Rikers Island Bridge

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bridge vehicular bridge

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.

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	bridge → vehicular bridge →
accesses	Rikers Island jail complex →
approachRoad	19th Avenue, Queens → Hazewood Avenue (Rikers Island internal road network) →
carries	buses → service vehicles → vehicular traffic →
connects	Queens, New York City → Rikers Island →
connectsFrom	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 jail complex →
jurisdiction	New York City Department of Correction →
locatedIn	New York City → New York State →
locatedInBorough	Queens →
locatedInCounty	Queens County, New York NERFINISHED →
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 →
opened	1966 →
owner	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 jail complex →
structureType	fixed bridge →
usage	correctional staff access → inmate transport → service and supply deliveries →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Rikers Island →	connectedBy
Queens →	connectedTo
Rikers Island Bridge →	officialName
New York City jail complex →	servedBy