Throgs Neck Bridge
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Throgs Neck Bridge from Fort Totten
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| Coordinates | 40°48′06″N 73°47′36″W / 40.80167°N 73.79333°WCoordinates: 40°48′06″N 73°47′36″W / 40.80167°N 73.79333°W |
| Carries | 6 lanes of  I-295
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| Crosses | East River |
| Locale | New York City (Throggs Neck, Bronx – Bay Terrace, Queens) |
| Maintained by | MTA Bridges and Tunnels |
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| Design | Suspension bridge |
| Total length | 2,910 feet (890 m) |
| Longest span | 1,800 feet (550 m) |
| Clearance below | 142 feet (43 m) |
| History | |
| Designer | Othmar Ammann |
| Construction cost | $92,000,000 |
| Opened | January 11, 1961 |
| Statistics | |
| Daily traffic | 108,455 (2010) |
| Toll | As of March 22, 2015, $8.00 (cash); $5.54 (New York State E-ZPass) |
 Throgs Neck Bridge
Throgs Neck Bridge
Throgs Neck Bridge
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The Throgs Neck Bridge is a suspension bridge opened on January 11, 1961, which carries Interstate 295 over the East River where it meets the Long Island Sound. The bridge connects the Throggs Neck section of the Bronx with the Bay Terrace section of Queens. It is the newest bridge across the East River and was built to relieve traffic on the Bronx-Whitestone Bridge 2 miles to the west, which opened in 1939. The Throgs Neck Bridge is the easternmost crossing off of Long Island. Due to this and its proximity to both the Cross Bronx Expressway and the New England Thruway, it is the closest route from Long Island to New Jersey via the George Washington Bridge; upstate New York; Connecticut; and other points north and east.
The Throgs Neck Bridge is owned by the City of New York and operated by the Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority, an affiliate agency of the MTA.
The Throgs Neck Bridge was planned and managed by Robert Moses. His first plan for a Throgs Neck span dates back to 1945, six years after the nearby Bronx–Whitestone Bridge was completed 2 miles (3 km) to the west. This bridge was one of the few not intended for the Belt System of highways wrapping around Queens and Brooklyn. Moses commissioned famed New York City bridge designer Othmar Ammann, the man behind the George Washington, Bronx-Whitestone, Verrazano-Narrows, and Triborough bridges. This was Ammann's first long-span job after 1940, which saw the collapse of the original Tacoma Narrows Suspension Bridge in the state of Washington. Instead of employing a rather streamlined-looking plate-girder system, Ammann constructed his bridge with 28-foot-deep (8.5 m) stiffening trusses under the deck. These would weight the bridge and allow any wind to simply blow through, instead of against, the bridge.
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