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Oldest surviving bridge in New York City Alexander Hamilton Bridge: 1963: 2,375 724: 8 lanes of I-95 and US 1: Washington Bridge: 1888: 2,375 723.9: 6 lanes of roadway: University Heights Bridge: 1908: 269 82: 2 lanes of roadway: Broadway Bridge: 1962: 558.0 170.08: 4 lanes of Broadway/ US 9 and the train: Also known as Harlem Ship Canal Bridge ...
[173] [46] Since the New York and Brooklyn Bridge was the only bridge across the East River at that time, it was also called the East River Bridge. [182] Until the construction of the nearby Williamsburg Bridge in 1903, the New York and Brooklyn Bridge was the longest suspension bridge in the world, [ 183 ] 20% longer than any built previously.
The Manhattan Bridge is a suspension bridge that crosses the East River in New York City, connecting Lower Manhattan at Canal Street with Downtown Brooklyn at the Flatbush Avenue Extension. Designed by Leon Moisseiff and built by the Phoenix Bridge Company , the bridge has a total length of 6,855 ft (2,089 m).
The Robert F. Kennedy Bridge (RFK Bridge; also known by its previous name, the Triborough Bridge) is a complex of bridges and elevated expressway viaducts [3] in New York City. The bridges link the boroughs of Manhattan, Queens, and the Bronx. The viaducts cross Randalls and Wards Islands, previously two islands and now joined by landfill.
Between 2000 and 2014, the bridge opened for vessels 93 times, including 60 times in 2007. [7] On July 8, 2024, during the 2024 North America heat waves, the bridge suffered from heat expansion and got stuck in the open position, so vehicles could not cross it. The New York City Fire Department sprayed water onto the bridge to cool it down. [8]
As of August 6, 2023, $8.25 (Tolls By Mail and non-New York E-ZPass); $3.18 (New York E-ZPass); $5.04 (Mid-Tier NYCSC E-Z Pass) Location The Henry Hudson Bridge is a double-deck steel arch toll bridge in New York City across the Spuyten Duyvil Creek .
The High Bridge (originally the Aqueduct Bridge) is a steel arch bridge connecting the New York City boroughs of the Bronx and Manhattan. Rising 140 ft (43 m) over the Harlem River , it is the city's oldest bridge, having opened as part of the Croton Aqueduct in 1848.
The Kosciuszko Bridge (/ ˌ k ɒ z i ˈ ʊ s k oʊ, ˌ k ɒ ʒ i ˈ ʊ ʃ k oʊ / KOZ-ee-UUSK-oh, KOZH-ee-UUSH-koh), [1] originally known as the Meeker Avenue Bridge, is a cable-stayed bridge over Newtown Creek in New York City, connecting Greenpoint in Brooklyn to Maspeth in Queens. The bridge consists of a pair of cable-stayed bridge spans ...