minnesota River between the Minneapolis-St. Paul suburbs of Bloomington and Eagan, Minnesota. The two parallel crossings for northbound and southbound lanes are respectively 5,159 feet (1,572 m) and 5,185 feet (1,580 m) in length. It was built in 1979, superseding an older swing bridge by the same name that was composed of low-lying truss segments. The modern bridge has three lanes in each direction, in addition to a shoulder which is often used by buses to get past traffic slowdowns.[1]

## Old bridge

The original **Old Cedar Avenue Bridge**, also known as the **Long Meadow Bridge**, was built in 1890. The bridge that stands now was built in 1920 and carried automobile traffic into the 1990s.[2] Back when the old structure was the main crossing, heavy traffic delays would occur because of the bridge's small size and the need to operate the swing segment to let boat traffic pass.[1]

The narrow span continued operation as a bicycle trail until 2002 when it was deemed too unsafe. In 2008, $2 million in state funding was approved to reopen the bridge to bicyclists and pedestrians. In 2013, the bridge was added to the National Register of Historic Places, and the restored bridge opened to the public on October 14, 2016.[3]
Bridge Street Bridge (Connecticut River)

The **Bridge Street Bridge** is a crossing for Route 140 over the Connecticut River, connecting the towns of Windsor Locks and East Windsor. The current bridge was completed in 1992. The previous bridge at this location was a 7-span through Pratt truss built in 1921. Before that there was a suspension bridge built in 1886. Originally, there was a ferry secured to a mid-river pier.

## History

Starting in 1855, there was a ferry tied to a pier in the river to prevent it from being washed downstream. This was succeeded in 1886 with a suspension bridge built by the Windsor Locks and Warehouse Point Bridge and Ferry Company.

The second bridge was a 7-span through Pratt truss structure completed in 1921. Each span was approximately 152 feet (46 m) long, consisting of six 25-foot-4-inch (7.72 m) panels for a total of approximately 1,064 feet (324 m) between abutments, and a 23-foot (7.0 m) curb-to-curb width. The design load limit was 15 short tons (14 t), though this was reduced to 10 short tons (9.1 t) in 1977. The truss structure was built by the Berlin Construction Company, directly north of the previous bridge.

The Berlin Construction Company was the historical successor to the Berlin Iron Bridge Company, earlier named the Corrugated Metal Company, which was established in 1868 as the American Corrugated Iron Company. This company, in one guise or another, built many bridges in southern New England, and perhaps beyond. It changed its name to Berlin Iron Bridge Company in 1883. It was purchased in 1900 by the American Bridge Company. When this happened, 3 of the executives formed the Berlin Construction Company, currently (as of 1988) active as the Berlin Steel Construction Company.

The current (third) bridge is a highway bridge completed in 1992.
Bob Michel Bridge

The **Bob Michel Bridge** (formerly called **Franklin Street Bridge**[3]) carries Illinois Route 40 over the Illinois River 0.75 miles (1.21 km) up-river from the Cedar Street Bridge. Illinois 40 terminates at an interchange with Interstate 74 just east of the bridge. The bridge serves as a direct surface route from a major commercial center in East Peoria to the Civic Center in downtown Peoria. When completed in 1993, the Bob Michel Bridge replaced the antiquated Franklin Street Bridge, a bascule and truss bridge, which had been located on an adjacent site since 1913. The Bob Michel Bridge is the only river crossing in the Peoria area to accommodate pedestrians and cyclists.

Prior to the development of the area as a commercial center, the Michel Bridge served a largely industrial area in East Peoria, including many buildings owned by nearby Caterpillar, Inc. The bridge was located at the end of an exit named "Industrial Spur". It has since been renamed to "Riverfront Drive" to account for the new commercial complex.

The Bob Michel Bridge is named after former Congressman Robert H. Michel, a Peoria-area Republican who served as a Congressman from 1957 to 1995 and as House Minority Leader from 1981 until his retirement.

