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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.
Staten Island–Brooklyn ... Anne Arundel County ... Lewis and Clark Bridge (Ohio River) 366 m (1,201 ft) 762 m (2,500 ft) Cable-stayed
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 ...
Counties of New York Location State of New York Number 62 Populations 5,082 (Hamilton) – 2,561,225 (Kings) Areas 33.77 square miles (87.5 km 2) (New York) – 2,821 square miles (7,310 km 2) (St. Lawrence) Government County government Subdivisions Cities, Towns, Indian Reservations Part of a series on Regions of New York Downstate New York New York City Long Island Hudson Valley (Lower ...
Constructed from 1925 to 1928, the bridge was named for Eugenius Harvey Outerbridge, the first chairman of the then–Port of New York Authority and a resident of Staten Island. [1] [4] [5] Rather than calling it the "Outerbridge Bridge", the span was labeled a "crossing". The bridge's etymology is sometimes incorrectly attributed to the fact ...
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.
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 ...