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{{Short description|Bridge in New York City}} {{good article}} {{use American English|date=August 2019}} {{use mdy dates|date=May 2019}} {{Infobox bridge |bridge_name= Throgs Neck Bridge |image= Image:ThrogsNeckBridge.jpg | image_size=300px |caption= Throgs Neck Bridge from [[Fort Totten (Queens)|Fort Totten]] |official_name= |also_known_as= |carries= 6 lanes of {{jct|state=NY|I-Toll|295}} |crosses= [[East River]] |location= [[New York City]] ([[Throggs Neck, Bronx]] – [[Bay Terrace, Queens]]) |maint= [[MTA Bridges and Tunnels]] |id= |designer=[[Othmar Ammann]] |design= [[Suspension bridge]] |mainspan={{Convert|1,800|ft}} |length={{Convert|2,910|ft}} (length between anchorages)<br/>{{Convert|11,250|ft}} (total length) |width= |clearance= |below={{Convert|142|ft}} |traffic=119,249 (2016)<ref name="nycdot16">{{cite web|url=https://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/downloads/pdf/nyc-bridge-traffic-report-2016.pdf|title=New York City Bridge Traffic Volumes|date=2016|publisher=New York City Department of Transportation|page=11|access-date=March 16, 2018|archive-date=March 11, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180311161313/http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/downloads/pdf/nyc-bridge-traffic-report-2016.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> |cost = $92,000,000<ref name="LISJ-Opening-1961"/> |open= {{start date and age|1961|1|11}}<ref name="LISJ-Opening-1961"/> |closed= |toll= As of August 6, 2023, $11.19 (Tolls By Mail and non-New York [[E-ZPass]]); $6.94 (New York E-ZPass); $9.11 (Mid-Tier NYCSC E-Z Pass) | coordinates = {{Coord|40.802|-73.793|region:US-NY_type:landmark|display=inline,title}} }} The '''Throgs Neck Bridge''' is a [[suspension bridge]] in [[New York City]], carrying six lanes of [[Interstate 295 (New York)|Interstate 295]] (I-295) over the [[East River]] where it meets the [[Long Island Sound]]. The bridge connects the [[Throggs Neck]] section of [[the Bronx]] with the [[Bay Terrace, Queens|Bay Terrace]] section of [[Queens]]. Opened on January 11, 1961, it is the newest bridge across the East River and was built to relieve traffic on the [[Bronx–Whitestone Bridge]], {{convert|2|mi|km}} to the west. The Throgs Neck Bridge is also the easternmost crossing of the [[East River]]. Due to this and its proximity to [[Interstate 95 in New York|I-95]], it is the closest route from [[Long Island]] to [[New Jersey]] via the [[George Washington Bridge]], as well as points north. The Throgs Neck Bridge is owned by the [[government of New York City]] and operated by the [[Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority]] (TBTA), an affiliate agency of the [[Metropolitan Transportation Authority]] (MTA). ==Description== [[File:SOUTH TOWER AND ANCHORAGE LOOKING SOUTHWEST, QUEENS IN BACKGROUND - Throgs Neck Bridge, Spans East River from Queens to Bronx, Throgs Neck, Bronx County, NY HAER NY,3-THGNK,1-14.tif|thumb|left|The anchorage (left) and suspension tower (right) on the Queens side of the Throgs Neck Bridge]] The Throgs Neck Bridge is a six lane [[suspension bridge]], with three in each direction.<ref name="LISJ-379Mil-1955"/> It was designed by structural engineer [[Othmar Ammann]], who also designed the [[George Washington Bridge|George Washington]], [[Bronx–Whitestone Bridge|Bronx–Whitestone]], [[Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge|Verrazzano-Narrows]], and [[Triborough Bridge]]s in New York City. It connects the boroughs of [[Queens]] to the south and the Bronx to the north, and is the third vehicular bridge to be constructed between Queens and the Bronx, after the Triborough and Bronx–Whitestone Bridges.<ref name="Six Bridges">{{cite book | last=Rastorfer | first=Darl | title=Six Bridges: The Legacy of Othmar H. Ammann | publisher=Yale University Press | year=2000 | isbn=978-0-300-08047-6 | chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=A51VbeqTwogC&pg=PT177 | access-date=September 18, 2018 | chapter=Chapter 6: The Throgs Neck Bridge }}</ref>{{rp|127}} Each three-lane roadway is {{convert|37|ft|m}} wide, and the two directions of traffic are divided by a {{convert|4|ft|m|adj=mid|-wide}} barrier. The roadway is paved with asphalt.<ref name="Six Bridges"/>{{rp|133}} There is no pedestrian or bicyclist access of any kind.