The bridge is located at mile 162.3 of the Illinois River.[1]
Christopher S. Bond Bridge (Hermann, Missouri)

The **Christopher S. Bond Bridge** is a highway bridge crossing the Missouri River at Hermann, Missouri. The bridge was opened to vehicle traffic on July 23, 2007, replacing an adjacent span opened in 1930. Florence Mundwiller Kelley, who cut the ribbon for the old Hermann bridge when she was 10 years old, also got to cut the ribbon for the new bridge.

The bridge consists of two 12-foot driving lanes, two 10-foot shoulders, and an 8-foot bicycle/pedestrian lane. The bike lane, which was opened in 2008 after approach construction and demolition of the previous bridge was completed, improved access between the town and the nearby Katy Trail State Park.

The bridge is named after Christopher "Kit" Bond, former Missouri United States Senator, and was officially dedicated October 12, 2007.
NY Thruway Mohawk River Bridge

The **NY Thruway Mohawk River Bridge**, officially known as the **Interstate 90 & NY-890 Mohawk River Thruway Bridge Interchange** and sometimes referred as the **Thruway Bridge Interchange** or simply the **NY-890 Bridge** is a steel stringer bridge over the Mohawk River between Glenville and Rotterdam, New York. The bridge carries the interchange between Interstate 90 (New York Thruway and NY-890. The bridge opened in 1998 as the final phase of the construction of Interstate 890, a spur route of I-90 that serves downtown Schenectady, New York. I-90 and the Thruway bypasses the city.

The bridge is tolled for traffic leaving the New York Thruway (traveling north/westbound) only. Because the New York State Thruway uses a closed-ticket system of tolling, the rates are variable depending on the distance traveled on the Thruway before exiting. Traffic entering the Thruway from the bridge who do not have EZ-PASS simply collect a ticket at the toll booth, which is then used to determine the toll upon exiting. It is possible for traffic who have traveled all the way across the Thruway from Niagara Falls before exiting at the bridge to be charged a toll of $30.00 for 2 axles. Likewise, traffic that only entered the Thruway for one exit could be charged a toll as low as $0.75 for 2 axles.

## See also

* List of bridges within the Interstate 90 corridor
Androscoggin River Bridge

The **Androscoggin River Bridge** is a steel plate girder bridge that carries the Maine Turnpike over the Androscoggin River in Lewiston, Maine. The bridge is one of four significant bridges along Interstate 95 in Maine and one of two bridges along the tolled section of I-95 between York and Augusta known as the Maine Turnpike.

The bridge originally opened 1971 and was significantly rehabilitated in 2015-2016. Unlike the rehabilitation of the Kennebec River Bridge to the north after flooding, the rehabilitation of the Androscoggin River Bridge did not require the highway to be closed. Rather, lane closures were executed during overnight hours and on weekends when traffic is relatively light, and the project was completed in multiple small stages. During the project, scaffolding was present outside of the girders to allow for the beams to be repainted.

The total length of the bridge is 1,040 feet and it features a main span of 381 feet. The bridge sits 40 feet above mean high water level an carried an average of 15,100 vehicles in 2015. The bridge itself does not have an independent toll plaza, but it is not possible to travel the bridge without paying at least one toll on the Maine Turnpike. Travelers on the bridge may be charged anywhere from $1.75 to $3.00 depending on where they entered the Maine Turnpike.
Lane Avenue Bridge

The **Lane Avenue Bridge** is a cable-stayed bridge over the Olentangy River in the American city of Columbus, Ohio. Designed by Jones-Stuckey Ltd., the construction was completed on November 14, 2003, after only sixteen months, five months ahead of schedule. The bridge is 113 meters (371 feet) in length, carrying six 3.5 meters (11 feet) wide lanes for vehicle traffic, as well as two 3.5 meter sidewalks. The cable stayed design was chosen for aesthetic reasons, as well as having a smaller potential for environmental degradation on the river environment. The anchorages for the cables, at 47 tons (104,000 lbs),[1] are noted as being the heaviest single pieces of steel ever to be galvanized. Total price for the project was US$15.6 million with the following funding sources:

* $5 million from the Ohio Public Works Commission
* $5 million from the Federal Highway Administration
* $3.2 million from the Franklin County Engineer's Office
* $2.4 million from the City of Columbus

Previously, traffic on Lane Avenue was carried by a 3 lane earth filled arch bridge, which opened in 1919. By 1998, it was determined that the bridge was deteriorating; thus a replacement was needed. Construction on the new bridge started on February 27, 2002, with the old bridge being demolished on November 25 of the same year, after the final home football game at Ohio Stadium, nearby.
East Channel Bridge

The **East Channel Bridge** is a bridge carrying Interstate 90 from Mercer Island, Washington, to Bellevue, Washington, over the East Channel of Lake Washington, which separates Mercer Island from the rest of the Eastside.

