 Pulaski Bridge from above, highlighted in red | The Pulaski Bridge in New York City connects Long Island City in Queens to Greenpoint in Brooklyn over Newtown Creek. It is named after Polish military commander and American Revolution fighter Kazimierz Pułaski (Casimir Pulaski), probably because of the large Polish population in Greenpoint. It connects 11th street in Queens to McGuinness Boulevard (formerly Oakland Street) in Brooklyn. Image File history File links Pulaski_Bridge_Aerial_Photo. ...
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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. ...
Long Island City, New York, often abbreviated L.I.C., is an area in the borough of Queens in New York City. ...
Queens Borough in New York City, in yellow This article is about the New York City borough. ...
Views from Greenpoints East River waterfront of Manhattan Greenpoint is the northernmost neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York. ...
This article is about the borough of New York City. ...
Newtown Creek and its tributaries: Maspeth Creek, English Kills, and Dutch Kills Newtown Creek is a tributary of the East River, approximately 3. ...
John Trumbulls Declaration of Independence, showing the five-man committee in charge of drafting the Declaration in 1776 as it presents its work to the Second Continental Congress The American Revolution was a political movement during the last half of the 18th century that resulted in the creation of...
Kazimierz Pułaski. ...
The Pulaski Bridge, designed by Frederick Zurmuhlen and opened to traffic on September 10, 1954, is a bascule bridge, a type of drawbridge. It carries six lanes of traffic and a pedestrian sidewalk over the water, Long Island Rail Road tracks, and the entrance to the Queens Midtown Tunnel. The pedestrian sidewalk is on the west side of the bridge, which has good views of the industrial areas surrounding Newtown Creek, the skyline of Manhattan, and of a number of other bridges, including the Williamsburg Bridge, the Queensboro Bridge, and the Kosciuszko Bridge. It was reconstructed in 1994. September 10 is the 253rd day of the year (254th in leap years). ...
1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Salmon Bay Bridge, Seattle, USA; a single leaf through truss with an above-deck counterweight A bascule bridge is a drawbridge with a counterweight that continuously balances the span, or leaf, throughout the entire upward swing in providing clearance for boat traffic. ...
Drawbridge at the fort of Ponta da Bandeira; Lagos, Portugal A drawbridge is a type of movable bridge typically associated with the entrance of a castle, but the term is often used to describe all different types of movable bridges, like bascule bridges and lift bridges. ...
The Long Island Rail Road or LIRR (often referred to as the L-I-double-R) is a railroad that serves the length of Long Island, New York. ...
The Queens Midtown Tunnel is a toll road in New York City. ...
Newtown Creek and its tributaries: Maspeth Creek, English Kills, and Dutch Kills Newtown Creek is a tributary of the East River, approximately 3. ...
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The Borough of Manhattan, highlighted in yellow, lies between the East River and the Hudson River. ...
The Williamsburg Bridge is a suspension bridge in New York City across the East River connecting Manhattan at Delancey St. ...
For the bridge in New Westminster, British Columbia, see Queensborough Bridge. ...
The Kosciuszko Bridge is a truss bridge that spans Newtown Creek between the New York City boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens, connecting Greenpoint, Brooklyn and Penny Bridge, Queens. ...
1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by United Nations. ...
 | Bridges and tunnels in New York City This box: view • talk • edit | | Bridges | Bayonne Bridge | Brooklyn Bridge | Bronx Whitestone Bridge | City Island Bridge | Cross Bay Veterans Memorial Bridge | George Washington Bridge | Goethals Bridge | Hell Gate Bridge | Henry Hudson Bridge | Joseph P. Addabbo Memorial Bridge | Kosciuszko Bridge | Madison Avenue Bridge | Manhattan Bridge | Marine Parkway-Gil Hodges Memorial Bridge | Outerbridge Crossing | Pulaski Bridge | Queensboro (59th Street) Bridge | Third Avenue Bridge | Throgs Neck Bridge | Triborough Bridge | Verrazano-Narrows Bridge | Williamsburg Bridge Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2592x1944, 2503 KB) Other versions Originally from en. ...
// Bridges by water body East River From north to south: Throgs Neck Bridge Bronx-Whitestone Bridge Rikers Island Bridge (only connects Rikers Island to Queens) Hell Gate Bridge Triborough Bridge Roosevelt Island Bridge (east channel only) Queensboro Bridge Williamsburg Bridge Manhattan Bridge Brooklyn Bridge Hudson River George Washington Bridge (I...
Nickname: Big Apple, City that never Sleeps, Gotham Location in the state of New York Coordinates: Country United States State New York Boroughs The Bronx Brooklyn Manhattan Queens Staten Island Settled 1613 Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Area - City 1,214. ...