<ref>{{cite web | title=Pedestrian Lane Sought for Verrazano-Narrows Bridge | website=The New York Times | date=October 17, 2014 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/17/nyregion/pedestrian-lane-sought-for-verrazano-narrows-bridge.html | access-date=October 7, 2018 | archive-date=September 26, 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180926002326/https://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/17/nyregion/pedestrian-lane-sought-for-verrazano-narrows-bridge.html | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | agency=Associated Press | title=Advocates Want Verrazano Bridge Pedestrian Path | website=NBC New York | date=October 17, 2014 | url=https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Bicycle-Pedestrian-Path-Verrazano-Narrows-Bridge-Staten-Island-Brooklyn-279583532.html | access-date=October 7, 2018 | archive-date=October 8, 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181008095827/https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Bicycle-Pedestrian-Path-Verrazano-Narrows-Bridge-Staten-Island-Brooklyn-279583532.html | url-status=live }}</ref> The Throgs Neck Bridge is a [[toll bridge]]; it originally had tollbooths on the Bronx side,<ref name="LISJ-Opening-1961">{{cite news|title=Throgs Neck Bridge Opens New Gateway to Long Island|last=Phillips|first=Dorothy A.|date=January 12, 1961|work=Long Island Star-Journal|pages=[https://fultonhistory.com/highlighter/highlight-for-xml?altUrl=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FNewspaper%252014%2FLong%2520Island%2520City%2520NY%2520Star%2520Journal%2FLong%2520Island%2520City%2520NY%2520Star%2520Journal%25201961%2FLong%2520Island%2520%2520City%2520NY%2520Star%2520Journal%25201961%2520-%25201188.pdf 1B], [https://fultonhistory.com/Newspaper%2014/Long%20Island%20City%20NY%20Star%20Journal/Long%20Island%20City%20NY%20Star%20Journal%201961/Long%20Island%20%20City%20NY%20Star%20Journal%201961%20-%201200.pdf 13B]|via=Fultonhistory.com}}</ref> but they were replaced by [[open road tolling]] gantries in 2017.<ref name="Castillo 2017"/> === Design === The Throgs Neck Bridge did not have to accommodate large vessels of specific dimensions and as a result, did not need to be as long as other Ammann-designed bridges in New York City.<ref name="Six Bridges" />{{rp|129}} The center span is {{convert|1800|ft|m}}, and the distance between each suspension tower and anchorage is {{convert|555|ft|m}}, with an anchorage-to-anchorage total length of {{Convert|2,910|ft|m|0}}.<ref name="NYTimes-BridgeStarted-1957" /><ref name="LISJ-WorkStarts-1957" /><ref name="Jaccarino 2011">{{cite web | last=Jaccarino | first=Mike | title=Throgs Neck Bridge celebrates five decades as Bronx-Queens span | website=[[New York Daily News|Daily News]] | location=New York | date=January 9, 2011 | url=https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/queens/throgs-neck-bridge-celebrates-decades-bronx-queens-span-article-1.150954 | access-date=October 8, 2018 | archive-date=October 8, 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181008061537/http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/queens/throgs-neck-bridge-celebrates-decades-bronx-queens-span-article-1.150954 | url-status=live }}</ref> The bridge contains two long approach ramps, one on either bank, because both the Bronx and Queens are located on low elevations. The bridge has a {{convert|3,900|ft|m|adj=on}} approach ramp in the Bronx, curving over the [[State University of New York Maritime College|SUNY Maritime College]] at [[Fort Schuyler]] on the [[Throggs Neck]] peninsula, as well as a {{convert|2,800|ft|m|adj=on}} ramp directly east of [[Cryder's Point]] in [[Bay Terrace, Queens]].<ref name="NYPost-NeedsCash-1956" /> Including approaches, the bridge spans more than {{convert|2.1|mi|km}}.<ref name="Six Bridges" />{{rp|127}} The span is supported by two main cables, which suspend the deck and are held up by the suspension towers. Each main cable contains 37 strands, with each strand made of 296 individual wires, for a total of 10,952 wires per main cable.<ref name="LISJ-Opening-1961" /><ref name="Stengren 1960" /> The main cables weigh {{convert|1790|ST|LT t|abbr=off|sp=us}} each.<ref name="Stengren 1960" /> At each end of the suspension span are two anchorages that hold the main cables, both of which are freestanding concrete structures measuring {{convert|250|by|350|ft|m}}.