The original bridge was opened November 10, 1923, and was the first bridge to reach the island. George Lightfoot, known as the father of the other bridge on Mercer Island, the Lacey V. Murrow Memorial Bridge, had the charge of opening the bridge for boats. In 1940, it was demolished and replaced. Currently, two parallel bridges carry I-90 traffic at this location. A steel box girder bridge, built in 1981, carries westbound I-90 traffic and the Mountains to Sound Greenway Trail, also known as the I-90 Trail. Another steel box girder bridge, built in 1988, carries eastbound I-90 traffic and the under-construction Link Light Rail Line 2.
Veterans Memorial Bridge (Oil City, Pennsylvania)

The **Veterans Memorial Bridge** is a girder bridge connecting the North Side and South Side neighborhoods of Oil City, Pennsylvania. Built in 1990, the bridge was one of several similar structures constructed during a decade that saw major replacements of Upper Allegheny crossings; an original truss bridge on the site dated to the 1910s. The bridge, which features one northbound and two southbound lanes, is significantly longer than others along this stretch of river. This is mainly due to its crossing of a riverfront park on the Oil City shores.
John T. Loughran Bridge

The **John T. Loughran Bridge** carries U.S. Route 9W (US 9W) over Rondout Creek between Kingston and Port Ewen, New York, United States. It also crosses over Ferry Street on the Kingston side. It is located just downriver from the historic Kingston-Port Ewen Suspension Bridge, which carried 9W until the Loughran Bridge was constructed. It is just upriver from where the Rondout empties into the Hudson River.

It is a continuous girder bridge with four spans, totalling 973 feet (297 m) in length. In 1979, upon its opening, it was dedicated and named for John T. Loughran, a Kingston native whose judicial career was capped by his service as chief judge of the New York Court of Appeals, the state's highest judicial position, from 1945 until his death in 1953.

Its construction required the demolition of a few blocks of the West Strand neighborhood on the north side. This rallied preservationists to get the decaying area, once Kingston's waterfront in the days of the Delaware and Hudson Canal, designated a historic district. It was later listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Today many of the buildings have been renovated and the area is a popular destination for visitors to the city.
Discovery Bridge (Missouri)

The **Discovery Bridge** is a pair of truss bridges carrying Missouri Route 370 across the Missouri River between St. Louis County and St. Charles County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.

The shoulder on both sides is designated a bicycle (and pedestrian) path. Separate bicycle/pedestrian access ramps are available immediately on both sides of the bridge. This provides a connection to traffic to and from the Katy Trail, which passes under the bridge.

The bicycle lane and shoulders were converted into an extra travel lane in each direction in November 2011 due to the rehabilitation of the westbound Blanchette (I-70) Bridge and the bridge was closed for bicycle and pedestrian use. The alternative river crossing was the Veterans Memorial (Page Ave) Bridge, adding about 15 miles' distance to trips involving a river crossing. The bicycle/pedestrian lanes reopened in May 2014.
Richard I. Bong Memorial Bridge

The **Richard I. Bong Memorial Bridge**, also known as the *Bong Bridge*, connects Duluth, Minnesota, and Superior, Wisconsin, via U.S. Highway 2 (US 2). Opened on October 25, 1985, it is roughly 11,800 feet (3,600 m) long, including about 8,300 feet (2,500 m) over water.[1] It crosses the Saint Louis Bay that drains into Lake Superior.

