Long Beach to break ground on new bridge

Ocean

Thursday, January 03, 2013

The Port of Long Beach will break ground next week on a $1 billion project to replace the aging Gerald Desmond Bridge with a wider, higher structure. The project, expected to take three years, will create the largest bridge in Southern California, spanning the navigation channel that separates facilities on Terminal Island and the neighboring Port of Los Angeles. The new cable-stayed bridge will include additional traffic lanes and a higher clearance to accommodate ne...

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