Gerald Desmond Bridge (2020–present)
The Long Beach International Gateway, originally known as the Gerald Desmond Bridge Replacement, is a cable-stayed bridge that carries six lanes of Interstate 710 and State Route 710 (California), Interstate 710 and a bicycle/pedestrian path in Long Beach, California, west across the Back Channel, Port of Long Beach, Back Channel to Terminal Island. The bridge replaced the Gerald Desmond Bridge, which was completed in 1968 and named after Gerald Desmond, a prominent civic leader and a former city attorney for the City of Long Beach. The 1968 steel arch bridge developed numerous issues, and the Port of Long Beach decided it would be best, from an economical perspective, that the bridge be replaced. After several years of studies, a cable-stayed bridge with of vertical clearance to be built north of the existing bridge was identified as the preferred alternative in the final environmental impact report (2010 FEIR). The new bridge allows access to the port for the tallest containe ...
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Back Channel, Port Of Long Beach
Back Channel is a canal in the Port of Long Beach, California, United States, and is nearby to Terminal Island, THUMS Islands, Island Grissom, and Thenard. It is also close to the port's East Basin and the Gerald Desmond Bridge (2020-present), Gerald Desmond Bridge. See also * Long Beach Naval Shipyard External links Location on Map Carta
Canals in California Transportation buildings and structures in Los Angeles County, California Bodies of water of Los Angeles County, California {{LosAngelesCountyCA-geo-stub ...
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