## History

The bridge's namesake, Richard Ira Bong, was a pilot in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II who was named the United States' all-time "Ace of Aces". The bridge was originally to be named *Arrowhead Bridge*, after the old wood trestle–bascule bridge it replaced.[2]
Tied arch spanning the main channel
The bridge is one of the largest public works projects undertaken by the state of Wisconsin. Ayres Associates, an architectural/engineering company based in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, managed the project and designed the 1.5-mile (2.4 km) length of approach bridges. The Wisconsin Department of Transportation designed the channel span (tied arch). Its central suspension section is made of Japanese steel.[3]

In 2007, the Bong Bridge won a Wonders of Wisconsin Engineering Award from the American Council of Engineering Companies, Wisconsin Chapter, which was celebrating its 50th anniversary.[4]

## Accident

The bridge was the scene of a 16-vehicle pile-up on January 27, 2005, in which 10 people were hospitalized and a baby was given an emergency delivery but subsequently died.[5]
Chouteau Bridge

The **Chouteau Bridge** a four-lane girder bridge on Route 269 across the Missouri River between Jackson County, Missouri, and Clay County, Missouri. The bridge is named for Francois Chouteau, who was a member of the Chouteau fur trapping family and is considered the first permanent settler in Kansas City.

There have been two bridges that have carried the name Chouteau Bridge. The first bridge was a three-span Whipple truss bridge, built in 1887, and was the second bridge over the Missouri River in the Kansas City, Missouri, area. In the beginning it was a railroad bridge built and used by The Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad, or also known as the Milwaukee Road. Upon the completion and opening of the Harry S. Truman Bridge downstream, the Chouteau was converted to vehicular use in 1951. The bridge was very narrow, and in the latter years was often closed because of accidents, and due to low weight issues, when it was reduced to 3 tons, it was closed permanently, and removed by implosion in 2001. It was the oldest bridge on the river when it was demolished. In 2001, a new span was built a few yards upstream of the old span. The north end of the bridge is near the entrance for the Harrah's Casino.
Girard Point Bridge

The Girard Point Bridge is a double-decked cantilevered truss bridge carrying Interstate 95 across the Schuylkill River in the American city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The bridge was opened in 1973. It is the last crossing of the Schuylkill River, which empties into the Delaware River less than half a mile downstream.

## In popular culture

An internal view of the Girard Point Bridge from the lower level (heading northbound)

* A bridge similar to this appears in *Need for Speed: Most Wanted* , except it is designed to resemble the Tobin Bridge in Boston and the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge's old cantilever span.

### Construction and renovation in 2010 and 2011

The renovation of the Girard Point Bridge as of September 2010.
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation selected Buckley and Co. as the main contractor and a joint venture between Alpha-Liberty Painting as the paint contractor. The bridge deck was milled and a new surface was poured and the structural steel was painted in order to extend the life of the steel. Work finished in the fall of 2011, but restarted in 2012 for expansion-joint replacement.
McKinley Washington Jr. Bridge

The **McKinley Washington Jr. Bridge**, or the **Dawhoo River Bridge**, connects Edisto Island on the coast of South Carolina to the mainland. It carries South Carolina Highway 174. The bridge is named for McKinley Washington Jr., who served in the South Carolina General Assembly, representing the area and leading the effort to appropriate funds to replace the bridge.

## History of the crossing

This is the third bridge in the same location, replacing a swing bridge that caused traffic delays when it opened for boats.

The first bridge opened in 1920 and was a single lane swing span which was opened manually by the bridge tender. Funds to build the bridge came from $6,000 in bonds sold by the Township Commissioners for Edisto Island. The sale of bonds being authorized by the General Assembly.

The second bridge opened in 1950. It was a two-lane electrically powered swing span. When closed, it only provided for eight feet of clearance below the bridge for boat traffic.

