Bronx-Whitestone Bridge over East River, Bronx-Queens, New York City
Location: connecting Whitestone, Queens and Throgs Neck, The Bronx
Carry: 6 road lanes of Interstate 678 (the pedestrian walkways were removed in 1943)
Type: Suspension Bridge
Opened: 29 April 1939
Average daily traffic volumes (2008): 117,000
Note: The New York State Metropolitan Transit Authority recently restored the classic lines of the bridge by uninstalling the 14-foot high trusses on either side that had been used to stiffen the bridge
Bronx-Whitestone Bridge over East River, Bronx-Queens, New York City
Location: connecting Whitestone, Queens and Throgs Neck, The Bronx
Carry: 6 road lanes of Interstate 678 (the pedestrian walkways were removed in 1943)
Type: Suspension Bridge
Opened: 29 April 1939
Average daily traffic volumes (2008): 117,000
Note: The New York State Metropolitan Transit Authority recently restored the classic lines of the bridge by uninstalling the 14-foot high trusses on either side that had been used to stiffen the bridge