The Cross Bay Veterans Memorial Bridge (originally Cross Bay Bridge) wholly in New York City, is a toll bridge that crosses Beach Channel in Jamaica Bay to Rockaway Peninsula, and is located in Queens. Reconstructed and opened to traffic in May 1970, this bridge carries six traffic lanes. Midtown Manhattan, looking north from the Empire State Building, 2005 New York City (officially named the City of New York) is the most populous city in the state of New York and the entire United States. ... Paying toll on passing a bridge. ... Jamaica Bay is a bay that lies in the shadow of New York Citys skyscrapers and is adjacent to one of the nations busiest airports. ... Rockaway is the name of a peninsula of Long Island, most of which is located within the borough of Queens in New York City; the peninsulas easternmost section forms the town of East Rockaway, in suburban Nassau County. ... Queens Borough in New York City, in yellow Queens is the largest of the five boroughs of New York City in area. ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday. ...
As of March 13, 2005, the crossing charge for a two-axle passenger vehicle is $2.25, with a $.75 discount for E-ZPass users. Certain resident discounts apply to this bridge. March 13 is the 72nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (73rd in leap years). ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... E-ZPass (Fast Lane in Massachusetts, Smart Tag in Virginia, I-Pass in Illinois) is the electronic toll collection system used on most toll bridges and toll roads in the eastern United States from Virginia to Maine, and recently extended into Illinois. ...
The bridge is owned by the City of New York and operated by the Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority, an affiliate agency of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (New York). Midtown Manhattan, looking north from the Empire State Building, 2005 New York City (officially named the City of New York) is the most populous city in the state of New York and the entire United States. ... The Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority, described to the public by the popular name MTA Bridges and Tunnels, or MTA B&T, is an affiliate agency of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, a public benefit corporation, that operates all intrastate toll bridges in New York City. ... The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) is a public benefit corporation responsible for public transportation in the State of New York. ...
In 1970, the TBTA completed the present CrossBayVeteransMemorialBridge, a high level fixed bridge, which permits boats to pass under it without the traffic delays caused by the lifting of a bascule bridge.
Located four miles east of the Marine Parkway Bridge, which connects the Rockaway Peninsula to Brooklyn, the CrossBayBridge connects the peninsula to the rest of Queens, the Belt Parkway, and the Southern State Parkway.
CrossBay Boulevard, at the span's northern end, runs through the Jamaica Bay marshes, where one finds the waterside community of Broad Channel and the Jamaica Wildlife Refuge.
The CrossBayVeteransMemorialBridge (originally CrossBayBridge) wholly in New York City, is a toll bridge that crosses Beach Channel in Jamaica Bay to Rockaway Peninsula, and is located in Queens.
As of March 13, 2005, the crossing charge for a two-axle passenger vehicle is $2.25, with a $.75 discount for E-ZPass users.
The bridge is owned by the City of New York and operated by the Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority, an affiliate agency of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (New York).
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