The current bridge was dedicated on September 25, 1993.
Pascagoula River High Rise Bridge

The **Pascagoula River High Rise Bridge** is a bridge in the U.S. state of Mississippi which carries U.S. Route 90 over the East Branch of the Pascagoula River between Gautier and Pascagoula. The bridge opened on June 23, 2003 as a replacement for 4-lane drawbridge. Senator Trent Lott and state Highway Commissioner Wayne Brown were the first people to ride across the bridge.[1]
Barrett's Ferry Bridge

The **Barrett's Ferry Bridge**, officially known as the **Judith Stewart Dresser Bridge**, is a fixed-span bridge which carries State Route 5 across the Chickahominy River between Charles City County and James City County in eastern Virginia. It connects popular tourism destinations of the James River Plantations with Colonial Williamsburg and Jamestown. The current bridge, which opened on January 24, 2009, replaced the deteriorating 70-year-old bridge.[1]

## 1939 bridge

The original bridge, built in 1939 by Tidewater Construction, was a swing-span movable bridge. It was a two-lane facility with a history of opening-closing failures and expensive repairs, as well as height restrictions due to clearance being 13'11" tall. It functioned as a swing-span bridge, pivoting on its axis to allow boats to pass through an opening rather than lifting upward like a drawbridge. The bridge was 2,025 feet long and was 24 feet wide from curb to curb. It was built using timber pilings and had a concrete and steel driving deck. Among repair problems as the bridge aged was shifting of the timber pilings. The current bridge has a height restriction for boats of only 12 feet except when opened.[2]

VDOT closed the bridge several times for limited periods in 2004 when the swing mechanism failed to completely close the bridge, said state officials. The closure inconvenienced residents who regularly used the bridge, forcing on them a 63-mile detour to cross the river. Some frustrated residents parked vehicles at each end of the disabled bridge and either walked or rode golf carts across it. That was when the state decided to replace the aging bridge, which was traveled by an estimated 3,500 vehicles per day, said VDOT Williamsburg Resident Administrator Todd Halacy.

Blasting as part of demolition of the old bridge occurred on March 7, 2009.

## 2009 bridge

The current bridge opened on January 24, 2009, about seven months ahead of schedule, according to the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT). Construction on the new span, estimated to cost $33.6 million, began in 2007. The new bridge crosses slightly west of the previous span. The fixed-span bridge rises 52 feet above the water and alleviates the necessity of stopping highway traffic to open the movable span on the former bridge, as well as being more convenient for the recreational boaters who can now pass freely upriver to a point near Walkers Dam.

The new bridge also has a much wider travel surface to accommodate bikers and pedestrians. According to VDOT, it features two 12-foot travel lanes, two 10-foot shoulders and a 10-foot shared-use path (separated from the main roadway by a divider) incorporated into the Virginia Capital Trail project.[3]

The bridge is named for Judith Stewart Dresser, who died in 2003 at the age of 57. She lived on the river near the bridge and was a leader in the preservation of historic Route 5 and the establishment of a hospice house in Williamsburg.[4]
Castleton-on-Hudson Bridge

The **Castleton-on-Hudson Bridge**, commonly referred to as simply the **Castleton Bridge** is a cantilevered truss bridge over the Hudson River in Castleton-on-Hudson, New York. The bridge carries the Berkshire Parkway, a tolled spur connector between the Mass Pike and the New York Thruway, both of which are signed as Interstate 90. The Berkshire Parkway connects to the Canaan Toll Plaza of the New York Thruway and the West Stockbridge Toll Plaza of the Mass Pike on the eastern end, and connects to the junction of I-90/I-87/I-787 (known as the “Circle Stack Interchange”) on the west end.

The Berkshire Parkway and Castleton-on-Hudson Bridge essentially serve as a bypass route around downtown Albany and the often congested Patroon Island Bridge, which carries Interstate 90 and the NY Thruway proper about 2 miles upstream. Upon leaving Massachusetts and the Mass Pike, westbound traffic is transferred onto the Berkshire Parkway for about 5 miles, during which the Parkway interchanges with the Taconic State Parkway, a scenic car-only route between Albany and New York City. After the junction of the Taconic Parkway, the Berkshire Parkway splits to the west, and immediately encounters the Canaan Toll Plaza for the Castleton Bridge, while Interstate 90 proper curves northeast towards downtown Albany, and the bridge toll for the Patroon Island Bridge is located on the west side of the river. A toll plaza for traffic entering I-90 towards Albany form the Taconic Parkway northbound is present, however traffic entering this section of I-90 from the Berkshire Parkway can just pass through the express lanes, even without EZ-PASS.

