Hell Gate Bridge

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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 (46)
Predicate Object
instanceOf railroad bridge
steel arch bridge
through arch bridge
alsoKnownAs New York Connecting Railroad Bridge NERFINISHED
architecturalStyle steel arch
assistantEngineer David B. Steinman
Othmar Ammann
borough Queens
the Bronx NERFINISHED
carries Amtrak trains
freight trains
rail traffic
city New York City
completionDate 1916
connects Queens
the Bronx NERFINISHED
constructionStartDate 1912
country United States
crosses East River
Hell Gate
crossesBetween 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

Referenced by (4)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Hell Gate
Randall's Island Park
Randalls Island
crossedBy
Astoria Park
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