Whitestone Bridge

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road bridge suspension bridge toll bridge

The Whitestone Bridge is a major suspension bridge in New York City that connects the Bronx and Queens across the East River, serving as a key link between the city and Long Island.

Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	As subject	As object
Bronx–Whitestone Bridge	0	3
Bronx-Whitestone Bridge	0	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	road bridge → suspension bridge → toll bridge →
architect	Aymar Embury II →
carries	Interstate highway traffic → local traffic between Bronx and Queens →
category	Bridges in New York City → Road bridges in New York State → Suspension bridges in the United States →
clearanceBelow	154 ft → 47 m →
connects	The Bronx → surface form: Bronx Long Island → Queens →
constructionStartDate	1937 →
country	United States of America → surface form: United States
crosses	East River →
designer	Othmar Ammann →
hasTowers	2 →
locatedIn	New York City → New York → surface form: New York State Throggs Neck → surface form: Throggs Neck, Bronx Whitestone, Queens →
mainSpanLength	2300 ft → 701 m →
maintainedBy	Metropolitan Transportation Authority → surface form: MTA Bridges and Tunnels
material	concrete → steel →
namedAfter	Whitestone neighborhood →
numberOfLanes	6 →
opened	1939-04-29 →
openedForEvent	Hall of Science for the 1939 New York World’s Fair → surface form: 1939 New York World’s Fair
openedInDecade	1930s →
owner	Metropolitan Transportation Authority →
parallelStructure	Throgs Neck Bridge →
partOf	Interstate 678 NERFINISHED → New York City arterial highway network →
regionServed	Long Island → New York City →
riverMouthProximity	near East River–Long Island Sound junction →
toll	yes →
tollCollection	open-road cashless tolling →
totalLength	1148 m → 3769 ft →
trafficType	motor vehicles →

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Long Island → connectedBy → Whitestone Bridge →

Hutchinson River Parkway → connectsTo → Whitestone Bridge →

this entity surface form: Bronx–Whitestone Bridge

East River → crossedBy → Whitestone Bridge →

Othmar Ammann → designed → Whitestone Bridge →

this entity surface form: Bronx–Whitestone Bridge

Throgs Neck Bridge → isParallelTo → Whitestone Bridge →

this entity surface form: Bronx-Whitestone Bridge

Othmar Ammann → notableWork → Whitestone Bridge →

this entity surface form: Bronx–Whitestone Bridge