Throgs Neck Bridge, Suspension bridge in Bronx and Queens, United States
The Throgs Neck Bridge crosses the East River with a steel construction that stretches 887 meters (2,910 feet) and rises 41 meters (135 feet) above the water. The structure features two main towers and carries six lanes of traffic between the Bronx and Queens.
Robert Moses proposed a further East River crossing in 1945 after the overloaded Bronx–Whitestone Bridge, but more than a decade passed before Othmar Ammann, then working at Ammann & Whitney, was hired to design it. Construction ran from 1957 to the bridge's low-key opening on January 11, 1961.
The name honors John Throckmorton, a 17th-century English settler whose surname shortened over time to Throg. Today the crossing links two New York City boroughs and serves commuters traveling between Long Island and the mainland each day.
Tolls are collected electronically in both directions; since 2017 there are no cash booths, only open-road gantries, and drivers without an E-ZPass receive a bill by mail. There is no pedestrian or bicycle access. Southbound clearance is 14 feet 7 inches and northbound 15 feet 1 inch, with a maximum width of 15 feet.
Peregrine falcons have nested on the towers since 1983, finding a substitute for their natural cliff faces. The birds return each spring and raise their young high above the river.
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