Major Bridges of Los Angeles County

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Major Road Bridges of Los Angeles County

Bridge	City	Year Built	Span
Vincent Thomas Bridge	Los Angeles	1964	6,500 Ft.
Gerald Desmond Bridge	Long Beach	1968	5,134 Ft.
Commodore Schuyler F. Heim Lift Bridge	Long Beach	1946	3,976 Ft.

Before the Vincent Thomas Bridge came to be, Terminal Island was reached by ferry from San Pedro. Boys were known to swim across the channel to the island in order to avoid paying the five-cent fare. They entrusted their clothes to one of their number who actually boarded the ferry.

The Gerald Desmond Bridge was preceded by a pontoon bridge. The bridges' namesake, Gerald Desmond, was a prominent Long Beach civic leader who served as a Long Beach City Councilmember and as Long Beach City Attorney.

The main suspension span of the Gerald Desmond Bridge is 1,053 feet long with the highest point of the bridge standing 250 feet above the water below. The bridge is earmarked to be replaced by a larger, taller bridge when the Port of Long Beach is able fund the project.

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