Brigantine Bridge
Brigantine Bridge | |
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_from_Gardners_Pointe_in_Atlantic_City,_Atlantic_County,_New_Jersey.jpg) View of the bridge from Gardners Pointe in Atlantic City, April 2025 | |
| Coordinates | 39°23′07″N 74°25′19″W / 39.38528°N 74.42194°W |
| Carries | New Jersey Route 87[1] |
| Crosses | Absecon Inlet |
| Locale | Atlantic City & Brigantine, New Jersey |
| Maintained by | New Jersey Department of Transportation |
| ID number | 0115150[2] |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | Stringer |
| Material | Steel/concrete |
| Total length | 2,148 ft (655 m) |
| Clearance below | 60 ft (18 m)[3] |
| History | |
| Opened | 1924 1938 1972 |
| Location | |
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The Brigantine Bridge is a vehicular bridge over Absecon Inlet in Atlantic County, New Jersey. It is located just west of the Atlantic Ocean in Atlantic City and the resort community of Brigantine, providing the only road access to Brigantine Island. It is owned and operated by the New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT).[1] The bridge carries New Jersey Route 87, which then becomes County Route 638 (Brigantine Boulevard) at its northern end. At its southern end it connects with the Atlantic City–Brigantine Connector.
History
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The original bridge was built in 1924, at the cost of $1,000,000.00 and operated as a toll bridge, but was purchased by the county in 1925 and made a free span. It was lost in the Hurricane of 1938. Its replacement was also destroyed, in 1944.[4]
Today's bridge was built in 1972.[4] The steel-stringer bridge is 2,148 ft (655 m) long[5] and was partially rehabilitated in 2007.[6][7]
The bridges have been locally known as the Brigantine Causeway,[8] the Absecon Inlet Bridge, the Brigantine Boulevard Bridge and the Route 87 bridge. The 1972 bridge is designated as the Vincent S. Haneman Memorial Bridge,[9] in honor of Vincent S. Haneman, an Associate Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court from 1960 to 1971 who was a resident of Brigantine.[10]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Route 87 straight line diagram" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Transportation. Retrieved July 21, 2021.
- ^ "Interim Bridge Report" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Transportation. August 9, 2007. Retrieved May 19, 2018.
- ^ "Brigantine Blvd Bridge is a Fixed bridge located at N 39° 23.114', W 074° 25.319' - Waterway Guide Bridge Listing". www.waterwayguide.com. Retrieved May 18, 2018.
- ^ a b "HABS No. NJ-1032" (PDF). National Park Service. Summer 1991. Retrieved May 19, 2018.
- ^ "Route 87, Absecon Inlet, Bridge Painting" (PDF). FY 2007-10 Statewide Transportation Improvement Program. New Jersey Department of Transportation. Retrieved May 19, 2018.
- ^ "NJDOT announces Route 87 Absecon Inlet Bridge repair project". www.state.nj.us. Retrieved May 18, 2018.
- ^ "CAIT Contributions on Bridge Project Receive NAPA Quality in Construction Award". cait.rutgers.edu. Archived from the original on May 20, 2018. Retrieved May 19, 2018.
- ^ Ristine, James D. (May 5, 2008). Atlantic City. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 9781439620335. Retrieved May 18, 2018 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Dedicated Highways and Bridges" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Transportation. October 17, 1985. Retrieved May 19, 2018.
- ^ "Vincent S. Haneman, 75, Ex-Supreme Court Justice". Asbury Park Press. January 11, 1978. Retrieved May 18, 2018.
External links
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- "Atlantic City Brigantine Connector Atlantic City, New Jersey - Robinson Aerial". Retrieved May 18, 2018.
- PĄKOL. "Brigantine Bridge - 3D Warehouse". 3dwarehouse.sketchup.com. Retrieved May 18, 2018.