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Bronx-Whitestone Bridge
Whitestone Bridge 2007.jpg
View of the Bronx-Whitestone Bridge from Queens.
Coordinates 40°48′03″N 73°49′50″WCoordinates: 40°48′03″N 73°49′50″W
Carries 6 lanes of I-678
Crosses East River
Locale New York City (Throggs Neck, Bronx – Whitestone, Queens)
Other name(s) Whitestone Bridge
Maintained by MTA Bridges and Tunnels
Characteristics
Design Suspension bridge
Total length 3,770 feet (1,150 m)
Longest span 2,300 feet (700 m)
Clearance above 14 feet 6 inches (4.4 m)
Clearance below 134 feet 10 inches (41.1 m)
History
Construction cost $17.5 million[1]
Opened April 29, 1939; 79 years ago
Statistics
Daily traffic 124,337 (2016)[2]
Toll As of March 19, 2017, $8.50 (Tolls By Mail and non-New York E-ZPass); $5.76 (New York E-ZPass)
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The Bronx–Whitestone Bridge (colloquially referred to as the Whitestone Bridge or simply the Whitestone) is a suspension bridge in New York City that crosses the East River and connects the boroughs of Queens on Long Island, and the Bronx on the United States mainland via Interstate 678. The bridge was designed by Othmar Ammann and opened to traffic with four lanes on April 29, 1939.