<ref name="LISJ-QueensAnchorage-1958" /> The bridge's Bronx anchorage is at the tip of Throggs Neck, and the towers are located in the middle of the Long Island Sound.<ref name="NYPost-NeedsCash-1956" /> The Queens anchorage is located off the shore of [[Fort Totten (Queens)|Fort Totten]], in the East River.<ref name="LISJ-QueensAnchorage-1958">{{Cite news|url=http://fultonhistory.com/highlighter/highlight-for-xml?altUrl=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FNewspaper%252014%2FLong%2520Island%2520City%2520NY%2520Star%2520Journal%2FLong%2520Island%2520City%2520NY%2520Star%2520Journal%25201958%2FLong%2520Island%2520City%2520NY%2520Star%2520Journal%25201958%2520-%25202210.pdf|title=Man-Made Island Started in East River|date=March 13, 1958|work=Long Island Star-Journal|pages=1|via=Fultonhistory.com|access-date=October 7, 2018}}</ref> The suspension towers of the bridge are of closed-box construction with arched [[strut]]s at the top of each tower. The tops of the suspension towers are sharp and blocky atop the struts, and there are flattened [[segmental arch]]es on the underside of the struts.<ref name="Six Bridges" />{{rp|129}} Both suspension towers are located on artificial concrete islands in the East River, which are {{convert|20|ft|m}} above mean high water.<ref name="NYTimes-FirstSteel-1959" /> Each suspension tower rises {{convert|326|ft|m}} above the islands,<ref name="NYTimes-TowerJobFinished-1959" /> or {{convert|346|ft|m}} above mean high water.<ref name="NYTimes-FirstSteel-1959" /> [[Peregrine falcon]]s have lived high on a suspension tower since at least 1983, when they were first spotted.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/06/07/nyregion/new-york-day-by-day-falcons-observed.html|title=New York Day By Day; Falcons Observed|last1=Johnston|first1=Laurie|last2=Anderson|first2=Susan Heller|date=June 7, 1983|website=The New York Times|access-date=October 8, 2018|archive-date=October 8, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181008062736/https://www.nytimes.com/1983/06/07/nyregion/new-york-day-by-day-falcons-observed.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://catapult.co/stories/what-new-york-citys-most-famous-peregrine-falcons-taught-me-about-parenting-lenora-todaro|title=What New York City's Most Famous Peregrine Falcons Taught Me About Parenting {{!}} Lenora Todaro|date=2019-06-19|website=Catapult|language=en|access-date=2019-08-26|archive-date=August 26, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190826165447/https://catapult.co/stories/what-new-york-citys-most-famous-peregrine-falcons-taught-me-about-parenting-lenora-todaro|url-status=live}}</ref> They are thought to have nested there because the tops of the towers resembled their natural habitat of high cliffs.<ref name=":2">{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/24/nyregion/24birds.html|title=Top of Throgs Neck Bridge Is Home to Family of Falcons|last=Neuman|first=William|date=May 24, 2007|website=The New York Times|access-date=October 8, 2018|archive-date=October 8, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181008101320/https://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/24/nyregion/24birds.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Instead of employing a rather streamlined-looking plate-girder system, Ammann constructed the bridge with {{convert|28|ft|m|adj=mid|-deep}} stiffening transverse trusses under the deck. These served as [[counterweight]]s to the bridge and allowed any wind to simply blow through, instead of against, the bridge.<ref name="Six Bridges"/>{{rp|129}} The asphalt roadway lies atop a {{convert|5|in|cm|adj=mid|-thick}} deck, which consists of dozens of panels that lie directly above the trusses.<ref name="Six Bridges"/>{{rp|133}} ===Road connections=== The Throgs Neck Bridge was one of the few that were not part of the plans for the [[Belt Parkway]] around Queens and Brooklyn.<ref name="Six Bridges"/>{{rp|125}} Instead, the bridge was built along with the [[Clearview Expressway]] in Queens and the eastern part of the [[Cross Bronx Expressway]] in the Bronx.