Great Egg Harbor Bridge

Great Egg Harbor Bridge
Great Egg Harbor Bridge
	Looking northeast from the Upper Township shore, the 2016 bridge is in the foreground, the modern 1972 bridge in the background
Coordinates	39°17′35″N 74°37′21″W
Carries	G.S. Parkway / US 9
Crosses	Great Egg Harbor Bay
Maintained by	New Jersey Turnpike Authority
Characteristics
Design	Causeway
Total length	1.47 miles (2.37 km)
History
Opened	1956 (original southbound); 1972 (northbound); 2016 (replacement southbound); 2019 (modernized northbound);
Statistics
Toll	$2.10 for cars with cash; $2.02 for cars with E-ZPass; (southbound only);
Location

The Great Egg Harbor Bridge is a series of four bridges along the Garden State Parkway in New Jersey, with tolls collected in the southbound direction. It crosses the Great Egg Harbor Bay, connecting Upper Township, in Cape May County to Somers Point in Atlantic County. The bridge crosses over a section of Egg Harbor Township, and Drag Island. It has carried a portion of U.S. Route 9 since 2013.

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