Bronx Whitestone Bridge
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Facts
- Overview
- Suspension bridge over East River on I-678 in New York
- Status
- Open to six lanes of traffic
- History
- Opened to traffic April 29, 1939
- Builder
- - Othmar Ammann
- Design
- Wire suspension
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 2,300.0 ft.
Total length: 7,132.2 ft.
Deck width: 61.4 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 16.0 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +40.80306, -73.83028 (decimal degrees)
40°48'11" N, 73°49'49" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 18/598668/4517552 (zone/easting/northing)
- USGS topographic map
- Flushing
- Inventory numbers
- NY 5521229 (New York State bridge identification number)
BH 25764 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection (as of 09/2007)
- Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 33.7 (out of 100) - Average daily traffic (as of 2006)
- 108,813
Sources
- HAER NY-308 - Bronx-Whitestone Bridge, Spanning East River between Whitestone, Queens & the Bronx, Bronx, Bronx County, NY
- Wikipedia
- Kent Findley - kent [dot] findley [at] gmail [dot] com
