Throgs Neck Bridge

Photos 

Throgs Neck Bridge from the Air

This photo, taken from above the The Bronx, is posted on Wikipedia on the page describing the Throgs Neck Bridge. It is used here under the Creative Commons License for educational purposes and to illustrate this article.

Photo taken by Sfoskett (Wiki Commons Contributor)

BH Photo #145855

Map 

Facts 

Overview

Suspension bridge over East River on I-295 in New York

Location

New York City, Queens County, New York, and Bronx County, New York

Status

Open to traffic

History

Built 1961

Builders

- Ammann & Whitney of New York City, New York (Design Firm)
- Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation of New York, New York
- Othmar Ammann of Feuerthalen, Canton of Zürich, Switzerland (Designer)

Design

Suspension

Dimensions

Length of largest span: 1,800.0 ft.
Total length: 12,649.6 ft. (2.4 mi.)

Also called

I-295 Bridge

Approximate latitude, longitude

+40.79972, -73.79333   (decimal degrees)
40°47'59" N, 73°47'36" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

18/601790/4517225 (zone/easting/northing)

Quadrangle map:

Flushing

Average daily traffic (as of 2011)

115,453

Inventory numbers

NY 5521269 (New York State bridge identification number)
BH 43327 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Inspection report (as of August 2017)

Overall condition: Poor
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 32.4 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com

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Update Log 

• May 23, 2021: New photos from Patrick Gurwell
• August 28, 2019: New photos from Geoff Hubbs
• September 5, 2009: Added by J.R. Manning

Sources 

• J.R. Manning - thekitchenguy [at] sbcglobal [dot] net
• Wikipedia
• Geoff Hubbs
• Patrick Gurwell - pgurwell [at] gmail [dot] com

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