Editing Hell Gate Bridge (section)

==== Little Hell Gate Bridge ====
[[File:Acela crosses Little Hell Gate SB fr under TBB jeh cropped.jpg|thumb|Little Hell Gate span]]Between the Randalls and Wards Islands viaducts is the Little Hell Gate Bridge, an inverted [[Tied arch bridge|bowstring truss]] bridge.<ref name="RAG1914 p. 889" /><ref name="synHarbNewcTyneBridge">{{cite web |date=September 24, 2014 |title=Tyne Bridge |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/insideout/northeast/series3/tyne_bridge_northeasthistory.shtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170301234651/http://www.bbc.co.uk/insideout/northeast/series3/tyne_bridge_northeasthistory.shtml |archive-date=March 1, 2017 |access-date=December 28, 2016 |website=BBC Inside Out |quote=Tyne Bridge was designed by Mott, Hay and Anderson... in turn derived its design from the Hell Gate Bridge}}</ref> The inverted bowstring truss span is {{Convert|1154|ft}} long, as measured from the centers of the abutments on either side.<ref name="p1114484502" /><ref name="In 2024 a707" /> The Little Hell Gate Bridge consists of four sections of nearly equal length, although two are slightly longer than the others.<ref name="RAG1914 p. 889" /> Each section is composed of linked [[eyebar]]s measuring {{Convert|16|in}} wide.<ref name="p556427259" />

The bridge is supported by three piers, which are skewed because they follow the former course of Little Hell Gate. Each pier is composed of a reinforced concrete arch held up by two circular columns. The portion of each pier below the former strait's water level is made of granite.<ref name="RAG1914 pp. 889–890" /> Because Little Hell Gate was never a [[navigable waterway]], the [[United States Department of War]] had allowed the builders to construct the piers within the strait itself.<ref name="In 2024 a707" /> Little Hell Gate was infilled in the 1960s.<ref>{{Cite news |date=April 16, 1995 |title=Postings: Parks and Transportation Departments Debate Future of Former Link Between Randalls and Wards Islands; At City Agencies, Troubled Water Over Bridge |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/04/16/realestate/postings-parks-transportation-departments-debate-future-former-link-between.html |access-date=March 8, 2024 |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=November 1, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231101193121/https://www.nytimes.com/1995/04/16/realestate/postings-parks-transportation-departments-debate-future-former-link-between.html |url-status=live}}</ref>