<ref name="NYTimes-600Mil-1955"/> The Throgs Neck Bridge carries [[Interstate 295 (New York)|Interstate 295]] (I-295). On the Queens side, the bridge connects to the southbound Clearview Expressway (I-295) and the southbound [[Cross Island Parkway]]. There is no direct connection to the northbound Cross Island Parkway or from the Cross Island Parkway [[frontage road|service roads]] in either direction. On the Bronx side, there are connections to and from the community of Throggs Neck. The northbound entrance and exit leads to the Throgs Neck Expressway service road, while the southbound exit and entrance leads from the intersection of the Throgs Neck Expressway service road and Harding Avenue. Immediately afterward, the highway splits into the Throgs Neck Expressway ([[Interstate 695 (New York)|I-695]]), which connects to northbound [[Interstate 95 in New York|I-95]]; and I-295, which connects to southbound I-95, westbound [[Interstate 278|I-278]], and northbound [[Hutchinson River Parkway]] at the [[Bruckner Interchange]].<ref>{{google maps|url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/Throgs+Neck+Bridge/@40.8012489,-73.8108308,14z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x89c2f30d6d419dcd:0xf36aee02667fc81f!8m2!3d40.8012485!4d-73.7933213|title=Throgs Neck Bridge|access-date-October 7, 2018}}</ref> === Traffic restrictions === {{As of|2015}}, the Throgs Neck Bridge has a height limit of {{Convert|14|ft|7|in|m}} for southbound vehicles and {{Convert|15|ft|1|in|m}} for northbound vehicles. The maximum width of any vehicle is {{Convert|15|ft|0|in|m}}. Tractor-trailers exceeding 53 feet and traveling between Long Island and the Bronx are required to use the Throgs Neck Bridge.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/downloads/pdf/2015-06-08-truck-map-combined.pdf|title=New York City Truck Route Map|date=June 8, 2015|website=[[Government of New York City|nyc.gov]]|publisher=[[New York City Department of Transportation]]|access-date=September 12, 2017|archive-date=February 24, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180224152640/http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/downloads/pdf/2015-06-08-truck-map-combined.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> A weight limit is imposed on heavy vehicles traveling on the bridge. The MTA allows 6 and 7-axle trucks with less than {{Cvt|105,000|lb|kg}} of gross vehicle weight, and 5-axle trucks with less than {{Cvt|102,000|lb|kg}} of gross vehicle weight, if they have valid divisible-load permits. Trucks carrying less than {{Cvt|80,000|lb|kg}} may also use the bridge, but all heavy loads are speed-restricted to {{Convert|30|mph|km/h}} and must use the center lane of the bridge. Heavy trucks carrying more than 80,000 lb without permits are prohibited from using the Throgs Neck Bridge.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=http://web.mta.info/bandt/traffic/trucker.html|title=Truck/Commercial Vehicle Information|website=Metropolitan Transportation Authority|access-date=October 8, 2018|archive-date=October 8, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181008095711/http://web.mta.info/bandt/traffic/trucker.html|url-status=live}}</ref> ==Name== The name of "Throgs Neck" in the bridge's name derives from [[John Throckmorton (settler)|John Throckmorton]], who first settled Throggs Neck. The traditionally correct spelling is with two "g"s.<ref>{{cite news |title=Spell It Throg(g)s Neck And Give or Take One G |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1955/01/17/archives/spell-it-throggs-neck-and-give-or-take-one-g.html |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=January 17, 1955 |page=18 |access-date=August 27, 2010 |archive-date=January 29, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170129053906/http://www.nytimes.com/1955/01/17/archives/spell-it-throggs-neck-and-give-or-take-one-g.html |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Robert Moses]]—chairman of the [[Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority]] (TBTA), which built the bridge—likely chose the variant with one "g" because it was easier to spell.