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. Image File history File links From [1]. File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) is a public benefit corporation responsible for public transportation in the State of New York. ... A public company is a company owned by the public. ... The Empire State Building (right) and the Chrysler Building (left) are easily recognized symbols of New York City to the world. ...

The TBTA operates seven bridges:

• Triborough Bridge (connecting Manhattan, the Bronx and Queens)
• Bronx-Whitestone Bridge (the Bronx and Queens)
• Verrazano Narrows Bridge (Brooklyn and Staten Island)
• Throgs Neck Bridge (the Bronx and Queens)
• Henry Hudson Bridge (Manhattan and the Bronx)
• Marine Parkway-Gil Hodges Memorial Bridge (Brooklyn and Queens—Rockaway peninsula)
• Cross Bay Veterans Memorial Bridge (Brooklyn and Queens—Rockaway peninsula)

and two tunnels Aerial view of the Triborough Bridge (left) and the Hell Gate Bridge (right) 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 right-of... Manhattan Borough,highlighted in yellow, lies between the East River and the Hudson River. ... The Bronx is one of the five boroughs of New York City in the United States. ... Queens Borough in New York City, in yellow Queens is the largest of the five boroughs of New York City in area. ... Aerial view of the Bronx Whitestone Bridge The Bronx Whitestone Bridge is a suspension bridge that crosses the East River and connects the boroughs of Queens and The Bronx. ... The Verrazano Narrows Bridge and Staten Island, New York at dawn The Verrazano Narrows Bridge (often written as the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge) is a 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... Staten Island lies to the southwest of the rest of New York City. ... 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 Henry Hudson Bridge is a steel arch toll bridge in New York City across the Harlem River, a tidal estuary. ... 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 Rockaway Penninsula, also known as The Rockaways, 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. ... 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. ...

• Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel (Brooklyn and Manhattan)
• Queens Midtown Tunnel (Queens and Manhattan)

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. ... The Queens Midtown Tunnel is a toll road in New York City. ...

Toll rates

Rates vary by bridge/tunnel and by vehicle.

All rates listed here are regular cash rates effective March 13, 2005. E-ZPass users pay discounted tolls at most facilities, and certain classes of users are eligible for even larger discounts; for example, Staten Island residents are eligible for discounted crossings of the Verrazano Narrows Bridge. 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. ...

• Triborough/Throgs Neck/Bronx-Whitestone Bridges, tunnels (charged in both directions):

Cars: $4.50

Heavy Vehicles (2-7 axles): $9-34, $5 per additional axle

Motorcycles: $2

Buses: $3.50

• Verrazano Narrows Bridge (charged westbound only):

Cars: $9

Heavy Vehicles (2-7 axles): $18-68, $10 per additional axle

Motorcycles: $4

Buses: $7

• Marine Parkway/Cross Bay/Henry Hudson bridges (charged in both directions):

Cars: $2.25

Heavy Vehicles (2-7 axles): $4.50-17, $2.50 per additional axle

Motorcycles: $2

Buses: $1.75

External links

• Official web site