Bridges and tunnels in New York City

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Contents 1 Bridges by water body 1.1 East River 1.2 Harlem River 1.3 Hudson River 1.4 New York Bay 1.5 Newtown Creek 1.6 Other 1.6.1 The Bronx 1.6.2 Brooklyn 1.6.3 Queens 1.6.4 Staten Island 2 Tunnels by water body 2.1 East River 2.2 Harlem River 2.3 Hudson River 3 Other bridges and tunnels 4 Bridges and Tunnels by use 5 Sources 6 External links

[edit] Bridges by water body

[edit] East River

From south to north:

Name	Opening year	Length	Comments
Brooklyn Bridge	1883	1825 m
Manhattan Bridge	1909	2089.4 m
Williamsburg Bridge	1903	2227.48 m
Queensboro Bridge	1909	1135.08 m
Roosevelt Island Bridge	1955	876.91 m	East channel only
Triborough Bridge	1936	1569.72 m
Hell Gate Bridge	1916	5181.6 m
Rikers Island Bridge	1966	1280.16 m	Only connects Rikers Island to Queens
Bronx Whitestone Bridge	1939	1149.10 m
Throgs Neck Bridge	1961	886.97 m

[edit] Harlem River

From south to north, east to west:

Name	Opening year	Length	Comments
Ward's Island Bridge	1951	285.6m	Pedestrian only
Triborough Bridge	1936	1569.72 m
Willis Avenue Bridge	1901
Third Avenue Bridge	1898
Park Avenue Bridge	1954
Madison Avenue Bridge
145th Street Bridge	1905
Macombs Dam Bridge	1895	774 m
High Bridge	1848	600 m	Pedestrian only; now closed
Alexander Hamilton Bridge	1963	724 m	I-95
Washington Bridge	1888	723.9 m
University Heights Bridge	1908	82 m
Broadway Bridge	1962		Also known as Harlem Ship Canal Bridge
Henry Hudson Bridge	1936	673 m
Sputyen Duyvil Bridge			Rail only

[edit] Hudson River

Name	Opening year	Length	Comments
George Washington Bridge	1931	1450.85 m	I-95

[edit] New York Bay

Name	Opening year	Length	Comments
Verrazano-Narrows Bridge	1964	1298 m	I-278

[edit] Newtown Creek

Name	Opening year	Length	Comments
Kosciusko Bridge	1939
Pulaski Bridge	1954
J. J. Byrne Memorial Bridge
Grand Street Bridge
Metropolitan Avenue Bridge
Greenpoint Avenue Bridge

[edit] Other

[edit] The Bronx

Name	Opening year	Length	Comments
Hutchinson River (heading upriver)
Pelham Bridge	1908
Hutchinson River Pky Bridge
Westchester Creek
Unionport Bridge
Bronx River
Eastern Boulevard Bridge			I-278
Pelham Bay
City Island Bridge	1901

[edit] Brooklyn

Name	Opening year	Length	Comments
Mill Basin
Mill Basin Bridge
Gowanus Canal
Union Street Bridge
Carroll Street Bridge
Third Street Bridge
Ninth Street Bridge
Hamilton Avenue Bridge
Rockaway Inlet (Brooklyn and Queens)
Marine Parkway-Gil Hodges Memorial Bridge	1937	1226 m

[edit] Queens

Name	Opening year	Length	Comments
Dutch Kills
Borden Avenue Bridge
Hunters Point Avenue Bridge
Jamaica Bay
Cross Bay Veterans Memorial Bridge	1970
The Joseph P. Addabbo Memorial Bridge
Grassy Bay Subway Bridge			A train from Howard Beach to Broad Channel.
South Channel Subway Bridge			Swing Bridge, A train from Broad Channel to The Rockaways
102nd Street Bridge			Connecting Hamilton Beach at Russell Street with Howard Beach
Hawtree Creek Bridge			163rd Avenue and 99th Street in Howard Beach across to Hamilton Beach at Rau Court and Davenport Court
Rockaway Inlet (Brooklyn and Queens)
Marine Parkway-Gil Hodges Memorial Bridge	1937	1226 m

[edit] Staten Island

Name	Opening year	Length	Comments
Arthur Kill
Goethals Bridge	1928	2164.08 m	I-278
Arthur Kill Vertical Lift Bridge	1959	170.08 m	CSX and M&E rail lines
Outerbridge Crossing	1928	3093 m	NJ 440/NY 440
Kill Van Kull
Bayonne Bridge	1931	1761.74 m	NY 440/NJ 440

[edit] Tunnels by water body

[edit] East River

From south to north:

• Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel - (I-478)
• Joralemon Street Tunnel - (4 5 subway services)
• Montague Street Tunnel - (N R W subway services)
• Clark Street Tunnel - (2 3 subway services)
• Cranberry Street Tunnel - (A C subway services)
• Rutgers Street Tunnel - (F subway service)
• 14th Street Tunnel - (L subway service)
• East River Tunnels of the Pennsylvania Tunnel and Terminal Railroad to New York Pennsylvania Station - (Amtrak and Long Island Rail Road)
• Queens-Midtown Tunnel - (I-495)
• Steinway Tunnel - (7 <7> subway service)
• 53rd Street Tunnel - (E V subway services)
• 60th Street Tunnel - (N R W subway services)
• 63rd Street Tunnel - (F subway service and Long Island Rail Road (unused))

[edit] Harlem River

From south to north:

• Lexington Avenue Tunnel - (4, 5 and 6 subway lines)
• 149th Street Tunnel - (2 subway line)
• Concourse Tunnel - (B, D subway lines)

[edit] Hudson River

From south to north:

• Downtown Hudson Tubes (Montgomery-Cortlandt Tunnels) - (PATH)
• Holland Tunnel - (I-78)
• Uptown Hudson Tubes (Hoboken-Morton Tunnels) - (PATH)
• North River Tunnels of the Pennsylvania Tunnel and Terminal Railroad to New York Pennsylvania Station - (Amtrak and New Jersey Transit)
• Lincoln Tunnel - (NJ 495/I-495)

[edit] Other bridges and tunnels

• Murray Hill Tunnel, Manhattan
• Battery Park Underpass
• The High Line, Manhattan
• Cobble Hill Tunnel
• First Avenue Underpass from 42nd Street to 47th Street, Manhattan

[edit] Bridges and Tunnels by use

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The relative average number of inbound vehicles between 5 am and 11 am to Midtown and Lower Manhattan are:

1. Queensboro Bridge: 31,000
2. Lincoln Tunnel: 25,944
3. Brooklyn Bridge: 22,241
4. Williamsburg Bridge: 18,339
5. Queens-Midtown Tunnel: 17,968
6. Holland Tunnel: 16,257
7. Brooklyn Battery Tunnel: 14,496
8. Manhattan Bridge: 13,818

All four underwater road tunnels (the Holland Tunnel, Lincoln Tunnel, Queens-Midtown Tunnel, and Brooklyn Battery Tunnel) were built by Ole Singstad: the Holland Tunnel's original chief engineer Clifford Milburn Holland died, as did his successor, Milton H. Freeman, after which Singstad became chief engineer, finishing the Holland Tunnel and then building the remaining tunnels.

[edit] Sources

• Bridge information
• Bridges by use

[edit] External links

• Bridges and Tunnels in New York City Provides detailed information of all crossings in the metro area.
• NYC DOT list of movable bridges

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