Brigantine Bridge

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Brigantine Bridge
NJ Route 87 bridge over Absecon Inlet, July 2021.jpg
View of the bridge from the Brigantine side
Coordinates39°23′07″N 74°25′19″W / 39.38528°N 74.42194°W / 39.38528; -74.42194Coordinates: 39°23′07″N 74°25′19″W / 39.38528°N 74.42194°W / 39.38528; -74.42194
CarriesNew Jersey Route 87[1]
CrossesAbsecon Inlet
LocaleAtlantic City & Brigantine,
New Jersey
Maintained byNew Jersey Department of Transportation
ID number0115150[2]
Characteristics
DesignStringer
MaterialSteel/concrete
Total length2,148 ft (655 m)
Clearance below60 ft (18 m)[3]
History
Opened1924
1938
1972
Location

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[]

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[]

  1. ^ a b "Route 87 straight line diagram" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Transportation. Retrieved July 21, 2021.
  2. ^ "Interim Bridge Report" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Transportation. August 9, 2007. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
  3. ^ "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 18 May 2018.
  4. ^ a b "HABS No. NJ-1032" (PDF). National Park Service. Summer 1991. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
  5. ^ "Route 87, Absecon Inlet, Bridge Painting" (PDF). FY 2007-10 Statewide Transportation Improvement Program. New Jersey Department of Transportation. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
  6. ^ "NJDOT announces Route 87 Absecon Inlet Bridge repair project". www.state.nj.us. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
  7. ^ "CAIT Contributions on Bridge Project Receive NAPA Quality in Construction Award". cait.rutgers.edu. Archived from the original on 2018-05-20. Retrieved 2018-05-19.
  8. ^ Ristine, James D. (5 May 2008). Atlantic City. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 9781439620335. Retrieved 18 May 2018 – via Google Books.
  9. ^ "Dedicated Highways and Bridges" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Transportation. October 17, 1985. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
  10. ^ "Vincent S. Haneman, 75, Ex-Supreme Court Justice". Asbury Park Press. January 11, 1978. Retrieved 18 May 2018.

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