Great Egg Harbor Bridge

Great Egg Harbor Bridge
Carries 4 lanes of US 9 / G.S. Parkway
Crosses Great Egg Harbor Bay
Maintained by New Jersey Turnpike Authority
Characteristics
Design Causeway
Total length 1.47 mi (2.37 km)
History
Opened 1955 (southbound)
1973 (northbound)[1]
Statistics
Toll US$1.50 (cars) for Southbound only
E-Z Pass discounts available for heavier vehicles

The Great Egg Harbor Bridge is a toll bridge along the Garden State Parkway in New Jersey, with tolls collected in the southbound direction. It crosses the Great Egg Harbor Bay, connecting Upper Township, in Cape May County to Somers Point in Atlantic County. The bridge crosses over a section of Egg Harbor Township. It carries a portion of the Garden State Parkway and U.S. Route 9.

The speed limit is 45 miles per hour (72 km/h) between Milepost 27 to Milepost 29, approaching and traversing the bridge, one of two stretches on the Parkway where the speed limit is so reduced (the other is between Milepost 126.7 and 127.7, approaching and traversing the Driscoll Bridge).[2] The Beesley's Point Generating Station can be seen from the bridge.

History

Northbound Garden State Parkway heading towards the Great Egg Harbor Bridge

The southbound bridge was built in 1955 while the northbound bridge was built in 1973.[1]

Before the Great Egg Harbor Bridge was completed, traffic on the Garden State Parkway was detoured onto US 9 and the Beesley's Point Bridge. This old alignment no longer exists today.

US 9 is now routed onto the Great Egg Harbor Bridge. The Beesley's Point Bridge immediately to the west deteriorated in the marine environment and was closed to traffic in June 2004.[1] A project to replace the southbound span of the Great Egg Harbor Bridge resulted in the demolition of the decrepit Beesley's Point Bridge beginning in 2013.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Degener, Richard (February 29, 2012). "Anti-terrorism fence near parkway bridge between Atlantic, Cape May counties coming down in 2013". Press of Atlantic City. Retrieved February 29, 2012.
  2. ↑ "New Jersey Turnpike Authority Regulations Relating to the New Jersey Turnpike and the Garden State Parkway" (PDF). Retrieved August 1, 2015.

Coordinates: 39°17′35″N 74°37′21″W / 39.293°N 74.6225°W / 39.293; -74.6225

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