Bayville Bridge

The Bayville Bridge is a 541-foot (165 m) long drawbridge carrying Ludlam Avenue/West Shore Road, connecting the villages of Bayville and Mill Neck in Nassau County, on Long Island, New York, United States, while passing over Mill Neck Creek and Oyster Bay Harbor.

The bridge is owned and maintained by Nassau County, and is a major landmark and tourist attraction within Mill Neck and Bayville.

[3][4][5] The bridge suffered damage from Hurricane Sandy in 2012, and repairs were completed in 2013.

[8] The first bridge in this location opened in 1898, and enabled a quicker route into Bayville, as it eliminated the need to travel around the shore of Mill Neck Creek or take a boat across the waterway.

[5] Made of wood, the original drawbridge was replaced in 1904 with a newer drawbridge made of wood planks and steel rails; the original bridge had proved to be unfit for heavy loads when a man named Harry West realized after safely ashore that part of the bridge had collapsed after he carried a heavy load over the bridge.