Shoreside Lift Bridge
The Shoreside Lift Bridge is a large four lane lift bridge connecting southeast Shoreside Vale with the west side of central Staunton Island. The bridge also features a bell, indicating to drivers that either the bridge is ready to use or not. During various missions in Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories, such as Panlantic Land Grab and Morgue Party Resurrection, the bridge does not lift. The exit on the Shoreside Vale side is a highway which leads to Pike Creek or Francis International Airport. The Staunton Island exit is a highway that will lead toward Belleville Park or Newport. Staunton Lift Bridge was mentioned once in a news announcement when Shorside Vale is unlocked in GTA III.
Glitches
The movement of the bridge can cause several physics-related glitches.
- If traffic is blocked on the bridge as the bridge moves up, cars will drive off the bridge but will be driving in the air.
- Canceling the taxi side mission as the bridge moves up will have the passenger sink through the bridge.
- One weird glitch in LCS is that if the player loads a profile with Shoreside Vale unlocked and then loads the other where it is not unlocked, the bridge will work and the player will have easy access to Shoreside Vale.
Influences
The Shoreside Lift Bridge is most likely based off the George Washington Bridge.