Long Beach Harbor Commission Approves New Desmond Bridge Project
The Long Beach Board of Harbor Commissioners has voted unanimously to approve a nearly $1 billion plan to replace the aging Gerald Desmond Bridge with a new, nearly $1 billion span that will improve traffic flow, safety and vessel navigation.…
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Among other things, the new bridge would be higher to allow for the newest generation of green cargo ships to pass underneath. (See ITT's Online Archives or 07/29/10 news, 10072902, for BP summary of the Port releasing the final environmental analysis report for the new bridge.)