Driscoll Bridge
Governor Alfred E. Driscoll Bridge | |
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The Driscoll, Vieser, and Edison Bridges in August 2020 | |
| Coordinates | 40°30′33″N 74°18′05″W / 40.5093°N 74.3013°W |
| Carries | 15 lanes of G.S. Parkway |
| Crosses | Raritan River |
| Locale | Woodbridge, New Jersey and Sayreville, New Jersey |
| Official name | Alfred E. Driscoll Bridge |
| Other name(s) | Driscoll Bridge |
| Maintained by | New Jersey Turnpike Authority |
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| Design | Box girder bridge |
| History | |
| Architect | Robinson & Steinman |
| Construction start | 1952 |
| Opened | July 30, 1954 May 3, 2006 (southbound span) |
| Rebuilt | 1970-1972, 2006-2009 |
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The Governor Alfred E. Driscoll Bridge, (colloquially referred to as the Driscoll Bridge) is a bridge on the Garden State Parkway in the U.S. state of New Jersey, spanning the Raritan River near its mouth in Raritan Bay. The bridge connects the Middlesex County communities of Woodbridge Township on the north with Sayreville on the south. With a total of 15 travel lanes and 6 shoulder lanes, it is one of the world's widest and busiest motor vehicle bridges. Only 30 feet east of the Driscoll Bridge is the Edison Bridge, which carries U.S. Route 9. The bridge offers views of some of the taller buildings in the Lower Manhattan skyline, the New Brunswick skyline, the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge, and the Outerbridge Crossing.