Bridges and tunnels in New York City

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Contents 1 Bridges by water body 1.1 East River 1.2 Harlem River 1.3 Hudson River 1.4 New York Bay 1.5 Newtown Creek 1.6 Other 1.6.1 The Bronx 1.6.2 Brooklyn 1.6.3 Queens 1.6.4 Staten Island 2 Tunnels by water body 2.1 East River 2.2 Harlem River 2.3 Hudson River 3 Other bridges and tunnels 4 Bridges by use 5 Sources 6 External links

[edit] Bridges by water body

[edit] East River

From south to north:

• Brooklyn Bridge
• Manhattan Bridge
• Williamsburg Bridge
• Queensboro Bridge
• Roosevelt Island Bridge (east channel only)
• Triborough Bridge
• Hell Gate Bridge
• Rikers Island Bridge (only connects Rikers Island to Queens)
• Bronx Whitestone Bridge
• Throgs Neck Bridge

[edit] Harlem River

From south to north, east to west:

• Ward's Island Bridge (pedestrian only)
• Triborough Bridge
• Willis Avenue Bridge
• Third Avenue Bridge
• Park Avenue Bridge
• Madison Avenue Bridge
• 145th Street Bridge
• Macombs Dam Bridge
• High Bridge (pedestrian only; now closed)
• Alexander Hamilton Bridge (Interstate 95)
• Washington Bridge
• University Heights Bridge
• Broadway Bridge (also known as Harlem Ship Canal Bridge)
• Henry Hudson Bridge
• Sputyen Duyvil Bridge
• Manhattan Bridge

[edit] Hudson River

• George Washington Bridge (I-95)

[edit] New York Bay

• Verrazano-Narrows Bridge

[edit] Newtown Creek

• Kosciusko Bridge
• Pulaski Bridge
• J. J. Byrne Memorial Bridge
• Grand Street Bridge
• Metropolitan Avenue Bridge
• Greenpoint Avenue Bridge

[edit] Other

[edit] The Bronx

• Hutchinson River (heading upriver)
  • Pelham Bridge
  • Hutchinson River Parkway Bridge

• Westchester Creek:
  • Unionport Bridge

• Bronx River:
  • Eastern Boulevard Bridge (Interstate 278)

• Pelham Bay:
  • City Island Bridge

[edit] Brooklyn

• Mill Basin:
  • Mill Basin Bridge

• Gowanus Canal:
  • Union Street Bridge
  • Carroll Street Bridge
  • Third Street Bridge
  • Ninth Street Bridge
  • Hamilton Avenue Bridge

• Rockaway Inlet (Brooklyn and Queens):
  • Marine Parkway-Gil Hodges Memorial Bridge

[edit] Queens

• Dutch Kills:
  • Borden Avenue Bridge
  • Hunters Point Avenue Bridge

• Jamaica Bay:
  • Cross Bay Veterans Memorial Bridge
  • The Joseph P. Addabbo Memorial Bridge
  • Grassy Bay Subway Bridge A train from Howard Beach to Broad Channel.
  • South Channel Subway Bridge Swing Bridge, A train from Broad Channel to The Rockaways.
  • 102nd Street Bridge Connecting Hamilton Beach at Russell Street with Howard Beach.
  • Hawtree Creek Bridge 163rd Avenue and 99th Street in Howard Beach across to Hamilton Beach at Rau Court and Davenport Court.

• Rockaway Inlet (Brooklyn and Queens):
  • Marine Parkway-Gil Hodges Memorial Bridge

[edit] Staten Island

• Arthur Kill:
  • Goethals Bridge
  • Arthur Kill Vertical Lift Bridge
  • Outerbridge Crossing

• Kill Van Kull:
  • Bayonne Bridge

[edit] Tunnels by water body

[edit] East River

From south to north:

• Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel - (I-478)
• Joralemon Street Tunnel - (4 5 subway services)
• Montague Street Tunnel - (N R W subway services)
• Clark Street Tunnel - (2 3 subway services)
• Cranberry Street Tunnel - (A C subway services)
• Rutgers Street Tunnel - (F subway service)
• 14th Street Tunnel - (L subway service)
• East River Tunnels of the Pennsylvania Tunnel and Terminal Railroad to New York Pennsylvania Station - (Amtrak and Long Island Rail Road)
• Queens-Midtown Tunnel - (I-495)
• Steinway Tunnel - (7 subway service)
• 53rd Street Tunnel - (E V subway services)
• 60th Street Tunnel - (N R W subway services)
• 63rd Street Tunnel - (F subway service and Long Island Rail Road (unused))

[edit] Harlem River

From south to north:

• Lexington Avenue Tunnel - (4, 5 and 6 subway lines)
• 149th Street Tunnel - (2 subway line)
• Concourse Tunnel - (B, D subway lines)

[edit] Hudson River

From south to north:

• Downtown Hudson Tubes (Montgomery-Cortlandt Tunnels) - (PATH)
• Holland Tunnel - (I-78)
• Uptown Hudson Tubes (Hoboken-Morton Tunnels) - (PATH)
• North River Tunnels of the Pennsylvania Tunnel and Terminal Railroad to New York Pennsylvania Station - (Amtrak and New Jersey Transit)
• Lincoln Tunnel - (NJ 495/I-495)

[edit] Other bridges and tunnels

• Murray Hill Tunnel, Manhattan
• Battery Park Underpass
• The High Line, Manhattan
• Cobble Hill Tunnel
• First Avenue Underpass from 42nd Street to 47th Street, Manhattan

[edit] Bridges by use

The relative average number of inbound vehicles between 5 am and 11 am to Midtown and Lower Manhattan are:

1. Queensboro Bridge: 31,000
2. Lincoln Tunnel: 25,944
3. Brooklyn Bridge: 22,241
4. Williamsburg Bridge: 18,339
5. Queens-Midtown Tunnel: 17,968
6. Holland Tunnel: 16,257
7. Brooklyn Battery Tunnel: 14,496
8. Manhattan Bridge: 13,818

[edit] Sources

• Bridge information
• Bridges by use

[edit] External links

• Bridges and Tunnels in New York City Provides detailed information of all crossings in the metro area.
• NYC DOT list of movable bridges

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