40°35′44.71″N 73°39′24.02″W / 40.5957528°N 73.6566722°W / 40.5957528; -73.6566722

Long Beach Bridge
Southwest view of the Long Beach Bridge
Coordinates	40°35′44.91″N 73°39′24.65″W / 40.5958083°N 73.6568472°W / 40.5958083; -73.6568472 (southbound) 40°35′44.50″N 73°39′23.39″W / 40.5956944°N 73.6564972°W / 40.5956944; -73.6564972 (northbound)
Carries	Motor vehicles, pedestrians
Crosses	Reynolds Channel
Locale	Nassau County, New York
Official name	Michael Valente Memorial Long Beach Bridge
Owner	Nassau County Highway Agency
Maintained by	Nassau County Department of Public Works
Heritage status	Eligible for the NRHP
ID number	3300301 (southbound) 3300302 (northbound)
Characteristics
Design	Bascule bridge
Material	Steel-deck
Total length	820 feet (250 m)
Width	Each span: 45 feet (14 m) Roadway: 36 feet (11 m)
Longest span	150 feet (46 m)
No. of spans	2
Clearance below	30.4 feet (9.3 m)
No. of lanes	6 total (3 in each direction)
History
Construction start	August 13, 1953 (1953-08-13)
Construction cost	US$5,000,000
Opened	May 19, 1955 (1955-05-19) (first span) July 25, 1956 (1956-07-25) (second span)
Statistics
Daily traffic	19654 (southbound, 1997) 19515 (northbound, 1997)
Location
References
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The Long Beach Bridge is a twin drawbridge crossing Reynolds Channel, connecting Long Beach and Island Park, New York. There is no toll. The bridge starts in Long Beach as Long Beach Boulevard. At Barnum Island, the main road continues northeast as Austin Boulevard, while Long Beach Road branches to the north.^[4] Each span carries traffic in one direction.^[5]

History

The twin bridges were built in 1953 to replace an earlier bridge built in 1922.^[5][6] The replacement spans were constructed after it was realized that the original, 1922 span was functionally and structurally obsolete.^[6]