The floating span which connected downtown Long Beach with Terminal Island was built by the Navy during World War II as a 6-month temporary.

Pontoon bridge terminal island. Construction of the Gerald Desmond Bridge began in 1966 and cost 13 million. In the mid-1960s construction began on the replacement of the pontoon. A floating bridge coupled with a navigable pontoon has been tabled as a possible solution for the temporary ferry service planned to run alongside Hammersmith Bridge.

A temporary pontoon bridge connects Long Beach to Terminal Island providing the US. Terminal Island was once known as Rattlesnake Island a part of the 43119 acre San Pedro rancho granted to Manuel Dominguez in 1858. A pontoon bridge is hard to describe.

The pontoon bridge was an engineering marvel of floating sections which an operator could separate in order to allow boat traffic to pass through. Long Beach has been connected with Terminal Island at the center of the port since the early 20th century originally by a single-track railroad bridge which was later replaced by a 187-foot bascule drawbridge. On Sunday afternoons wed drive over to ports or the naval station crossing to Terminal Island either on the ridiculously short Terminal Island Freeway or on Ocean Boulevard from downtown Long Beach.

Feb 26 2016 - Pontoon Bridge connecting Terminal Island. Old Long Beach Pontoon Bridge in Long Beach Harbor unknown date. The Gerald Desmond Bridge connecting Terminal Island to Long Beach was preceded by a pontoon bridge built by the Navy in 1948 as a 6-month temporary emergency structure The pontoon bridge went on to last until the opening of the Gerald Desmond Bridge in 1968.

A pontoon bridge was constructed that could open and close allowing ship traffic to pass in and out of the harbor. It has now tabled revised plans for the Hammersmith Bridge Taskforce to consider. Feb 26 2016 - Pontoon Bridge connecting Terminal Island.

Explore Travel. A pontoon bridge is put in place as a temporary connector between Long Beach and Terminal Island. The Manser Practice first suggested running a ferry shuttle service at the site when the bridge was first shut to motorised traffic last year.