<ref>{{cite web | last=Stolz | first=Martin | title=F.Y.I. | website=The New York Times | date=January 4, 1998 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/01/04/nyregion/fyi-883867.html | access-date=October 8, 2018 | archive-date=August 14, 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180814071605/https://www.nytimes.com/1998/01/04/nyregion/fyi-883867.html | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | last=Clarke | first=Erin | title=What's in a Name: How 'The' Bronx Got the 'The' | website=Spectrum News NY1 {{pipe}} New York City | date=June 8, 2015 | url=http://www.ny1.com/nyc/bronx/news/2015/06/7/what-s-in-a-name--how--the--bronx-got-the--the- | access-date=October 8, 2018 | archive-date=September 26, 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180926092313/http://www.ny1.com/nyc/bronx/news/2015/06/7/what-s-in-a-name--how--the--bronx-got-the--the- | url-status=live }}</ref> ==History== [[File:Throgs Neck Bridge from the air.jpg|thumb|left|Aerial view, seen from the Bronx side]] === Planning === Plans for a bridge between Throggs Neck and Queens date to a 1932 study by engineer J. Franklin Perrine. However, he discarded the proposed Throggs Neck-to-Queens span because it would have required the construction of new highways at either end.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://fultonhistory.com/highlighter/highlight-for-xml?altUrl=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FNewspaper%252014%2FLong%2520Island%2520City%2520NY%2520Star%2520Journal%2FLong%2520Island%2520City%2520NY%2520Star%2520Journal%25201961%2FLong%2520Island%2520%2520City%2520NY%2520Star%2520Journal%25201961%2520-%25200986.pdf|title=Throgs Span a Dream Come True|date=January 10, 1961|work=Long Island Star-Journal|access-date=October 7, 2018|pages=9|via=Fultonhistory.com}}</ref> The Throgs Neck Bridge's construction was announced in January 1955, by the [[Port Authority of New York and New Jersey|Port Authority]] and the TBTA as part of the Port Authority's Joint Study of Arterial Facilities, a $600{{nbsp}}million plan to improve highway access in the New York City area (equal to ${{inflation|US|0.6|1961|fmt=c|r=2}} billion in {{inflation-year|US}}{{inflation-fn|US}}). The plan also included the construction of the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge, the addition of a second deck to the George Washington Bridge, and the completion of connecting highways in and around the city. The Throgs Neck Bridge was to cost $93{{nbsp}}million.<ref name="NYTimes-600Mil-1955">{{cite news|title=Cost Is 600 Million: 2 Authorities to Raise Two-Thirds of Funds--Fix 1960 as Goal|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1955/01/17/archives/cost-is-600-million-2-authorities-to-raise-twothirds-of-funds-fix.html|last=Ingraham|first=Joseph C.|access-date=February 28, 2017|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=January 17, 1955|archive-date=September 1, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190901045838/https://www.nytimes.com/1955/01/17/archives/cost-is-600-million-2-authorities-to-raise-twothirds-of-funds-fix.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="LISJ-379Mil-1955">{{Cite news|title=$379 Million Construction Mapped|date=January 17, 1955|work=Long Island Star-Journal|pages=[http://fultonhistory.com/highlighter/highlight-for-xml?altUrl=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FNewspaper%252014%2FLong%2520Island%2520City%2520NY%2520Star%2520Journal%2FLong%2520Island%2520City%2520NY%2520Star%2520Journal%25201955%2FLong%2520Island%2520City%2520NY%2520Star%2520Journal%25201955%2520-%25201755.pdf 1], [http://fultonhistory.com/highlighter/highlight-for-xml?altUrl=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FNewspaper%252014%2FLong%2520Island%2520City%2520NY%2520Star%2520Journal%2FLong%2520Island%2520City%2520NY%2520Star%2520Journal%25201955%2FLong%2520Island%2520City%2520NY%2520Star%2520Journal%25201955%2520-%25201816.pdf 39]|via=Fultonhistory.com}}</ref><ref name="Six Bridges" />{{rp|125}} The span was needed because of increasing congestion on the Bronx–Whitestone Bridge {{convert|2|mi|km}} west, which was nearing its traffic capacity by the late 1950s.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://fultonhistory.com/highlighter/highlight-for-xml?altUrl=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FNewspaper%252014%2FLong%2520Island%2520City%2520NY%2520Star%2520Journal%2FLong%2520Island%2520City%2520NY%2520Star%2520Journal%25201958%2FLong%2520Island%2520City%2520NY%2520Star%2520Journal%25201958%2520-%25200997.pdf|title=Whitestone Span Traffic Dips|date=February 3, 1958|work=Long Island Star-Journal|pages=5|via=Fultonhistory.com}}</ref><ref name="NYPost-EndTieups-1960" /> Traffic loads on the Triborough and Bronx–Whitestone Bridges had more than doubled on both bridges after [[World War II]].