In June 2016, the Castleton-on-Hudson Bridge was indefinitely closed to all traffic after a routine inspection discovered several cantilever hinges, which support the truss superstructure, about to fail. The failure of two or more of these hinges could lead to a complete and catastrophic collapse of the entire structure. Therefore, the bridge was closed and all traffic was detoured along I-90 and the Patroon Island Bridge through Albany. Passenger cars could also use the Taconic Parkway and cross the Rip Van Winkle Bridge about 7 miles to the south, but this route was significantly longer both distance and time wise. Fortunately, the repairs on the Castleton Bridge did not take as long as originally expected, and the bridge was reopened to all traffic within a month.

The Castleton Bridge is located less than 1/2 mile upstream of the Alfred H. Smith Memorial Bridge, which carries freight trains across the river, usually heading to and from the Waterford Freight Terminal, located north of Albany.

## See also

* Alfred H. Smith Memorial Bridge
* Patroon Island Bridge
* List of bridges within the Interstate 90 corridor

## External links

* Wikipedia
* BridgeHunter.com
* BridgeReports.com
Anzalduas International Bridge

**Anzalduas International Bridge** is an international bridge over the Rio Grande, which connects the western outskirts of both the city of Mission, Texas in the United States and the city of Reynosa, Tamaulipas state, in Mexico.

It provides cross-border commuters with two southbound and northbound lanes, as well as a pedestrian crossing.[1]

The bridge opened on December 15, 2009.[2]

## Bridge data

* Constructed by: Williams Brothers Construction
* Ground broke June 12, 2007
* Opened for business on December 15, 2009
* Construction cost: $28,493,593.70
* Four entrance lanes, including a SENTRI Lane in the United States.
* Bridge spans 3.2 miles (5.1 km)
* Has two safety bump-out spaces, and a pedestrian walkway, with lanes elevated to preserve nearby U.S. Fish and Wildlife Refuge
* Hours of operation: 6 am to 10 pm, daily

## Border crossing

Main article: Anzalduas Port of Entry

The Anzalduas Port of Entry opened on December 15, 2009 with the completion of the Anzalduas International Bridge. It was designed to divert traffic from the congested Hidalgo Texas Port of Entry.

Commercial trucks and pedestrians continue to be prohibited from entering the US via this crossing; however, empty trucks may travel southbound to Mexico. The bridge has a dedicated commuter lane (SENTRI) that is open on restricted hours and frequently open to general public during high traffic hours without notice, making it almost useless.
112th Street Bridge

The **112th Street Bridge** is a bridge that carries New York State Route 470 across the Hudson River in New York. It connects Van Schaick Island in the city of Cohoes with the Lansingburgh neighborhood of Troy. The original bridge was built in 1922 and demolished in 1995. The newer version was completed in 1996.
Laredo–Colombia Solidarity International Bridge

**Laredo-Colombia Solidarity International Bridge** is one of four vehicular international bridges located on the U.S.-Mexico border in the city of Laredo, Texas; it connects Laredo over the Rio Grande (Rio Bravo) with Colombia in Anáhuac, Nuevo León. It is owned and operated by the City of Laredo and the Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes (Mexico's Federal Secretariat of Communication and Transportation).

## History

The Laredo-Colombia Solidarity International Bridge was named in honor of the Mexican planned community of Colombia, Nuevo León. The community and the international bridge were built because the Mexican state of Nuevo León wanted an international port to compete with the bordering states of Coahuila and Tamaulipas in the International Trade market. This is the only border crossing between Nuevo León and Texas.

## Description

The Laredo-Colombia Solidarity International Bridge is an eight-lane bridge with two walkways for pedestrians. The bridge is 1,216 feet (371 m) long. The international bridge is for all traffic, including pedestrians. The bridge is also known as Laredo International Bridge 3, Colombia Bridge, Puente Solidaridad, Puente Colombia and Puente Internacional Solidaridad Colombia.

