Roosevelt  Island Bridge

Roosevelt Bridge

     The Roosevelt Island Bridge opened on May 18, 1955.  Construction costs were $6.5 million.  It crosses  the east channel of the East River.  It connects Roosevelt Island in Manhattan to Astoria in Queens

     The bridge is a tower drive vertical.lift bridge.  It is 40 feet wide  and 2877 in length.  It has 2 lanes of roadway and 1 lane of sidewalk.

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