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46-670: Ninth Street Bridge may refer to: Ninth Street Bridge (Ocean City, New Jersey) Ninth Street Bridge (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) , listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania Ninth Street Bridge (Boise, Idaho) , listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Ada County, Idaho Ninth Street Bridge over

92-626: A fishing pier adjacent to the southbound lanes, before crossing over the Great Egg Harbor Thoroughfare (part of the Intracoastal Waterway ) and then a ship channel on another high-level bridge, where the route enters Somers Point in Atlantic County . After the ship channel, Route 52 crosses onto the mainland and intersects with CR 559 (Mays Landing Road) and CR 585 (Shore Road), formerly at

138-412: A large amount of commercial activity: barges haul petroleum, petroleum products, foodstuffs, building materials, and manufactured goods. It is also used extensively by recreational boaters. On the east coast, some of the traffic in fall and spring is by snowbirds who regularly move south in winter and north in summer. The waterway is also used when the ocean is too rough for travel. Numerous inlets connect

184-755: A navigable waterway north of Portsmouth. Its unofficial northern terminus is the Manasquan River in New Jersey, where it connects with the Atlantic Ocean at the Manasquan Inlet . North of that is its official terminus point, the Annisquam River , a U.S. Army Corps maintained channel 26 miles (42 km) northeast of Boston , Massachusetts , connecting Annisquam and Gloucester, Massachusetts . The Intracoastal Waterway sees

230-521: A residential neighborhood to a partial interchange with the Garden State Parkway , with access to the northbound parkway and access from the southbound parkway. Prior to 1914, access to the island city of Ocean City was only available by horse and buggy , ferry , or railroad . With the growing usage of the automobile, plans for a causeway to support automotive traffic were announced in 1912. The causeway opened on April 11, 1914 as

276-665: A traffic light. Route 52 begins along 9th Street in the Jersey Shore city of Ocean City , Cape May County , approximately 50 feet (15 m) south of Palen Avenue. Past the southern terminus of Route 52, 9th Street heads southeast and terminates at the Ocean City Boardwalk along the Atlantic Ocean . From the beginning of state maintenance, the route continues to the northwest as a four-lane divided highway . Immediately after beginning, Route 52 becomes

322-483: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Ninth Street Bridge (Ocean City, New Jersey) Route 52 was originally designated on June 1, 1937 to run from the Somers Point Circle northwest to Mays Landing . This routing never came about and in 1953, Route 52 was designated onto its current alignment. CR 585 ran concurrent with the route south of

368-530: Is estimated at about three millions of dollars, be accomplished, a sea vessel entering the first canal in the harbor of Boston would, through the bay of Rhode Island , Long Island Sound , and the harbor of New York , reach Brunswick on the Raritan ; thence pass through the second canal to Trenton on the Delaware, down that river to Christiana or Newcastle , and through the third canal to Elk River and

414-731: The Delaware and Raritan Canal was later abandoned for a better alternative, but the Cape Cod Canal remains in operation, and the Delaware and the Dismal Swamp portions still form part of the larger present-day Intracoastal Waterway. In 1826, Congress authorized the first survey for an inland canal between the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico. After the Civil War , government funding shifted from waterways to railroads; still, coastal improvements authorized for development included

460-629: The Gowanus Canal in New York City Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Ninth Street Bridge . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ninth_Street_Bridge&oldid=617954591 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

506-644: The Great Loop , which allows for waterborne circumnavigation of the eastern continental United States , using minimal ocean travel, with the Intracoastal Waterway providing its eastern end. In 1808, the first federal government report on existing, possible, and likely avenues of transportation improvement was presented; it included much of the distance where the ICW now traverses the Atlantic coast. At

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552-735: The Gulf Intracoastal Waterway , and the third is referred to as the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway (AIWW). The first and second sections were intended to be connected via a dredged waterway from Tarpon Springs to St. Marks, Florida (which is near Carrabelle), and the second and third sections were intended to be connected via the Cross Florida Barge Canal across northern Florida. These projects were never completed because of environmental concerns. Additional canals and bays extend

598-672: The Houston Ship Channel and the Delaware River in 1872. The following year, the Senate's Select Committee on Transportation Routes to the Seaboard looked at the need for more haulage capacity to move freight to the coasts. But their "Report of Windom Select Committee" their plans and recommendations "received less attention than was anticipated, of course by reason of the rapid growth of interest in railways". In

