Bronx Whitestone Bridge

     The Bronx Whitestone Bridge is a suspension type.  It has a 2,300 feet main span between its 2 suspension towers. It carries 6 lanes of traffic  of Interstate 678 over the East River. It connects Thoggs Neck and Ferry Point Park in  the Bronx on the East River north shore with the Whitestone Neighborhood of Queens on the southern shore of.the East River.

    The bridge opened on April 29, 1939.  It was designed by Othmar  Amman and Allston Dana.  Construction costs were 17.5 million