Atlantic Beach Bridge

This bridge is «the best kept secret» for us Long Beach residents or people wanting to come into and/​or leave Long Beach. There’s rarely any traffic along this bridge in both directions. It’s a great way of getting to the Belt Pkwy/​JFK/​5 towns or any other destination west of Long Beach.
Yes, it’s prehistoric with the way to pay for the bridge. It’s only $ 2 (why bother charging), «cash» lines are available & they sell annual passes and pass cards. Though it’s a great value to buy the pass card/​annual pass — such a nuisance to make sure you don’t lose that card. As you read in other reviews– they do not accept EZ Pass !
As great as this bridge is, here’s the negative… 1 star lost for each person I dealt with. Twice I had a question or comment about the pass card and twice (from 2 different people) I got rude, abrupt, «don’t bother me answers». So in other words– keep the interaction with the attendants to a minimum.

To hell with this bridge. It would only be good as a last stand option in a zombie apocolypse (yes.the walking dead was the first thought that came to my head when i saw this bridge). Next. the zombie is the toll booth lacked any hoot in the world. Hand the booth troll zombie the useless $ 2 to let you enter the twilight zone. No EZ pass… really?

I hate you bridge. Yes, yes I do. You’re a dick, your payment system sucks, rude, outdated and overpriced.

Something is very fishy about this bridge! Here are my major problems with this bridge that I hope will get fixed.
1. All other bridges on Long Island are free except this one
2. The toll must be paid in cash (no EZ-​pass or credit card)
3. The booklets you can purchase expire at the end of the year (very frustrating)
4. There are no bike lanes
This bridge should either be free or they should use this money to turn the road from this bridge to JFK into a highway without stoplights.

F**K this bridge:
1. I don’t mind a toll, but you can’t pay with EZ Pass. Ahem excuse me? Obviously someone is pocketing the cash.
2. If you’re not going to take EZ Pass, POST THE TOLL AMOUNT so you can have your money ready. Is Robert Moses’ ghost trying to keep someone out or something? I mean, who needs to go to prison here? cmon.
3. A simple google search will confirm that the lack of EZ pass, and the bridge’s operating budget points to patronage and cronyism.
When I’m elected Lord Superior God of the World first I’m gonna smite this toll barrier, and then I’m gonna turn all of Long Island into a wildlife refuge and everyone east of Queens is gonna have to find a new place to live (east Texas, Arkansas, West Virginia).

I really like this bridge. I used to take walks over that bridge. Sometimes if I get lucky I would get to witness how the bridge would open to let the big boats go through. It’s very cool when you standing right next and watch how the sidewalk that you walking all the time lifts up 90 degrees and becomes a wall. :)
The bridge is always well taken care of and always clean.

E-​Z Pass, among other technological advances deemed «good» and «progressive», have actually contributed to our collective loss of humanity. We don’t have to connect to our fellow man anymore. Not if we don’t want to. Buy clothes online. Get food delivered. Find mates over the Internet. Slowly, but surely, we are losing all human interaction. Call it another unintended consequence of modernity. Even aggravation with others is better than no relationship. Communication matters. Toll plazas were once those places to get agitated with strangers. But I miss those booths. You might schmooze a bit. Talk about the weather or the Yankees. These seemingly trivial interactions preserved our humanity. A little goes a long way to keeping us sane. Now all we care about is making great time. Flying through the booths as the light flashes green. We go and forget about the plaza, forget about the pause and forget about what these same tolls once demanded.
Thank the God of your choice for the Atlantic Beach Bridge. There lies a toll. 2 bones. Not much when you consider the stakes. What this fee goes towards. Nominal as it is. It’s something. The final defense against mankind’s inhumanity. This toll is the last hope for us all.

my gripe with this bridge is that if you buy a card for a certain amount of trips it is good only thru the end of the year. how rediculous is that? that’s similar to having money left in your ez pass and it’s good only for the year in which you have it then you lose the money and need to buy another card. that is totally unfair. that is the only reason i do not buy them any longer. i would rather take other directions then buy this card OR use this bridge.

Used to use this bridge once in a while when I traveled back and forth to the Rockaways. Provided a scenic alternative through Atlantic Beach and Long Beach and less traffic then Sunrise Highway.
Nothing great to look at, but it does serve it’s purpose, not to mention that it provides plenty of patronage jobs.
Someone should really get on the ball, and start taking E-​Z Pass. Oh wait, if we did that, someones friend or family member may have to look for a job.

so its rarely ever crowded here, and its a sneaky way to get into the Beach without having to trapze all over Long Island, but whats up with the 2 $ toll that you can’t use an EZ-​Pass for? Luckily, I know that, so I always have cash on me but I feel bad for people coming down that aren’t aware.
The people that work here aren’t the brightest, or friendliest, but they know how to change a 2 $ off a 20 $, which I guess is saying a lot considering our edcuational systems nowadays.