<ref name="Six Bridges" />{{rp|125}} The city and Port Authority came to a provisional agreement for the highway arterial plan in late March 1955,<ref>{{cite web | last=Bennett | first=Charles G. | title=City Backs Plans For $600,000,000 In Artery Roads | website=The New York Times | date=March 22, 1955 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1955/03/22/archives/city-backs-plans-for-600000000-in-artery-roads-arterial-roads-get.html | access-date=October 7, 2018 | archive-date=October 7, 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181007073801/https://www.nytimes.com/1955/03/22/archives/city-backs-plans-for-600000000-in-artery-roads-arterial-roads-get.html | url-status=live }}</ref> and the plan was officially approved by the New York state legislature two weeks later.<ref>{{cite web | last=Dales | first=Douglas | title=Bridge-Road Plan for City Is Adopted by Legislature | website=The New York Times | date=April 3, 1955 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1955/04/03/archives/bridgeroad-plan-for-city-is-adopted-by-legislature-roadbridge-plan.html | access-date=October 7, 2018 | archive-date=October 7, 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181007111452/https://www.nytimes.com/1955/04/03/archives/bridgeroad-plan-for-city-is-adopted-by-legislature-roadbridge-plan.html | url-status=live }}</ref> Initially, the bridge approach on the Queens side was controversial because of the number of people who would be displaced, and there were proposals to scrap the bridge entirely.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://fultonhistory.com/highlighter/highlight-for-xml?altUrl=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FNewspaper%252014%2FLong%2520Island%2520City%2520NY%2520Star%2520Journal%2FLong%2520Island%2520City%2520NY%2520Star%2520Journal%25201956%2FLong%2520Island%2520City%2520NY%2520Star%2520Journal%25201956%2520-%25200546.pdf|title=Legislature Urged to Kill Bridge Projects |date=February 17, 1956|work=Long Island Star-Journal|pages=1|via=Fultonhistory.com|access-date=October 6, 2018}}</ref> In September 1956, Queens borough leaders agreed on the location for the Queens approach of the Throgs Neck Bridge. From the Queens anchorage, the approach would descend to a point east of the Clearview Golf Course, approximately between 206th and 207th Streets, and continue south as the Clearview Expressway.<ref name="NYTimes-Clearview-Sep1956">{{cite web | title=Queens Approach Agreed On For New Throgs Neck Bridge; Agreement Jointly Announced | website=The New York Times | date=September 26, 1956 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1956/09/26/archives/queens-approach-agreed-on-for-new-throgs-neck-bridge-agreement.html | access-date=October 7, 2018 | archive-date=October 7, 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181007111424/https://www.nytimes.com/1956/09/26/archives/queens-approach-agreed-on-for-new-throgs-neck-bridge-agreement.html | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Route Set|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1956/09/26/archives/baby-boy-left-in-car-ridgefield-police-are-seeking-motherchild-in.html|access-date=February 28, 2017|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=September 26, 1956}}</ref> This routing would displace 421 homes, compared to 860 in the original plan.<ref name="Six Bridges" />{{rp|127}}<ref name="NYTimes-Clearview-Sep1956" /><ref>{{cite news|author1=[[Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority]]|title=The Facts About The Clearview Expressway|url=http://fultonhistory.com/Newspaper%2014/Long%20Island%20City%20NY%20Star%20Journal/Long%20Island%20City%20NY%20Star%20Journal%201957/Long%20Island%20City%20NY%20Star%20Journal%201957%20-%200104.pdf#xml=http://fultonhistory.com/dtSearch/dtisapi6.dll?cmd=getpdfhits&u=665db749&DocId=4466781&Index=Z%3a%5cIndex%20U%2dF%2dP&HitCount=6&hits=1d+1e+8c+8d+f9+fa+&SearchForm=%2fFulton%5fNew%5fform%2ehtml&.pdf|access-date=February 28, 2017|work=Long Island Star-Journal|via=[[Fultonhistory.com]]|date=January 4, 1957|page=7|archive-date=November 9, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211109105403/https://fultonhistory.com/Newspaper%2014/Long%20Island%20City%20NY%20Star%20Journal/Long%20Island%20City%20NY%20Star%20Journal%201957/Long%20Island%20City%20NY%20Star%20Journal%201957%20-%200104.pdf#xml=http://fultonhistory.com/dtSearch/dtisapi6.dll?cmd=getpdfhits&u=665db749&DocId=4466781&Index=Z%3a%5cIndex%20U%2dF%2dP&HitCount=6&hits=1d+1e+8c+8d+f9+fa+&SearchForm=%2fFulton%5fNew%5fform%2ehtml&.