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TITLE:
Bayonne Bridge, Spanning Kill Van Kull between Bayonne & Staten Is, Bayonne, Hudson County, NJ
CALL NUMBER:
HAER NJ,9-BAYO,1-
REPRODUCTION NUMBER:
[See Call Number]
MEDIUM:
Photo(s): 20 (4 x 5 in. and 5 x 7 in.)
Data Page(s): 1 plus cover page
Photo Caption Page(s): 2
DATE:
Documentation compiled after 1968.
CREATOR:
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
RELATED NAME(S):
Amman, Othmar H.
Cass, Gilbert
Goethals, George W.
NOTE:
Survey number HAER NJ-66
Unprocessed field note material exists for this structure (FN-18).
Building/structure dates: 1931 initial construction
Part of building/structure is in Staten Island (subdivision), Richmond County, NY.
Significance: (1) World's longest steel bridge for nearly half a century. (2) First use of manganese steel (for main arch ribs and rivets). (3) Use of falsework for construction of an arch span of this size never previously done.
SUBJECTS:
NEW JERSEY--Hudson County--Bayonne
civil engineering
steel arch bridges
bridge construction
OTHER TITLE:
Kill van Kull Bridge
COLLECTION:
Historic American Engineering Record (Library of Congress)
REPOSITORY:
Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
DIGID:
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.nj1025
CONTENTS:
Photograph caption(s):
1. General view looking southwest.
2. General view looking southeast.
3. Detail showing north portal.
4. Detail showing portal bracing.
5. Detail of arch superstructure.
6. Detail showing walkway and suspender cables where they join deck beams.
7. Detail of arch superstructure from south end of bridge.
8. Detail showing bridge feet, north end.
9. Detail of concrete archways supporting bridge approach, looking south.
10. Detail showing concrete support arched, looking north.
BAYONNE BRIDGE, FROM OVER STATEN ISLAND LOOKING NORTH
BAYONNE BRIDGE, IN ELEVATION FROM THE EAST
BAYONNE BRIDGE, TOP CHORD LOOKING NORTH (CONTACT PRINT MADE FROM 5 1/4" X 4 1/2" NEGATIVE)
BAYONNE BRIDGE IN PERSPECTIVE OVER THE KILL VAN KILL LOOKING WEST
BAYONNE BRIDGE LOOKING EAST, BAYONNE TO THE LEFT (CONTACT PRINT MADE FROM 5 1/4" X 4 1/2" NEGATIVE)
SPRINGING OF THE ARCH, SOUTH END OF BRIDGE, STATEN ISLAND SIDE (CONTACT PRINT MADE FROM 5 1/4" X 4 1/2" NEGATIVE)
DETAIL OF STEEL ARCH TOP CHORD (CONTACT PRINT MADE FROM 5 1/4" X 4 1/2" NEGATIVE)
VIEW FROM OVER BAYONNE LOOKING WEST AT BAYONNE BRIDGE
NEW JERSEY APPROACH TO BAYONNE BRIDGE LOOKING SOUTH
TANKER HEADING OUT FROM REFINERIES BENEATH BAYONNE BRIDGE
CONTROL #:
NJ1025
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