644-734: The Rio Grande , and the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1910 authorized a 9-by-100-foot (2.7 m × 30.5 m) channel on the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway between the Apalachicola River and St. Andrews Bay , Florida (completed in 1936), as well as a study of the most efficient means to move cargo. Between 1910 and 1914, navigation channels were deepened, and the screw propeller proved efficient for improved steering and flanking qualities. The Panama Canal Act

690-455: The River and Harbors Appropriations Acts of 1882 and 1884, Congress signaled its intent to improve waterways to benefit the nation by promoting competition among transportation modes. The 1882 act was the first act of Congress to combine appropriations for development of the nation's waterways with a reaffirmation of the policy of freedom from tolls and other user charges, first stated in 1787; it

736-541: The coasting trade at the time was less known and virtually undeveloped, but when new lands and their favorable river systems were added with the Northwest Territory in 1787, the Northwest Ordinance established a radically new and free national policy for their development and transportation use. Over time, internal improvements of natural coastal and inland waterways would develop into

782-653: The Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico with the Intracoastal Waterway. The Intracoastal Waterway connects to several navigable rivers where shipping traffic can travel to inland ports, including the Mississippi , Alabama , Savannah , James , Delaware , Hudson , and Connecticut rivers. The St. Lawrence Seaway and Great Lakes can be accessed via connections with the Hudson River and Erie Canal . The following natural bodies of water are included in or connect with

828-713: The Chesapeake, whence, sailing down that bay and up Elizabeth River , it would, through the fourth canal, enter the Albemarle Sound, and by Pamlico , Core , and Bogue sounds, reach Beaufort and Swansboro in North Carolina . From the last-mentioned place, the inland navigation, through Stumpy and Toomer's sounds, is continued until a diminished draught of water, and by cutting two low and narrow necks, not exceeding three miles together, to Cape Fear River , and thence by an open but short and direct run along

874-683: The Howard S. Stainton Memorial Causeway, also known as the Ninth Street Bridge, which crosses over Great Egg Harbor Bay on a high-level bridge and then the longer Rainbow Harbor Channel. In between these two channels is an island where the Roy Gillian Welcome Center is located, with access from the southbound lanes. After crossing the Rainbow Harbor Channel, the road runs along another island, with

920-793: The Inland Waterways Users Board to make recommendations regarding construction and rehabilitation priorities and spending levels for the inland waterways, and also gradually increased the incremental fuel tax to 20 cents per gallon by 1995. The Intracoastal Waterway runs for most of the length of the Eastern Seaboard . The waterway consists of three non-contiguous segments: from Brownsville, Texas , east to Carrabelle, Florida ; from Tarpon Springs, Florida , south to Fort Myers, Florida ; and from Key West , Florida, north to Portsmouth, Virginia (milepost 0.0). The first and second sections are collectively referred to as

966-630: The Louisiana and Texas Intracoastal Waterway, as well as surveys east of New Orleans to Apalachicola Bay ; this was the first legislation to treat the ICW as a continuous whole. The River and Harbor Act of 1927 authorized the portion of the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway, using the route planned out by the Jacksonville District of the Corps of Engineers. During World War II , the need for efficient transportation of bulk materials within

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1012-606: The Somers Point traffic circle . In October 2010, the circle was eliminated and replaced by a traffic light. Beyond the former Somers Point Circle, Route 52 becomes a five-lane road with a center left-turn lane known as MacArthur Boulevard that heads north through commercial areas, soon narrowing to three lanes. The road curves northwest as a two-lane divided highway and enters residential areas. Route 52 comes to an end at an intersection with US 9 (New Road). The road continues northwest as West Laurel Drive, which heads through

1058-594: The Somers Point Boulevard Bridge, connecting 9th Street in the northern part of Ocean City with the mainland town of Somers Point via a set of four bridges. The causeway was later replaced in 1933, with a new set of bridges that were four lanes wide without shoulders . Route 52 was designated on June 1, 1937, to run from the Somers Point Circle northwest to Route 48 (now US 40 ) and Route 50 in Mays Landing . However, Route 52

