![]() The flyover from the Gerald Desmond Bridge east end to Interstate 710 north permanently closed on June 9, 2018. Measuring 8,800 feet from end to end, the new bridge will link the south end of SR 47 & 103 with Ocean Boulevard leading into Downtown Long Beach. The 2,000 main span will be supported by a pair of 515 foot tall towers. Providing 205 feet of vertical clearance, 50 feet more than the predecessor bridge, the higher span will provide adequate clearance for the tallest container ships to and from the port. The $1.47 billion project constructs the second-tallest cable-stayed bridge in the United States (only the Royal Gorge Bridge in Colorado surpasses it). The Gerald Desmond Bridge Replacement Project broke ground in 2013. ![]() Despite that work, the bridge was considered deficient, with early 1990s plans for a replacement advancing. 2 Improvements to the bridge totaling $14 million were completed in 2002, including adding a climbing lane and moving sidewalks to the exterior of the truss to allow for the extra lane. The span opened to traffic on June 5, 1968, on the evening after Robert F. Gerald Desmond Bridge Replacement ProjectĪ through steel arch bridge, the Gerald Desmond Bridge carries Interstate 710 over the Back Channel, which separates the Port of Long Beach on the mainland from the berths on Terminal Island. The remainder of Route 710 follows the northern stub of the Long Beach Freeway to the systems interchange with SR 134 (Ventura Freeway) and I-210 (Foothill Freeway) at postmile R32.717. Route 710 runs north along South Pasadena Avenue from Columbia Street (postmile T30.953) to California Boulevard (postmile T31.764). Construction on closing the 4.5 mile gap between the two segments never started due to litigation and ongoing controversy of the selected route of the freeway. Plans since 1959 1 called for extending I-710 north from Alhambra to the unmarked Route 710 spur linking Del Mar Boulevard with Interstate 210 in Pasadena. The northern terminus of Interstate 710 at I-10 and Valley Boulevard in Alhambra was meant to be temporary.
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