Hell Gate Bridge

E61119

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.

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All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Hell Gate Bridge canonical 14

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf railroad bridge
steel arch bridge
through arch bridge
alsoKnownAs New York Connecting Railroad Bridge
architecturalStyle steel arch
assistantEngineer David B. Steinman
Othmar Ammann
borough Queens
The Bronx
surface form: the Bronx
carries Amtrak trains
freight trains
rail traffic
city New York City
completionDate 1916
connects Queens
The Bronx
surface form: the Bronx
constructionStartDate 1912
country United States of America
surface form: United States
crosses East River
Hell Gate
crossesBetween Astoria, Queens
surface form: Astoria, Queens and Randalls/Wards Islands

Randalls/Wards Islands and the Bronx
designedFor heavy rail loads
designer Gustav Lindenthal
engineer Gustav Lindenthal
hasApproachViaducts yes
latitude approximately 40.782° N
length approximately 1,017 meters
location New York City
longitude approximately 73.922° W
mainSpanLength approximately 310 meters
maintainedBy Amtrak
material steel
namedAfter Hell Gate
notableFor being one of the longest steel arch bridges in the world at the time of its completion
openedForRailTraffic 1917
openingDate 1917
owner Amtrak
partOf New York Connecting Railroad
Northeast Corridor
passesOver Randalls Island
Wards Island
river East River
state New York
structureType fixed bridge
trafficType rail

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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Hell Gate Bridge
Description of subject: 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.

Referenced by (14)

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

Hell Gate crossedBy Hell Gate Bridge
Randalls Island crossedBy Hell Gate Bridge
Astoria Park hasViewOf Hell Gate Bridge
Randall's Island Park crossedBy Hell Gate Bridge
East River bridges hasPart Hell Gate Bridge
Wards Island hasBridge Hell Gate Bridge
Gustav Lindenthal designed Hell Gate Bridge
Gustav Lindenthal notableWork Hell Gate Bridge
East River archipelago crossedBy Hell Gate Bridge
Astoria nearBridge Hell Gate Bridge
Randalls/Wards Islands and the Bronx crossedByRailBridge Hell Gate Bridge
subject surface form: Randalls and Wards Islands
Astoria Park Pool hasViewOf Hell Gate Bridge
Mill Rock locatedNear Hell Gate Bridge