
Visitors during the groundbreaking of the bridge that will replace the Gerald Desmond bridge watch a demonstration of boring and pile driving for the new bridge supports in the Port of Long Beach on January 8, 2013.

A community forum regarding the closure of his Berth 55 businesses. The 40-year old restaurant, as well as the sports fishing business next door, lost its lease and will have to close to make way for the Gerald Desmond Bridge replacement project.

The Port of Long Beach has unveiled plans to replace the aging Gerald Desmond Bridge.

The Gerald Desmond Bridge, which opened in 1968 and connects Terminal Island and Long Beach, was named in his honor.