Commodore Schuyler F. Heim Bridge | |
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 Schuyler Heim Bridge (1948), foreground (green structure); and Henry Ford Bridge (1996), background (gray structure). Photographed in 2014, during construction of the replacement road span. | |
| Coordinates | 33°45′58″N 118°14′23″W / 33.766111°N 118.239722°W |
| Carries |  SR 47 |
| Crosses | Cerritos Channel, Port of Los Angeles |
| Locale | Wilmington, California |
| NBI | 53-2618 |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | Through-truss vertical-lift bridge |
| Total length | 700 ft (210 m)[1] (4,000 ft including approach viaducts)[2]: 20 |
| Width | 81 feet (25 m) (including 75 ft for the six traffic lanes)[2]: 21 |
| Height | 236 feet (72 m) tall (186 ft (57 m) above roadway)[2]: 21 |
| Longest span | 240 feet (73 m)[2] |
| Clearance below | 175 feet (53 m)[2]: 14 fully raised |
| No. of lanes | 6 |
| History | |
| Opened | January 10, 1948 |
| Closed | October 12, 2015 |
| Location | |
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The Commodore Schuyler F. Heim Bridge was a vertical-lift bridge in the Port of Los Angeles. Dedicated on January 10, 1948,[3] the bridge allowed State Route 47 (the Terminal Island Freeway) to cross over the Cerritos Channel. Named after Schuyler F. Heim, who was in command of the Naval Air Station on Terminal Island in 1942, the bridge was one of the largest vertical-lift bridges on the West Coast.[2] At the time of its opening, it was the highest in the country with the deck weighing about 820 short tons (740 metric tons).[1] Its towers are 186 feet (57 m) tall above the roadway deck and about 236 feet (72 m) tall when measured from the water level at high water. The bridge was decommissioned on October 12, 2015 and replaced by a new, six-lane fixed-span bridge in order to meet current safety and earthquake standards.[4][5] A replacement bridge, tentatively titled State Route 47 Schuyler Heim Bridge Replacement, was completed in September 2020.[6][7][8]
- ^ a b Woodyard, Chris (October 27, 1988). "Caltrans Begins $2-Million Project to Shore Up Aging Drawbridge in Harbor". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved May 26, 2013.
- ^ a b c d e f Christina Chiang; Jeremy Hollins; Melanie Lytle (January 2011). "HAER no. CA-HEIM: Commodore Schuyler F. Heim Bridge" (PDF). Historic American Engineering Record. National Park Service. OCLC 713657277. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2013-05-26.
- ^ "High Lift Bridge Dedicated at Terminal Island", Los Angeles Times, January 11, 1948, p. 14.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
Caltrans Fixed-spanwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Last Lift of Commodore Schuyler F. Heim Bridge on YouTube
- ^ "Schuyler Heim Bridge Project Fact Sheet" (PDF). Caltrans District 7. August 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 February 2017. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
[...] expected to complete in early 2017.
- ^ "State Route 47 Schuyler Heim Bridge Replacement". Caltrans District 7. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
Construction, which began in late 2011, was anticipated to complete in 2017.
- ^ New Heim Bridge comes online in Los Angeles, Long Beach port complex Press-Telegram. 4 September 2020 (Retrieved 5 September 2020)