RFK Bridge

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RFK Bridge is a major New York City bridge complex connecting Manhattan, Queens, and the Bronx across the East River.

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RFK Bridge canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf New York City landmark
bridge complex
suspension bridge
toll bridge
bronxSpanType lift bridge
carries bicycle traffic
pedestrian traffic
vehicular traffic
chiefEngineer Othmar Ammann
connectsBorough Manhattan
Queens
The Bronx
connectsIsland Randalls Island
Wards Island
connectsNeighborhood Astoria
East Harlem
Mott Haven neighborhood
surface form: Mott Haven
constructionStartDate 1933
crosses East River
crossesWaterBody Bronx Kill
Harlem River
Hell Gate
designedBy Aymar Embury II
Gilmore D. Clarke
Othmar Ammann
formerName Triborough Bridge
hasComponent Bronx span
Manhattan span
Queens span
Randalls Island Connector
surface form: Randalls Island viaducts
lengthApprox 4,800 meters
locatedInCity New York City
locatedInCountry United States of America
surface form: United States
locatedInState New York
maintainedBy MTA Bridges and Tunnels network
surface form: MTA Bridges and Tunnels
manhattanSpanType suspension bridge
namedAfter Robert F. Kennedy
officialName Robert F. Kennedy Bridge
opened 1936
owner Metropolitan Transportation Authority
partOf New York City arterial highway network
projectLeader Robert Moses
queensSpanType suspension bridge
renamed 2008
replacedTollBoothsWith open road cashless tolling
tollSystem E-ZPass
surface form: E‑ZPass
tollType electronic toll collection
trafficDirection bidirectional

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

Triborough Bridge shortName RFK Bridge
Port Morris servedBy RFK Bridge
Major Deegan connectsTo RFK Bridge
subject surface form: Major Deegan Expressway