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The report lists the replacement of the Pelham Bay Bridge as one of 15 "Major Backlog Projects" which have the highest priority for funding. [11] In June 2023, Amtrak applied for additional FRA grants to support multiple improvement projects in the Northeast Corridor, including additional work on the Pelham Bay Bridge project. [12] [13]
Originally named Lady's Island Bridge, it was renamed in 1971 in memory of Richard V. Woods (1935–1969), who was a South Carolina Highway Patrol officer killed in the line of duty. [2] It was opened on December 17, 1959, replacing an earlier swing-bridge that was built 1927.
The bridge is operated and maintained by the New York City Department of Transportation. Crossing the mouth of the river, it is variously called Pelham Bay Bridge [2] and Pelham Bridge. [3] [4] The BL45 to/from Eastchester in Westchester County as well as the Bx29, which operates between City Island and Co-op City, operates over this bridge.
Rodman's Neck (formerly Ann Hook's Neck) [1] is a peninsula of land in the New York City borough of the Bronx that juts out into Long Island Sound. The southern third of the peninsula is used as a firing range by the New York City Police Department; the remaining wooded section is part of Pelham Bay Park.
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Calhoun Falls, South Carolina, and Elberton, Georgia: Abbeville County, South Carolina, and Elbert County, Georgia: GA-39 GA-49: Smith–McGee Bridge Hart County Bridge Bypassed Parker truss: 1922 1980 1982 SC 181 / SR 181: Savannah River
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Another 0.3 mi (0.48 km) downstream from the parkway, the Pelham Bay Bridge carries Amtrak's Northeast Corridor passenger service over the river. A small bay protrudes on the south side of the river, and 500 feet downstream the 891-foot (272 m) Pelham Bridge, the lowest bridge on the Hutchinson, carries Shore Road across. [55]