Long Beach International Gateway
(cable-stayed span)
Characteristics
Design
through arch bridge
Material
Steel
Total length
5,134 ft (1,565 m)
Width
67.3 ft (21 m)
Height
250 ft (76 m)
Longest span
410 ft (125 m)[1]
Clearance above
18.4 ft (6 m)
Clearance below
155 ft (47 m)
History
Designer
Moffatt & Nichol
Constructed by
Bethlehem Steel
Construction start
October 19, 1965
Construction end
June 1968
Construction cost
US$12,700,000 (equivalent to $111,270,000 in 2023)
Rebuilt
1995–2000
Closed
October 2, 2020
Replaces
1944 pontoon bridge
Replaced by
Cable-stayed span
Statistics
Daily traffic
62,057 (2012)
Location
The Gerald Desmond Bridge was a 1968 through arch bridge that carried five lanes of Ocean Boulevard from Interstate 710 in Long Beach, California, west across the Back Channel to Terminal Island. The bridge was named after Gerald Desmond, a prominent civic leader and former city attorney for the City of Long Beach. In October 2020, a new cable-stayed bridge named Long Beach International Gateway replaced the old Gerald Desmond Bridge to allow the tallest container ships to access the ports. Demolition of the old bridge began in July 2022 and was completed in August 2023.[2][3]
^"Crews lower main span of Gerald Desmond as demolition begins on 54-year-old bridge". Long Beach Business Journal.
^Brandon Richardson (July 30, 2021). "Gerald Desmond Bridge to be fully demolished by October 2023". Long Beach Business Journal. Retrieved November 30, 2021.
^Robinson, Alicia (August 31, 2023). "The old Gerald Desmond Bridge is officially gone. Where's its final resting place?". Long Beach Post News. Retrieved October 7, 2023.
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Global Information
SR 47 and 
I-710