Bridges- New York City
East River Crossings

This is the river of mighty bridges, The most famous of course is the Brooklyn.

Brooklyn Bridge

Type	Suspension	Year Opened	1883
# of Decks	1	# of lanes/tracks	6 lanes
Total Length	1595ft 6"	Main Span Length	3455ft, 6"
Highway/RR		Misc	Connects downtown Brooklyn with downtown Manhattan
Toll	None	Misc	Connects downtown Brooklyn with downtown Manhattan
Comments	Probably the most famous of NY's Bridges. It is a classic!

View towards Manhattan (7/26/02)

Brooklyn tower (7/26/02)

Heading towards Manhattan. (5/15/03)

View from City Hall Park (5/20/03)

Manhattan Bridge

Type	Suspension	Year Opened	1909
# of Decks	2	# of lanes/tracks	7 lanes, 4 tracks
Total Length	6855 ft	Main Span Length	1470 ft
Highway/RR	No Highway #, NYC Subway	Misc	Connects downtown Brooklyn with Chinatown Manhattan
Toll	None	Misc	Connects downtown Brooklyn with Chinatown Manhattan
Comments	This bridge has been undergoing a major rebuilding. It has 4 subway tracks, although only 2 have been open for any given time for the past decade and will remain so for at least a couple of more years.

Brooklyn Tower, look carefully and you will see a subway crossing the lower level. (7/26/02)

View from the Manhattan Plaza which it clearly choked with traffic. (5/20/03)

View from the East River Drive. (5/15/03)

Williamsburg Bridge

Type	Suspension	Year Opened	1903
# of Decks	1	# of lanes/tracks	8 lanes, 2 tracks
Total Length	7308 ft	Main Span Length	1600 ft
Highway/RR	No Highway #, NYC Subway	Misc	Connects Williamsburg, Brooklyn with the lower east side of Manhattan
Toll	None	Misc
Comments	This bridge is often forgotten about as is it uptown from the famous downtown bridges. It has two subway tracks for the J/M/Z lines.

Manhattan tower, a subway can be seen on the bridge. (7/26/02)

View from the north. (7/26/02)

Queensboro Bridge

Type	Cantilever	Year Opened	1909
# of Decks	1	# of lanes/tracks	10
Total Length	7449 ft	Main Span Length	1182 west, 984 east
Highway/RR	NY-25	Misc	Connects Queens Plaza with mid-town Manhattan
Toll	None	Misc	Connects Queens Plaza with mid-town Manhattan
Comments	This a long bridge that goes over Roosevelt Island, but no exits for it. However at one time trolleys on the bridge did stop at stations with stairs down to the island.

View from the south. (7/26/02)

Manhattan Tower (7/26/02)

View from the north, the Roosevelt Island Tram towers a visible. (7/26/02)

View from the Manhattan Tramway station. (5/19/03)

Welfare Island Bridge

Type	Lift	Year Opened	1955
# of Decks	1	# of lanes/tracks
Total Length	2877 ft	Main Span Length	418 ft
Highway/RR	No designation	Misc	Connects Queens with Welfare, or now Roosevelt Island.
Toll	None	Misc	Connects Queens with Welfare, or now Roosevelt Island.
Comments

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Triboro Bridge-East River

Type	Suspension	Year Opened	1936
# of Decks	1	# of lanes/tracks	8
Total Length	1380 ft	Main Span Length	2780 ft
Highway/RR	I-278	Misc	Connects Astoria Queens with Randalls Island
Toll	$3.50 all directions EZPass	Misc	Connects Astoria Queens with Randalls Island
Comments	Part of a 3 bridge system connecting Queens, Manhattan and the Bronx. See the Harlem River Bridges for the other two.

View from the south (7/26/02)

Queens part of the Triboro Bridge system looking west from Queens. (10/29/04)

Hells Gate Bridge

Type	Arch	Year Opened	1917
# of Decks	1	# of lanes/tracks	4
Total Length	17000 ft	Main Span Length	1017 ft
Highway/RR	Amtrak	Misc	Goes from Queens to Ward's Island and onto the Bronx.
Toll	N/A	Misc	Goes from Queens to Ward's Island and onto the Bronx.
Comments	Part of a 3 bridge system connecting Queens, Manhattan and the Bronx. See the Harlem River Bridges for the other two.

Hell's Gate is behind the Triboro Bridge. (7/26/02)

Bronx-Whitestone Bridge

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Throgs Neck Bridge

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