On the United States side, the bridge connects to Texas State Highway 255, a road that bypasses downtown Laredo and connects to Interstate 35. On the Mexico side, the bridge connects to Nuevo Leon State Highway 1 Spur which in turn connects it to Highway 1 proper.

## Location

This bridge is located at the western terminus of State Highway 255, near its intersection with FM 1472, in Laredo, Texas and the northern terminus of Nuevo León State Highway Spur 1 in Colombia, Anáhuac Municipality.

## Border crossing

Main article: Laredo Colombia Solidarity Port of Entry

The Laredo Columbia Solidarity Port of Entry was built in 1991 in an effort to relieve traffic from the congested downtown Laredo bridges.

## Operational hours

**Commercial Vehicles**

* Sunday: 10:00 AM-2:00 PM
* Weekdays: 8:00 AM–10:30 PM
* Saturday: 9:00 AM–4:00 PM

**Non-commercial Vehicles**

* All Days: 8:00 AM–12:00 AM

All times Central Time Zone
Arthur N Sollee Bridge

The Arthur Sollee bridge spans the Intracoastal Waterway in Florida and carries Florida State Road 202. It is known by locals as the "Whubba Whubba" bridge, due to defect in construction that make for an amusing bouncy ride on the eastbound side of the roadway. The first span was built in 1979, and the eastbound span was finished in 1988.
Mid-Bay Bridge

The **Mid-Bay Bridge** is a 141-span, 3.6-mile (5.8 km), two-lane toll bridge in Okaloosa County in the Florida Panhandle. It connects U.S. Highway 98 in Destin to State Road 20 in Niceville. The bridge generally runs north-south; the approaches to the bridge carry the State Road 293 designation while the bridge itself carries the TOLL 293 shield.

The bridge crosses Choctawhatchee Bay, part of the Intracoastal Waterway. It was constructed in 1992-93, when the Florida Department of Transportation recognized the growing need for a more direct route between the Destin beaches and the mainland for tourists and to assist hurricane evacuation from population centers and resorts on the Gulf of Mexico.

There is one toll plaza at the north end of the bridge. As of October 1, 2015, the one way toll for a standard 2-axle vehicle was $4.00 with cash, and $3.00 with the SunPass electronic toll system.

## Spence Parkway

Main article: Florida State Road 293

The Spence Parkway is an, 11-mile, limited access, 2-lane, separately tolled highway that connects the north end of the Mid-Bay Bridge with SR 85 immediately north of Niceville, Florida. Interchanges at SR 85, SR 285, Forest Road and SR 20 allow easy access from Interstate 10 to Niceville, Destin, Miramar Beach, and communities East of Niceville along SR 20. The new Parkway provides considerably shorter travel times by avoiding 13 traffic signals along the previous route through Niceville on SR 20. Additionally, the hurricane evacuation routes from all of south Okaloosa County and western Walton County have been significantly improved.

The Spence Parkway is tolled separately from the Mid-Bay Bridge and utilizes “all electronic open-road tolling” that allows customers to pay tolls without slowing down or stopping. Tolls are collected with SunPass transponders or by using a new TOLL-BY-PLATE program being implemented statewide by Florida's Turnpike Enterprise.

Be sure to not confuse the two tolls. You may get an invoice within 30 days of using the TOLL-BY-PLATE to pay this toll by mail. But you also would have paid the Mid-Bay Bridge toll at the bridge. These are 2 tolls that need to be paid separately.
Penobscot River

The **Penobscot River** is a 109-mile-long river in the U.S. state of Maine. Including the river's West Branch and South Branch increases the Penobscot's length to 264 miles, making it the second longest river system in Maine and the longest entirely in the state. Its drainage basin contains 8,610 square miles.

It arises from four branches in several lakes in north-central Maine, which flow generally east. After the uniting of the West Branch with the East Branch at Medway (45°36′14″N 68°31′52″W), the Penobscot flows 109 miles south, past the city of Bangor, where it becomes navigable. It empties into the Atlantic Ocean in Penobscot Bay.