The Bayonne Bridge, as seen from Port Richmond, Staten Island The Bayonne Bridge is the third longest steel arch bridge in the world. ...
For other uses, see Brooklyn Bridge (disambiguation). ...
Bronx Whitestone Bridge © 2004 Metropolitan Transportation Authority Aerial view of the Bronx Whitestone Bridge Ground view of its sister bridge, the Throgs Neck Bridge, from Queens © 2006 Michael Roach The Bronx Whitestone Bridge, colloquially referred to as the Whitestone Bridge, is a suspension bridge that crosses the East River and...
The City Island Bridge is a fixed bridge in the Bronx, New York City, connecting City Island and the mainland. ...
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. ...
For the bridge in New York that crosses the Harlem River, see Washington Bridge. ...
The Goethals Bridge, seen from Staten Island The Goethals Bridge (pronounced GAWTH-uhls) connects Elizabeth, New Jersey to Staten Island, New York over the Arthur Kill. ...
The Hell Gate Bridge (originally the New York Connecting Railroad Bridge) is a 1,017-foot (310 m) steel arch railroad bridge between Queens and Randalls and Wards Island (which are now joined into one island and politically belong to the borough of Manhattan) in New York City, over a...
The Henry Hudson Bridge is a steel arch toll bridge in New York City across the Harlem River, a tidal estuary. ...
The Joseph P. Addabbo Memorial Bridge located in the New York City borough of Queens, is a bridge that runs south from Howard Beach, crosses the Grassy Bay portion of Jamaica Bay to Broad Channel. ...
The Kosciuszko Bridge is a truss bridge that spans Newtown Creek between Brooklyn and Queens. ...
The Madison Avenue Bridge crosses the Harlem River from Manhattan to the Bronx. ...
The Manhattan Bridge is a suspension bridge that crosses the East River in New York City, connecting Lower Manhattan with Brooklyn. ...
The Marine Parkway-Gil Hodges Memorial Bridge in New York City (originally Marine Parkway Bridge) is a toll bridge that crosses Rockaway Inlet and connects Rockaway Peninsula, in Queens, with Brooklyn. ...
The Outerbridge Crossing, seen from Tottenville, Staten Island. ...
For the bridge in New Westminster, British Columbia, see Queensborough Bridge. ...
The Third Avenue Bridge carries southbound road traffic over the Harlem River from Manhattan to the Bronx. ...
Aerial view of the Throgs Neck Bridge The Throgs Neck Bridge is a suspension bridge opened on January 11, 1961 that carries Interstate 295 and connects the Throgs Neck section of the Bronx with the Bayside section of Queens. ...
The Triborough Bridge is a complex of three bridges connecting the New York City boroughs of the Bronx, Manhattan, and Queens, using what were two islands, Wards Island and Randalls Island as intermediate rights-of-way between the water crossings. ...
The Verrazano-Narrows Bridge is a double-decked suspension bridge that connects the boroughs of Staten Island and Brooklyn in New York City at the Narrows, the reach connecting the relatively protected upper bay with the larger lower bay. ...
The Williamsburg Bridge is a suspension bridge in New York City across the East River connecting Manhattan at Delancey St. ...
| | Tunnels | Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel | Holland Tunnel | Lincoln Tunnel | Queens Midtown Tunnel The Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel is a toll road in New York City which crosses under the East River at its mouth and connects the Boroughs of Brooklyn and Manhattan, nearly passing under, but providing no access to Governors Island. ...
Clifford Milburn Holland, 1919 Traveling through the Holland Tunnel, from Manhattan to New Jersey. ...
The Lincoln Tunnel is a 1. ...
The Queens Midtown Tunnel is a toll road in New York City. ...
| | Operators | Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority | Metropolitan Transportation Authority | Port Authority of New York and New Jersey | New York City Department of Transportation | New York State Department of Transportation | Amtrak 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. ...
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey is a bi-state agency (operated pursuant to an interstate compact) that runs most of the regional transportation infrastructure including the bridges, tunnels, airports and seaports within the New York-New Jersey Port District. ...
The New York City Department of Transportation (NYCDOT or DOT) is responsible for the management of much of New York Citys transportation infrastructure. ...
The New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) is reponsible for the development and operation of highways, railroads, mass transit systems, ports, waterways and aviation facilities in the U.S. state of New York. ...
Acela Express in West Windsor, NJ Amtrak Cascades service with tilting Talgo trainsets in Seattle, Washington Amtrak train in downtown Orlando, Florida Amtrak (AAR reporting marks AMTK and AMTZ) is the brand name of the National Railroad Passenger Corporation, created on May 1, 1971 as the United States intercity passenger...
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