The Long Beach Bridge is a twin
drawbridge crossing
Reynolds Channel
Reynolds Channel is a strait in Nassau County, New York that separates Long Beach Barrier Island, which contains the City of Long Beach and the villages of Atlantic Beach, Lido Beach, and Point Lookout, from Long Island, Barnum Island, Har ...
, connecting
Long Beach
Long Beach is a city in Los Angeles County, California. It is the 42nd-most populous city in the United States, with a population of 466,742 as of 2020. A charter city, Long Beach is the seventh-most populous city in California.
Incorporate ...
and
Island Park, New York
Island Park is a village located in the Town of Hempstead in Nassau County, New York, United States. The population was 4,655 at the 2010 census.
History
Island Park was developed by the Island Park-Long Beach Company as a resort community in ...
. There is no toll. The bridge starts in Long Beach as Long Beach Boulevard. At
Barnum Island
Barnum Island is a Hamlet (New York), hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in Nassau County, New York, Nassau County, New York (state), New York, United States. The population was 2,590 at the 2020 census. It occupies the eastern portion of an ...
, the main road continues northeast as Austin Boulevard, while Long Beach Road branches to the north.
Each span carries traffic in one direction.
History
The twin bridges were built in 1953 to replace an earlier bridge built in 1922.
It the replacement spans were constructed after it was realized that the original, 1922 span was functionally and structurally obsolete.
See also
*
Bayville Bridge – Another drawbridge in Nassau County.
References
External links
Long Beach Bridge @ NYCRoads.com
Hempstead, New York
Bridge
A bridge is a structure built to span a physical obstacle (such as a body of water, valley, road, or rail) without blocking the way underneath. It is constructed for the purpose of providing passage over the obstacle, which is usually somethi ...
Bridges in Nassau County, New York
Road bridges in New York (state)
Steel bridges in the United States
Bascule bridges in the United States
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