Hell Gate Bridge

Photos 

Hell Gate Bridge from Amtrak

Taken from Southern Crescent

Photo taken by Geoff Hubbs in1972

License: Released into public domain

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BH Photo #444190

Map 

Street Views 

Facts 

Overview

Steel through arch bridge over Hell Gate (East River)

Location

Queens County, New York, and New York County, New York

Status

Open to traffic

History

Originally the world's longest steel arch bridge until the Bayonne Bridge was opened in 1932

Builders

- David B. Steinman of New York, New York (Staff Engineer)
- Gustav Lindenthal of Brno, Cisleithania, Austro-Hungarian Empire (Now known as Brno, South Moravia, Czech Republic) (Lead Engineer)
- Othmar Ammann of Feuerthalen, Canton of Zürich, Switzerland (Staff Engineer)

Railroads

- Amtrak (AMTK)
- CSX Railroad (CSX)
- New York Connecting Railroad (NYCN)
- New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad (NH)
- Northeast Corridor (NEC)
- Penn Central Railroad (PC)

Design

Steel through arch

Dimensions

Length of largest span: 1,017.0 ft.
Total length: 17,000.0 ft. (3.2 mi.)
Deck width: 100.0 ft.

Also called

New York Connecting Railroad Bridge
The East River Arch Bridge

Approximate latitude, longitude

+40.78265, -73.92194   (decimal degrees)
40°46'58" N, 73°55'19" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

18/590964/4515188 (zone/easting/northing)

Quadrangle map:

Central Park

Inventory numbers

NY 7705410 (New York State bridge identification number)
BH 26670 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

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Update Log 

• December 5, 2020: New photo from Patrick Gurwell
• November 6, 2020: New photos from Patrick Gurwell
• October 14, 2020: New photos from Patrick Gurwell
• June 16, 2020: New photo from Patrick Gurwell
• June 3, 2020: New photos from Patrick Gurwell
• May 7, 2020: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
• November 4, 2019: New photos from Geoff Hubbs
• October 18, 2019: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
• September 9, 2019: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
• April 6, 2019: New photos from Geoff Hubbs
• March 10, 2019: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
• March 5, 2019: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
• April 10, 2018: New Street View added by Luke
• November 26, 2017: New Street View added by Dana and Kay Klein
• May 27, 2017: Updated by Christopher Finigan: Added category "Pin-connected"
• December 6, 2016: New photos from Royce and Bobette Haley
• March 11, 2012: Photos imported by James Baughn
• February 5, 2012: Photo imported by James Baughn
• January 27, 2010: Posted additional HAER photos showing the approaches

Sources 

• HAER NY-88 - New York Connecting Railroad, Hell Gate Bridge, Spanning East River, Wards Island & Astoria, New York, New York County, NY
• HAER NY-121 - Northeast Railroad Corridor, Amtrak Route between New Jersey/New York & New York/Connecticut State Lines, New York, New York County, NY
• Wikipedia
• Hell Gate Bridge, a Good Place to Hide From Zombies, Turns 100 - The New York Times - Description of huge rivets
• Historicbridges.org - by Nathan Holth
• Royce and Bobette Haley - roycehaley111 [at] yahoo [dot] com
• Dana and Kay Klein
• Luke
• Geoff Hubbs
• Patrick Gurwell - pgurwell [at] gmail [dot] com

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