Hell Gate Bridge

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railroad bridge steel arch bridge through arch bridge

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 →	hasViewOf