Suspension Bridges Crossing East River

This is a list of all 7 bridges from the suspension bridge inventory crossing East River. Please note that different rivers with the same name will be grouped together. For example, selecting 'Bear Creek' shows bridges across several different Bear Creeks. Also, similarly named rivers are grouped separately. For example, 'River Dee' (UK) bridges are grouped separately from 'Dee River' (Australia) bridges. Click the bridge name to isolate the bridge on its own page.

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Note: Completion year and longest suspended span length may not be known for all bridges listed below. Also, span lengths are sometimes estimated based on satellite imagery.
Year Completed Bridge Location Crossing - Feature Coordinates Longest Suspended Span (meters) Images
Year Completed Bridge Location Crossing - Feature Coordinates Longest Suspended Span (meters) Images
1883Brooklyn (Great East River)New York and Brooklyn, New York, USAEast River40.706 N 73.99667 W486.31Images
1903WilliamsburgNew York and Brooklyn, New York, USAEast River40.71355 N 73.97226 W487.68Images
1909ManhattanNew York and Brooklyn, New York, USAEast River40.70667 N 73.99167 W448.06Images
1936Triborough (Robert F. Kennedy)New York and Queens, New York, USAEast River - Randalls-Wards Island40.781283 N 73.9273 W420.62Images
1939Bronx-WhitestoneThe Bronx and Queens, New York, USAEast River40.80167 N 73.83 W701.04Images
1961Throgs NeckThe Bronx and Queens, New York, USAEast River40.8 N 73.795 W548.64Images
Hopewell HeritageHopewell, Nova Scotia, CanadaEast River45.477334 N 62.697679 W

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