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Oblique view

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Side view

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General View Looking Southwest

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General View Looking Southeast

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Detail Showing North Portal

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Detail Showing Portal Bracing

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Detail Of Arch Superstructure

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Detail Showing Walkway And Suspender Cables Where They Join Deck Beams

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Detail Of Arch Superstructure From South End Of Bridge

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Detail Showing Bridge Feet, North End

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Detail Of Concrete Archways Supporting Bridge Approach, Looking South

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Detail Showing Concrete Support Arched, Looking North

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Bayonne Bridge, From Over Staten Island Looking North

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Bayonne Bridge, In Elevation From The East

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Bayonne Bridge, Top Chord Looking North (Contact Print Made From 5 1/4

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Bayonne Bridge In Perspective Over The Kill Van Kill Looking West

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Bayonne Bridge Looking East, Bayonne To The Left (Contact Print Made From 5 1/4

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Springing Of The Arch, South End Of Bridge, Staten Island Side (Contact Print Made From 5 1/4

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Detail Of Steel Arch Top Chord (Contact Print Made From 5 1/4

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View From Over Bayonne Looking West At Bayonne Bridge

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New Jersey Approach To Bayonne Bridge Looking South

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Tanker Heading Out From Refineries Beneath Bayonne Bridge

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Facts 

Overview
Steel through arch bridge over Kill Van Kull between Bayonne and Staten Island
Status
Toll bridge open to traffic
History
Built 1931
Builder
- Othmar Ammann
Design
Steel through arch
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 1,675.0 ft.
Total length: 5,780.0 ft.
Deck width: 85.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 14.0 ft.
Inventory number
BH 25224 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Update Log 

  • November 23, 2008: New photos from James Baughn
  • October 2, 2006: Posted photos from Wayne Grodkiewicz

Sources 

  • Wayne Grodkiewicz - WGrodkiewi [at] aol [dot] com
  • Wikipedia
  • HAER NJ-66 - Bayonne Bridge, Spanning Kill Van Kull between Bayonne & Staten Is, Bayonne, Hudson County, NJ
  • James Baughn - webmaster [at] bridgehunter [dot] com