1104-570: The Somers Point Circle until 1971, when it was truncated to end at the Somers Point Circle. The circle was removed in 2010 as part of the bridge reconstruction. In 2006, construction began on the replacement of the Route 52 causeway that was built in the 1930s over the Great Egg Harbor Bay, beginning with guardrail repairs that reduced traffic to two lanes. In 2008, the northbound lanes of the causeway were opened to traffic. Construction on

1150-489: The act also created the Inland Waterways Trust Fund under the U.S. Treasury , which are used to cover half the cost of new construction and major rehabilitation of the inland waterways infrastructure (33 U.S.C. ch.32) . The Water Resources Development Act of 1986 was a wide-ranging bill regarding all water resources utilization nationally. Concerning transportation on waterways, this law established

1196-495: The bridges, increasing automobile and marine traffic on the Great Egg Harbor Bay, flooding from storms, and a high accident rate due to narrow lanes and a lack of shoulders. The causeway also contained two drawbridges , which led to traffic jams during the summer months. On January 16, 2006, the New Jersey Department of Transportation reduced traffic on the existing bridges from four lanes to two lanes to limit

1242-755: The causeway, including a new visitor center with a scenic overlook on the Ocean City side. Also, other improvements were made to the MacArthur Boulevard portion of Route 52 including the addition of a center left-turn lane and the replacement of the Somers Point Circle with a traffic light, which was eliminated in October 2010. As a result of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 signed into law by President Barack Obama on February 17, 2009, $ 70 million, or about 8 percent of

1288-409: The coast is reached that chain of islands between which and the main the inland navigation is continued, to St. Marys along the coast of South Carolina and Georgia. It is unnecessary to add any comments on the utility of the work, in peace or war, for the transportation of merchandise or the conveyance of persons. While Gallatin discussed the details of engineering, construction, and costs, including

1334-602: The continental United States was well demonstrated after German submarines sank numerous merchant ships off the East Coast. By 1942, the 9 ft × 100 ft (2.7 m × 30.5 m) ICW channel was completed between New Orleans and Corpus Christi . Today, federal law provides for the waterway to be maintained at a minimum depth of 12 feet (3.7 m) for most of its length, but inadequate funding has prevented that. Consequently, for larger ships, shoaling or shallow waters are encountered along several sections of

1380-490: The federal government used it minimally until Theodore Roosevelt 's presidency more than 10 years later. Continued insufficient capacity of railroad transportation became apparent following the harvest of 1906. The invention of the diesel engine in 1892 eventually led to the conversion of fuels for transportation from coal and steam to diesel and the internal combustion engine . The Rivers and Harbors Act of 1909 set national policy for an intracoastal waterway from Boston to

1426-651: The known advantageous natural geographic features of the country, many of his proposals became the locations of navigation improvements that were surveyed, authorized, and constructed starting with the 1824 General Survey Act and the first of many pieces of rivers and harbors legislation , as well by individual state-built improvements. Since these 1824 acts, the United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has responsibility for navigation waterway improvements and maintenance. All four proposed sections of Gallatin's intracoastal plan were eventually built;

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1472-462: The money allocated to New Jersey in the bill, went to the construction of the second half of the Route 52 causeway project. From 2012 to 2014, annual average daily traffic (AADT) on the causeway went from 18,584 to 22,116, an increase of 19 percent. The latest AADT of the MacArthur Boulevard section, from 2012, is 11,540. On July 19, 2021, a pilot made an emergency landing on the bridge after encountering engine problems shortly after takeoff;

1518-474: The national benefits to accrue from lowered transportation costs between domestic and international markets, his full $ 20 million, 10-year plan was never approved. That is not to say his plan was never implemented, however, for with experience in the War of 1812 shortly thereafter and the attendant British blockade, the continued need for such facility was soon highlighted. Since Gallatin had based his proposals on

1564-484: The need for bulk cargo transportation, with Congress establishing the federal barge lines and spurring development of cheaper ways to transport farm commodities, including the first use of standardized freight barges. In 1924, Congress incorporated the Inland Waterways Corporation, generally regarded as the beginning of modern water carrier operations, and in 1925, it authorized construction of

1610-625: The plane was undamaged, and traffic was briefly halted. Intracoastal Waterway The Intracoastal Waterway ( ICW ) is a 3,000-mile (4,800 km) inland waterway along the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico coasts of the United States, running from Massachusetts southward along the Atlantic Seaboard and around the southern tip of Florida , then following the Gulf Coast to Brownsville , Texas . Some sections of

