North Grand Island Bridge

North Grand Island Bridge
North Grand Island Bridge
	The bridge as seen from Buckhorn Island State Park.
Coordinates	43°4′8″N 78°59′27″W / 43.06889°N 78.99083°W
Carries	4 lanes of I-190 / NY 324
Crosses	Niagara River
Locale	Grand Island, New York and Niagara Falls, New York
Maintained by	New York State Thruway Authority
Characteristics
Design	Twin truss bridges
Total length	4,000 feet (1,219 m)
Longest span	153 m
History
Opened	July 15, 1935 (northbound span); December 18, 1964 (southbound span)
Statistics
Daily traffic	vehicular
Toll	$1.75 (Southbound) (Tolls by Mail) $0.95 (E-ZPass)
Location

The North Grand Island Bridge is a pair of twin two-lane truss arch bridges spanning the Niagara River between Grand Island and Niagara Falls in New York, United States. Each bridge carries one direction of Interstate 190 (I-190). Both crossings are operated by the New York State Thruway Authority as part of the Niagara Thruway. The northbound span opened in 1935;^[3] the southbound span was finished in 1964.^[4]

A southbound-only toll is presently collected via open-road cashless tolling. The open-road tolling began operating on March 29, 2018, replacing conventional toll booths which were on Grand Island.^[5]^[6] The tollbooths were dismantled, and drivers are no longer able to pay cash at the bridge. Instead, drivers will travel beneath an overhead gantry where their E-ZPass transponder will be detected and charged. Drivers without an E-ZPass will have a picture of their license plate taken, and the toll will be mailed to them.

References

^ "Governor Hails 2 Island Bridges". The Buffalo News. 1935-07-15. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-12-18.
^ "Brief Ceremony Opens North Grand Island Bridge". The Buffalo News. 1964-12-18. p. 33. Retrieved 2023-12-18.
^ Federal Highway Administration (2012). "NBI Structure Number: 5045752". National Bridge Inventory. Federal Highway Administration.
^ Federal Highway Administration (2012). "NBI Structure Number: 5045751". National Bridge Inventory. Federal Highway Administration.
^ "2018 Toll Information". New York State Thruway. Retrieved March 14, 2018.
^ "Cashless Tolls is set on Thursday night". New York State Thruway. 28 March 2018. Retrieved March 28, 2018.

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[1] "Governor Hails 2 Island Bridges". The Buffalo News. 1935-07-15. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-12-18.

[2] "Brief Ceremony Opens North Grand Island Bridge". The Buffalo News. 1964-12-18. p. 33. Retrieved 2023-12-18.

[3] Federal Highway Administration (2012). "NBI Structure Number: 5045752". National Bridge Inventory. Federal Highway Administration.

[4] Federal Highway Administration (2012). "NBI Structure Number: 5045751". National Bridge Inventory. Federal Highway Administration.

[5] "2018 Toll Information". New York State Thruway. Retrieved March 14, 2018.

[6] "Cashless Tolls is set on Thursday night". New York State Thruway. 28 March 2018. Retrieved March 28, 2018.

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v t e New York State Thruway Authority
Highways	Mainline Thruway I-87 I-90 I-287 Berkshire Connector I-90 Cross-Westchester Expressway I-287 Niagara Thruway I-190 New England Thruway I-95 Garden State Parkway Connector I-84 (former)
Major bridges	Castleton Bridge North Grand Island Bridge Schoharie Creek Bridge South Grand Island Bridge Tappan Zee Bridge 1955–2017 2017–present
Tolling	E-ZPass Cashless Tolling