New York Connecting Railroad Bridge
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The New York Connecting Railroad Bridge, better known as the Hell Gate Bridge, is a massive steel arch railroad bridge in New York City that carries trains over the Hell Gate section of the East River between Queens and the Bronx.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
railway bridge
ⓘ
steel arch bridge ⓘ through arch bridge ⓘ truss arch bridge ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Hell Gate Bridge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| architect | Henry Hornbostel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| borough |
Queens
ⓘ
The Bronx ⓘ |
| carries |
Amtrak trains
ⓘ
freight trains ⓘ railroad traffic ⓘ |
| chiefEngineer | Gustav Lindenthal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| completedIn | 1916 ⓘ |
| connects |
Queens
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
the Bronx NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| connectsRailLines | Penn Station in Manhattan to New England rail lines ⓘ |
| constructionMethod | riveted steel construction ⓘ |
| constructionStartDate | 1912 ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| crosses |
East River
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hell Gate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| crossesBetween |
Astoria, Queens
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Port Morris, Bronx NERFINISHED ⓘ Randalls and Wards Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| designer | Gustav Lindenthal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| engineer | Othmar Ammann NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| function | rail transport link between Long Island and the mainland ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
massive masonry approach viaducts
ⓘ
stone-faced concrete towers ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | considered an engineering landmark ⓘ |
| locatedIn | New York City ⓘ |
| mainSpanLength |
1,017 feet
ⓘ
310 meters ⓘ |
| material | steel ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Hell Gate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | being one of the longest steel arch railroad bridges at the time of completion ⓘ |
| numberOfTracks | 4 ⓘ |
| opened | 1917 ⓘ |
| openedForTraffic | April 1, 1917 ⓘ |
| owner | Amtrak NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| paintColor | reddish steel color (often described as "Hell Gate Red") ⓘ |
| partOf |
New York Connecting Railroad
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Northeast Corridor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| passesOver | Hell Gate tidal strait NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| state | New York ⓘ |
| totalLength | approximately 1,017 meters ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Amtrak Northeast Corridor services
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
freight railroads via trackage rights ⓘ |
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