Rikers Island Bridge | |
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 Rikers Island Bridge, seen from LaGuardia Airport, 2024 | |
| Coordinates | 40°46′55″N 73°53′18″W / 40.78194°N 73.88833°W |
| Carries | 3 lanes of roadway; 1 sidewalk |
| Crosses | East River (Rikers Island Channel) and Bowery Bay |
| Locale | Rikers Island and Queens in New York City |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | Girder bridge |
| Material | Concrete, steel |
| Total length | 4,200 feet (1,280 m) |
| Clearance below | 52 ft |
| History | |
| Opened | November 22, 1966 |
| Statistics | |
| Daily traffic | 14,817 (2016)[1] |
| Location | |
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Rikers Island Bridge (officially named Francis R. Buono Memorial Bridge) is a girder bridge that connects Rikers Island in the borough of the Bronx with the borough of Queens in New York City. The bridge begins in the Ditmars Steinway area in Astoria, Queens, near the intersection of Hazen Street and 19th Avenue, and continues to the south side of Rikers Island.
- ^ "New York City Bridge Traffic Volumes" (PDF). New York City Department of Transportation. 2016. p. 10. Retrieved March 16, 2018.