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The Throgs Neck Bridge is a suspension bridge in New York City, carrying six lanes of Interstate 295 ... [118] [119] The fire closed the bridge for much of the day, ...
Throgs Neck Bridge: Metropolitan Transportation Authority: I-295: East River: ... bridge closed in 2016 Maple Street Bridge City of Spokane: Maple Street Peaceful ...
New York City's crossings date back to 1693, when its first bridge, known as the King's Bridge, was constructed over Spuyten Duyvil Creek between Manhattan and the Bronx, located in the present-day Kingsbridge neighborhood. The bridge, composed of stone abutments and a timber deck, was demolished in 1917.
The Cross Island Parkway runs 10.6 miles (17.1 km) from the Whitestone Expressway (Interstate 678 or I-678) in Whitestone past the Throgs Neck Bridge, along and across the border of Queens and Nassau County to meet up with the Southern State Parkway, acting as a sort of separation point which designates the limits of New York City.
The Throgs Neck Bridge, a project to alleviate traffic on the Bronx–Whitestone Bridge, started construction in 1957 [51] [52] and opened in January 1961. [53] [54] The long-planned Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge, which had been proposed as far back as the 1920s, [55]: 135 [56] started construction in 1959 [57] and opened in November 1964.
The Edgely bridge at Randall Avenue in Bristol Township has been closed for a year. Here's the latest update on the complicated nature of the fix.
After the Throgs Neck Bridge opened in 1961, the Bronx–Whitestone Bridge recorded a corresponding 40% decline in traffic; [120] according to a TBTA executive, traffic on the bridge ultimately decreased by more than half. [121] Soon afterward, the 1964 World's Fair resulted in an increase in traffic on the Bronx–Whitestone Bridge. [122]
The Old Manns Harbor Bridge connecting Roanoke Island with the mainland will be closed for six months starting in May. Coastal bridge closure will affect drivers, but not roosting birds, NCDOT ...