Bridge Name: | North Grand Island Bridge |
Carries: | 4 lanes of |
Crosses: | Niagara River |
Locale: | Grand Island, New York and Niagara Falls, New York |
Maint: | New York State Thruway Authority |
Design: | Twin truss bridges |
Mainspan: | 153 m |
Length: | 4000feet |
Traffic: | vehicular |
Open: | July 15, 1935 (northbound span)[1] December 18, 1964 (southbound span)[2] |
Toll: | $1.75 (Southbound) (Tolls by Mail) $0.95 (E-ZPass) |
Coordinates: | 43.0689°N -78.9908°W |
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; the southbound span was finished in 1964.
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.[3] [4] 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.