The Brigantine Bridge is a vehicular bridge over Absecon Inlet in Atlantic County, New Jersey. It is located just west of the Atlantic Ocean in Atlantic City and the resort community of Brigantine, providing the only road access to Brigantine Island.

When was the new Brigantine Bridge built?

Today's bridge was built in 1972. The steel-stringer bridge is 2,148 ft (655 m) long and was partially rehabilitated in 2007. The bridges have been locally known as the Brigantine Causeway, the Absecon Inlet Bridge, the Brigantine Boulevard Bridge and the Route 87 bridge.

Who founded Brigantine?

Brigantine History. Early History The rich heritage of Brigantine Beach began in the 1500s when the Lenape Indians called our island their “summer playground” or “Watamoonica.”The Dutch were the first Europeans to explore the Jersey coastline searching for a waterway through the New World to the Orient.