Most ‘mega’ ship traffic

Among U.S. bridges, these 10 had the most transits by ships over 300 meters from January 2018 to March 2024.

Average daily ships

Verrazzano-Narrows (N.Y.) 4.56

Talmadge Memorial (Ga.) 3.67

Golden Gate (Calif.) 2.29

San Francisco Oakland Bay (Calif.) 2.22

Bayonne (N.Y.-N.J.) 1.18

Chesapeake Bay (Md.) 0.89

Francis Scott Key (Md.) 0.88

Duluth Lift (Minn.) 0.85

Crescent City Connection (La.) 0.67

John A Blatnik (Minn.-Wis.) 0.62

Source: Johns Hopkins University