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A prior attempt to link Brooklyn and Staten Island, using the Staten Island Tunnel, had commenced in 1923 but was canceled two years later. [2]: 135 [10] [11] That tunnel would have extended New York City Subway service from Brooklyn to Staten Island. [12] This proposal was also revived with the announcement of the Liberty Bridge.
The R7 was created on November 21, 1964, the same day the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge was opened, and ran across the bridge to provide service between Brooklyn and Staten Island, running between Fourth Avenue-95th Street and Clove Road-Victory Boulevard.
Staten Island–Brooklyn ... Lewis and Clark Bridge (Ohio River) 366 m (1,201 ft) 762 m (2,500 ft) ... Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap.
Brooklyn and Staten Island: Kings and Richmond: NY-304: Outerbridge Crossing: Extant Cantilever: 1928 1991 NY 440 and Route 440: Arthur Kill: Staten Island, New York, and Perth Amboy, New Jersey: Richmond County, New York, and Middlesex County, New Jersey
A Map of the Staten Island Rapid Transit Company from 1885. When it was completed, the Arthur Kill Bridge was the largest drawbridge ever constructed; it cost $450,000 and was constructed without fatalities. The bridge consisted of five pieces of masonry, the center one being midstream with the draw resting on it.
In 1888, subsequent to building the Arthur Kill swing bridge between New Jersey and northwestern Staten Island, [4] the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad (the owners of the Staten Island Railway until 1971) proposed a tunnel between Staten Island and Brooklyn. [5] In 1890, Staten Island developer Erastus Wiman, who controlled the railway, sponsored a ...
Wards Island Bridge: 1951: 937 285.6: Pedestrians and bicycles only: Wards Island Bridge in "open" position: Triborough Bridge (Vertical-Lift Bridge) 1936: 750 230: 2 lanes of exit ramp from F.D.R. Drive: Officially known as the Robert F. Kennedy Bridge Willis Avenue Bridge: 1901: 3,212 979: 4 lanes of roadway: Northbound traffic only Third ...
North Grand Island Bridge, Grand Island to Niagara Falls; Ogdensburg–Prescott International Bridge, Ogdensburg, New York to Johnstown, Ontario; Old Blenheim Bridge, North Blenheim; Outerbridge Crossing, New York City (Staten Island) to New Jersey; Park Avenue Bridge, New York City (Manhattan and the Bronx) Patroon Island Bridge, Albany