Throgs Neck Bridge

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road bridge suspension bridge toll bridge

The Throgs Neck Bridge is a major suspension bridge in New York City that connects the Bronx and Queens, serving as a key route between the Bronx–Whitestone and Cross Bronx expressways.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	road bridge ⓘ suspension bridge ⓘ toll bridge ⓘ
architect	Othmar Ammann ⓘ
category	Bridges in New York City ⓘ Suspension bridges in the United States ⓘ Toll bridges in New York (state) ⓘ
connects	Bronx-Whitestone Expressway ⓘ Clearview Expressway ⓘ Cross Bronx Expressway ⓘ Queens ⓘ The Bronx ⓘ
constructionStartDate	1957 ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
crosses	East River ⓘ
deckType	suspended deck ⓘ
designer	Othmar Ammann ⓘ
engineer	Othmar Ammann ⓘ
hasBicycleAccess	no ⓘ
hasNumberOfTowers	2 ⓘ
hasPedestrianAccess	no ⓘ
hasTollDirection	southbound only ⓘ
isParallelTo	Whitestone Bridge ⓘ surface form: Bronx-Whitestone Bridge
isPartOfRoute	primary route between Bronx and eastern Queens ⓘ
length	8530 ft ⓘ
locale	Bay Terrace, Queens ⓘ Throggs Neck ⓘ surface form: Throggs Neck, Bronx
locatedIn	New York City ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	New York ⓘ
locatedInBorough	The Bronx ⓘ surface form: Bronx Queens ⓘ
locatedInWaterBody	Long Island Sound ⓘ surface form: Long Island Sound entrance
mainSpanLength	1800 ft ⓘ
maintainedBy	Metropolitan Transportation Authority ⓘ surface form: MTA Bridges and Tunnels
namedAfter	Throggs Neck ⓘ
numberOfLanes	6 ⓘ
officialName	Throgs Neck Bridge self-link ⓘ
openingDate	1961-01-11 ⓘ
ownedBy	Metropolitan Transportation Authority ⓘ
partOf	Metropolitan Transportation Authority ⓘ surface form: MTA Bridges and Tunnels network
regionServed	New York metropolitan area ⓘ
replaces	ferry service between Queens and the Bronx ⓘ
roadCarried	Cross Island Parkway (approach) ⓘ Interstate 295 NERFINISHED ⓘ
structureType	steel ⓘ
toll	yes ⓘ
tollCollectionSystem	open-road cashless tolling ⓘ
trafficType	motor vehicles ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

Long Island → connectedBy → Throgs Neck Bridge ⓘ

East River → crossedBy → Throgs Neck Bridge ⓘ

Othmar Ammann → designed → Throgs Neck Bridge ⓘ

Othmar Ammann → notableWork → Throgs Neck Bridge ⓘ

Throgs Neck Bridge → officialName → Throgs Neck Bridge self-link ⓘ

Whitestone Bridge → parallelStructure → Throgs Neck Bridge ⓘ