Rikers Island Bridge

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Rikers Island Bridge is the sole vehicular bridge providing access from mainland New York City to the Rikers Island jail complex in the East River.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Rikers Island Bridge canonical 7
Rikers Island Bridge from Queens 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf bridge
vehicular bridge
accesses Rikers Island
surface form: Rikers Island jail complex
approachRoad Whitestone, Queens
surface form: 19th Avenue, Queens

Hazewood Avenue (Rikers Island internal road network)
carries buses
service vehicles
vehicular traffic
connects Queens, New York City, New York, United States
surface form: Queens, New York City

Rikers Island
connectsFrom Queens, New York City, New York, United States
surface form: Queens, New York City
connectsTo Rikers Island
constructionCompleted 1966
country United States of America
crosses East River
designedFor motor vehicles only
hasAccessRestriction no general public pedestrian access
restricted to authorized vehicles
hasLanes 2
hasToll no
hasTrafficType restricted institutional traffic
isOnlyRoadConnectionOf Rikers Island to mainland New York City
isSoleVehicularAccessTo Rikers Island
Rikers Island
surface form: Rikers Island jail complex
jurisdiction New York City Department of Correction
locatedIn New York City
New York
surface form: New York State
locatedInBorough Queens
locatedInCounty Queens County
surface form: Queens County, New York
maintainedBy New York City Department of Transportation
material steel
namedAfter Rikers Island
near LaGuardia Airport
notableFor being the only vehicular bridge to a major urban jail complex in New York City
officialName Rikers Island Bridge self-link
opened 1966
owner New York City
surface form: City of New York
partOf New York City jail infrastructure
primaryFunction provide vehicular access to Rikers Island jail complex
region East River archipelago
replaced ferry service to Rikers Island
securityLevel high-security access-controlled facility road
servesFacility Rikers Island
surface form: Rikers Island jail complex
structureType fixed bridge
usage correctional staff access
inmate transport
service and supply deliveries

Referenced by (8)

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

Rikers Island connectedBy Rikers Island Bridge
Queens (via Rikers Island Bridge) connectedTo Rikers Island Bridge
subject surface form: Queens
Queens (via Rikers Island Bridge) servedBy Rikers Island Bridge
subject surface form: New York City jail complex
Rikers Island Bridge officialName Rikers Island Bridge self-link
East River bridges hasPart Rikers Island Bridge
Rosie’s transportAccess Rikers Island Bridge
subject surface form: Rose M. Singer Center
this entity surface form: Rikers Island Bridge from Queens
East River archipelago crossedBy Rikers Island Bridge