Driscoll Bridge
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This toll bridge carries the Garden State Parkway over the Raritan River in Middlesex County, New Jersey. The bridge was opened in 1954, and it was named for former N.J. Governor Alfred E. Driscoll in 1974.
As of May 2009, it is the widest bridge (by number of travel lanes) in the United States. It has 15 travel lanes among its three side-by-side spans, and six shoulder lanes. There are seven southbound lanes on the western span, and four northbound lanes on each of the center and eastern spans.
Article about recent renovations: www.app.com/article/20090520/NEWS03/905210319/1007/rss0...
Information about the bridge: www.tollroadsnews.com/node/4187
As of May 2009, it is the widest bridge (by number of travel lanes) in the United States. It has 15 travel lanes among its three side-by-side spans, and six shoulder lanes. There are seven southbound lanes on the western span, and four northbound lanes on each of the center and eastern spans.
Article about recent renovations: www.app.com/article/20090520/NEWS03/905210319/1007/rss0...
Information about the bridge: www.tollroadsnews.com/node/4187
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Driscoll_Bridge
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 40°30'35"N 74°18'4"W
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- RIVER Movable Bridge 1.9 km
- Abandoned Cargo Rail Dock & Trestle 3 km
- Outerbridge Crossing 3.3 km
- Basilone Bridge 8.5 km
- Donald Goodkind Bridge 10 km
- NS DrawBridge 12 km
- The John A. Lynch, Sr. Memorial Bridge 13 km
- Arthur Kill Vertical Lift Bridge 17 km
- Goethals Bridge 17 km
- Woodbridge Township, New Jersey 4.7 km
- Madison Park, New Jersey 6 km
- Parlin, New Jersey 6.1 km
- Sayreville, New Jersey 6.6 km
- Edison Township, New Jersey 7.2 km
- Cheesequake State Park 7.8 km
- South River, New Jersey 10 km
- Raritan Bay 13 km
- Middlesex County, New Jersey 14 km
- Monmouth County, New Jersey 24 km