Beach Lane Bridge – Westhampton Beach NY

City:
Westhampton Beach, NY

Site Type:
Roads, Bridges, and Tunnels, Infrastructure and Utilities

New Deal Agencies:
Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Completed:
1938

Site Survival:
Partially Extant

Description

A 1938 Works Progress Administration bridge on Beach Lane in Westhampton Beach was torn down and replaced in 1993. However, the old double-leaf bascule bridge’s Art Deco “command center” tower at the bridge’s northeast corner, and a similar secondary structure at the southwest corner, are still extant.

Source notes

The Southampton Press; June 27, 1996.
https://archive.southamptonpress.com/shpress/1996-2/96062742.htm

Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on December 15, 2013.

Location Info


Beach Lane
Westhampton Beach, NY 11978
Suffolk County

Coordinates: 40.80080, -72.62798

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