Great South Bay Bridge

The Great South Bay Bridge, also known as the Captree Bridge, is an important bridge in Suffolk County, New York on Long Island. It has two spans and carries the Robert Moses Causeway over the Great South Bay. This bridge connects Long Island’s South Shore with Captree Island.

The Great South Bay Bridge helps people travel to many popular places, such as the State Boat Channel Bridge, the Fire Island Inlet Bridge, Captree State Park, the Fire Island Lighthouse, Jones Beach Island, and Robert Moses State Park. It is also marked on flight charts as a place for pilots to note, called the Robert Moses Causeway Twin Bridge.

History

The Great South Bay Bridge was first built as a single span in 1954 and was called the Captree Bridge. Today, this older span is used for all traffic going south.

A second span opened on April 22, 1968, to handle traffic going north, especially visitors returning from parks like Jones Beach and Robert Moses. Both spans are painted green and have strong safety railings. Plans for adding a path for bikes and walkers are being discussed but not yet built.