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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 ...
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.
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[174] [47] 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. [183] Until the construction of the nearby Williamsburg Bridge in 1903, the New York and Brooklyn Bridge was the longest suspension bridge in the world, [ 184 ] 20% longer than any built previously.
By the early 1980s, the New York City Department of Transportation (NYCDOT) planned to spend $100 million on bridge repairs. [240] The New York City government allocated $10.1 million for preliminary work on the bridge in March 1982, [241] and minor repair work started that year. [242]
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.
Classification: Bridges: by country: United States: New York (state): New York City also: Transportation : by country : United States : New York : New York City : Bridges This category contains bridges that are entirely in New York City as well as bridges that connect New York to New Jersey .
Newtown Creek is a body tributary of the East River in New York City, whose main flow also serves as a part of the border between Brooklyn and Queens.It has four tributaries of its own, English Kills and Whale Creek in Brooklyn and Dutch Kills and Maspeth Creek in Queens.