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THE BAYONNE BRIDGE is among The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey’s oldest facilities Built ahead of schedule and under budget the bridge opened to the traveling public on November 15 1931 — just three weeks after the opening of the Port Authority’s George Washington Bridge

Designed by legendary engineer Othmar Ammann in 1931 and selected as the most beautiful steel bridge opened that year the Bayonne Bridge has been an icon of the New York/New Jersey area for nearly a century

Bayonne Bridge—Design and Construction Features by Joseph LoBuono and Chester Werts HDR Traffic relocated to the new upper level of the Bayonne Bridge using the northbound approach structure All Photos and Figures: HDR Precast concrete pier types during construction split superstructure pier segments and balanced-cantilever

the Bayonne Bridge and use science and engineering basics to investigate bridge design and test an arch bridge model TARGET GRADE LEVEL: Fourth grade instruction adaptable to higher levels as desired in the subjects of Social Studies and Engineering FOCUS: In Part I students learn about history of the Bayonne Bridge

The City of Bayonne is a densely developed waterfront community situated on an upland peninsula that comprises the southern tip of Hudson County The peninsula known as Bergen Neck is bordered by Newark Bay to the west the Kill Van Kull to the south and Upper New York Bay to the east (refer to Map 1 page 5) The city corporate

New Jersey The Bayonne Bridge connects the city of Bayonne N J to the north with Port Richmond N Y in New York City’s Borough of Staten Island to the south Prior to reconstruction the average daily traffic across the bridge was approximately 22000 vehicles Bids for the “Bayonne Bridge Replacement