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==== Freight rail ==== On the eastern side of the bridge is the New York Connecting Railroad's single-track line, which links New York City and Long Island to the North American mainland.<ref name="Greenstein p. 50" /> The track forms part of the Fremont Secondary. It carries trains of the [[CSX Transportation|CSX]], [[Canadian Pacific Railway|Canadian Pacific]], and [[Providence and Worcester Railroad|Providence & Worcester]] railroads from [[Oak Point Yard]] in the Bronx to [[Fresh Pond Yard]] in Queens,<ref name="Greenstein p. 50" /><ref name="NYSRailMap2016" /> where they connect with the [[New York and Atlantic Railway]] to Long Island.<ref name="Kilgannon 2007 s568">{{cite web |last=Kilgannon |first=Corey |date=January 31, 2007 |title=Mystery Freight Train Out of Queens? It May Soon Be a Familiar Sight |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/31/nyregion/31freight.html |access-date=March 8, 2024 |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Another track was abandoned in the 1970s<ref name="Healy 2016 i391" /> and totally removed in the late 1990s.<ref name="Greenstein p. 50" /> The speed limit for freight trains is {{Convert|10|mph}}.<ref name="Greenstein p. 50" />
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