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The Vincent Thomas Bridge is a 1,500-foot-long (460 m) suspension bridge, crossing Los Angeles Harbor in Los Angeles, California, linking San Pedro with Terminal Island. It is the only suspension bridge in the Greater Los Angeles area. The bridge is part of State Route 47, which is also known as the Seaside
State Route 47 (SR 47) is a state highway in the U.S. state of California, connecting Terminal Island to the mainland in the Los Angeles area.From its south end at I-110 in San Pedro, it heads east across the Vincent Thomas Bridge to the island and the end of state maintenance.
The new bridge allows access to the port for the tallest container ships after the older bridge is demolished. It is the first long-span cable-stayed bridge in California and the first and only cable-stayed bridge in the Los Angeles metropolitan area. [2] For the bridge to be so tall, long approaches were required to allow trucks to cross. [3]
This is a list of the major current and former bridges in the United States. ... Vincent Thomas Bridge: 457 m (1,500 ft) 1,848 m (6,063 ft) ... Map all coordinates ...
The Vincent Thomas Bridge is a 1,500-foot-long (457 m) suspension bridge linking San Pedro with Terminal Island and named after California Assemblyman Vincent Thomas. (It is the fourth longest suspension bridge in California.)
Portions of Highway 47, including the Vincent Thomas Bridge, reopened Friday after a big rig containing lithium batteries crashed in San Pedro, sparking a fire.
Caltrans is slated to close the Vincent Thomas Bridge by 2026, creating dread in Wilmington, which is already overrun by big rigs. An estimated 53,000 trips are taken daily across the span.
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