Bayonne Bridge

Sted	New York, USA
Crosses	Kill Van Kull
Status	In use
Open	1931
Architect	Othmar Ammann
Function	Road bridge
Design	Arch bridge

Length	1 762 m
Height	99 m
Clearance below	66 m
Longest span	510 m
Width	26 m

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Bayonne Bridge is an arch bridge that crosses Kill Van Kull between Bayonne in New Jersey and Staten Island in New York City in the United States.
The bridge is 1762 meters long and has a main span of 510 meters which makes it the 5 largest arch bridge in the world today. The bridge was the world's largest when it opened in 1933 until the New River Gorge Bridge opened in 1977.
Construction of the bridge started in 1928 and it was faster and cheaper to build the bridge than planned, the bridge opened in 1931
The Bayonne Bridge is designed by Swiss engineer Othmar H. Ammann, who has designed several other well-known bridges including the George Washington Bridge and the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge.
The bridge had a sailing height of 46 meters for this to allow the tallest ships in the US Navy to pass at that time.

In 2010, it was decided that the bridge should be rebuilt to increase the sailing height to 66 meters, which is a standard for new Panamax ships. The rebuilding started in 2013 and was completed in 2019.