## Bridges

The Penobscot River is crossed by Interstate 95 north of Bangor, Maine. The bridge is simply known as the Penobscot River Bridge and is the northernmost significant bridge along Interstate 95.
Chief Standing Bear Memorial Bridge

The **Chief Standing Bear Memorial Bridge** is a bridge across the Missouri River at the Nebraska-South Dakota border. Located near Niobrara, Nebraska, not far downstream from the confluence of the Niobrara River with the Missouri, it joins Nebraska Highway 14 to South Dakota Highway 37.

The bridge is named for Standing Bear, a Ponca chief born and buried nearby, who was the plaintiff in *Standing Bear v. Crook*, a landmark 1879 U.S. District Court case that established the legal rights of Native Americans to move about freely.

## History

Before the bridge was constructed, Highway 14 ended at the Missouri. Travellers who needed to cross the river had to detour 45 miles (72 km) downstream to the Meridian Bridge at Yankton, South Dakota, or 60 miles (97 km) upstream to Fort Randall Dam near Pickstown, South Dakota. A seasonal ferry, closed in the winter, crossed the river at Niobrara for some time; but it ceased operation in 1984.

Local residents had sought a bridge since the 1920s. Construction of a toll bridge began in 1931; but it was ended by the Great Depression. In 1939, President Franklin D. Roosevelt vetoed a bill passed by the U.S. Congress that would have allowed construction to proceed; in 1940, he signed a revised bill to permit construction, but the shortage of materials caused by World War II thwarted it. A third effort was stymied by the Korean War; a fourth attempt failed in the early 1980s.

With the support of U.S. Representative Doug Bereuter of Nebraska, funds continued to be appropriated intermittently for the bridge. In 1995, the U.S. Congress passed a transportation appropriations bill that gave Nebraska and South Dakota enough money to complete the bridge. The project was attacked by television journalist Tom Brokaw, in a series titled "The Fleecing of America", as an unnecessary expenditure of federal money. However, funding survived and construction proceeded. Of the bridge's $17 million cost, about $14 million came from the federal government; the remaining $3 million was supplied by the two states.

The groundbreaking ceremony for the bridge was held on April 20, 1996; dedication ceremonies were held on August 29, 1998.

During the 2011 Missouri River floods the bridge became a dead end on the Nebraska side when that approach was flooded. Many Nebraska residents who worked at the Mike Durfee State Prison on the South Dakota side took to using makeshift motor boats, kayaks, chest waders and a homemade “swamp bikes” to commute between the bridge and their cars out of the flood area—a process which took 30 minutes or more.

## Tourism

The bridge is a part of the Missouri River Trail, within the Missouri National Recreational River along with the Vermillion–Newcastle Bridge south of Vermillion, South Dakota, and the Meridian Highway Bridge at Yankton.

The "Bridging the Shores" celebration of the bridge is held annually in Niobrara.
Mountain Creek Lake Bridge

The **Mountain Creek Lake Bridge** is a bridge in Dallas County, Texas. The bridge is part of the North Texas Tollway Authority (NTTA) system. It is tolled in both directions (toll is collected on the west end of the bridge), and the lanes of the Mountain Creek Lake Bridge toll plaza are equipped for electronic toll collection via TollTag.

The bridge connects Spur 303 between Grand Prairie and Dallas across Mountain Creek Lake.
Gramercy Bridge

The **Gramercy Bridge** (officially the **Veterans Memorial Bridge**), is a cantilever bridge over the Mississippi River connecting Gramercy, Louisiana in St. James Parish with St. John the Baptist Parish. It is the second newest Mississippi River bridge in Louisiana (due to the completion of the John James Audubon Bridge), one of many built to replace the ferry system following a 1976 accident that killed 78 when a ferry sank after being struck by a ship.[3] The bridge and its approaches are **Louisiana Highway 3213** (**LA 3213**), which runs 3.79 miles (6.10 km) from Louisiana Highway 18 on the west bank north over the bridge, past an interchange with Louisiana Highway 44, to its terminus at Louisiana Highway 641.[2] (LA 641 continues north across U.S. Highway 61 (Airline Highway) to Interstate 10.)

LA 3213 now extends from the bridge to LA 3127 on a two lane roadway that crosses over railroad tracks about halfway down the road.