1656-478: The request of the Senate , Treasury Secretary Albert Gallatin presented an overall plan for future transportation developments of national importance and scope. Along with inland east–west improvements, Gallatin's north–south improvements included the following: The map of the United States will show that they possess a tide water inland navigation, secure from storms and enemies, and which, from Massachusetts to

1702-538: The southbound bridge was completed in April 2009. During the bridge construction, excavated sand was removed from the bay and deposited onto Malibu Beach Wildlife Management Area , as part of environmental mitigation. In May 2012, construction of the causeway was completed, with all four lanes opened to traffic. In addition to the new causeway, the project also called for the construction of fishing piers, boat ramps, bike paths, walking trails, and gateways at each end of

1748-416: The southbound lanes was completed in late 2009. The entire project was completed in 2012, including other improvements such as the construction of fishing piers, boat ramps, bike paths, walking trails, gateways, and a new Ocean City Visitor Center. In addition, improvements were made to MacArthur Boulevard that included the addition of a center left-turn lane and the replacement of the Somers Point Circle with

1794-552: The southern extremity of Georgia , is principally, if not solely, interrupted by four necks of land. These are the Isthmus of Barnstable , that part of New Jersey which extends from the Raritan to the Delaware , the peninsula between the Delaware and the Chesapeake , and that low and marshy tract which divides the Chesapeake from Albemarle Sound . ... Should this great work, the expense of which, as will hereafter be shown,

1840-446: The southern terminus of CR 585 was truncated to the Somers Point Circle. In 1983, the causeway was officially named the Howard S. Stainton Memorial Causeway, after the Ocean City entrepreneur and philanthropist, who died in 1979. Between 2006 and 2012, a new $ 400 million causeway was built to replace the 1933 causeway over the Great Egg Harbor Bay. The original causeway was in need of replacement due to deteriorating conditions of

1886-442: The waterway consist of natural inlets, saltwater rivers, bays, and sounds , while others are artificial canals . It provides a navigable route along its length without many of the hazards of travel on the open sea. Since the coastline represented the national border, and commerce of the time was chiefly by water, the fledgling United States government established a degree of national control over it. Inland transportation to supply

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1932-551: The waterway, with these having 7-foot (2.1 m) or 9-foot (2.7 m) minimum depths from earlier improvements. While no tolls are charged for waterway usage, commercial users have been charged a fuel tax since 1978, which is used to maintain and improve facilities. That year, the Inland Waterways Revenue Act imposed a barge fuel tax; originally set at 4 cents per gallon in 1980, it was gradually raised to 10 cents per gallon by 1986. To hold these funds,

1978-475: The weight on the old structures. The highway was reopened to four lanes of traffic after guardrail repairs were made on May 17, 2006, with a new speed limit of 35 mph (56 km/h). After years of delays, construction began on the new bridge in September 2006. Crews began the project by clearing a staging area on Garrets Island near the Ocean City side. The northbound bridge was completed in April 2008 and

2024-613: Was never built to run to Mays Landing. In the 1953 New Jersey state highway renumbering , Route 52 was designated to run from the Ocean City side of the causeway, north to US 9 in Somers Point. With the creation of the 500-series county routes in New Jersey in 1952, CR 585 was designated to run along Route 52 between the southern terminus and the Somers Point Circle as part of its route between Route 109 in Lower Township and US 30 and Route 157 in Absecon . Eventually,

2070-482: Was passed in 1911, which proved key to the revival of waterway transportation in the United States, because the opening of Panama Canal in 1914 allowed coastal shipping to extend to the U.S. West Coast for the first time. The law also prohibited railroads from owning, controlling, or operating a water carrier through the canal and led to succeeding legislation that eliminated monopoly of transportation modes by railroads. The country's World War I experience demonstrated

2116-558: Was passed over President Chester Arthur 's veto, who considered it a waste of the federal government's growing budget surplus. In 1887, the Interstate Commerce Act established federal regulation of railroads; Congress continued to promote freedom from tolls or special taxes on waterways. In 1890, Congress passed the Sherman Antitrust Act , the first federal statute to limit cartels and monopolies, but

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