List of fixed crossings of the East River

This is a list of bridges and other crossings of the East River, from the mouth at New York Harbor upstream to the Long Island Sound.

This transport-related list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.

Contents

Crossings

Crossing Carries Location Coordinates Year
opened

Manhattan - Brooklyn
Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel Interstate 478 1950
Joralemon Street Tunnel 1908
Montague Street Tunnel 1920
Clark Street Tunnel 1919
Cranberry Street Tunnel 1932
Brooklyn Bridge 1883
Manhattan Bridge 1909
Rutgers Street Tunnel 1936
Williamsburg Bridge 1903
14th Street Tunnel 1924

Manhattan - Queens
East River Tunnels Amtrak Northeast Corridor
Long Island Rail Road
Metro-North Railroad		 1910
Queens Midtown Tunnel Interstate 495 1940
Steinway Tunnel   1915
53rd Street Tunnel 1933
Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge (59th Street Bridge) New York State Route 25 1909
Roosevelt Island Tramway pedestrians 1976
60th Street Tunnel 1920
63rd Street Tunnel 1989
Roosevelt Island Bridge 1955
RFK-Triborough Bridge (East River Suspension Span) Interstate 278 1936
Hell Gate Bridge Amtrak Northeast Corridor
CSX Transportation
Fremont Secondary
Metro-North Railroad		 1916

Queens - The Bronx
Rikers Island Bridge 1966
Bronx Whitestone Bridge Interstate 678 1939
Throgs Neck Bridge Interstate 295 1961

See also