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> Shortly after the arterial plan was approved, drivers on the Triborough and Bronx–Whitestone Bridges were surveyed in order to assess demand for the Throgs Neck Bridge.<ref>{{cite web | last=Ingraham | first=Joseph C. | title=Study Of Traffic For Bridge Made; Triborough and Whitestone Users Questioned to Give Data for Throgs Neck | website=The New York Times | date=April 21, 1955 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1955/04/21/archives/study-of-traffic-for-bridge-made-triborough-and-whitestone-users.html | access-date=October 7, 2018 | archive-date=October 7, 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181007073829/https://www.nytimes.com/1955/04/21/archives/study-of-traffic-for-bridge-made-triborough-and-whitestone-users.html | url-status=live }}</ref> However, by February 1956, the funding for the Throgs Neck Bridge had not yet been acquired.<ref name="NYPost-NeedsCash-1956">{{Cite news|url=http://fultonhistory.com/highlighter/highlight-for-xml?altUrl=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FNewspaper%252024%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Post%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Post%25201956%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Post%25201956%2520-%25202740.pdf|title=Throggs Neck Span Still a Dream That Needs Cash to Come True|first=Vincent|last=Austin|date=February 19, 1956|work=New York Post|pages=25|via=Fultonhistory.com|access-date=October 6, 2018}}</ref> In January 1957, the Port Authority provided $13{{nbsp}}million in funding for the New York City arterial plan,<ref>{{cite web | last=Ingraham | first=Joseph C. | title=Fund Voted to Start 2 Bridge Projects | website=The New York Times | date=January 11, 1957 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/01/11/archives/fund-voted-to-start-2-bridge-projects-port-body-allots-city-roads.html | access-date=October 7, 2018 | archive-date=October 7, 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181007111417/https://www.nytimes.com/1957/01/11/archives/fund-voted-to-start-2-bridge-projects-port-body-allots-city-roads.html | url-status=live }}</ref> and the New York state government gave another $469{{nbsp}}million.<ref>{{cite web | last=Egan | first=Leo | title=Albany Allots 469 Millions For Highways in City Area; Figures Uncertain for 1960-61 | website=The New York Times | date=January 21, 1957 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/01/21/archives/albany-allots-469-millions-for-highways-in-city-area-figures.html | access-date=October 7, 2018 | archive-date=October 7, 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181007073822/https://www.nytimes.com/1957/01/21/archives/albany-allots-469-millions-for-highways-in-city-area-figures.html | url-status=live }}</ref> [[File:Throgs Neck top.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|View from the north tower]] With funding secured, the Throgs Neck Bridge was ready for the start of construction. Then, at the end of March 1957, the New York state legislature suddenly changed the approach route for the Throgs Neck and Narrows Bridges without the city's knowledge.<ref>{{cite web | title=Legislature Gets a Legal Nod to Change Routes of 2 Spans Without City Approval | website=The New York Times | date=March 30, 1957 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/03/30/archives/legislature-gets-a-legal-nod-to-change-routes-of-2-spans-without.html | access-date=October 7, 2018 | archive-date=October 7, 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181007111525/https://www.nytimes.com/1957/03/30/archives/legislature-gets-a-legal-nod-to-change-routes-of-2-spans-without.html | url-status=live }}</ref> The city then decided to defer any decision on either bridge for a year because both bridges' approaches would require potentially controversial home relocations.<ref>{{cite web | last=Ingraham | first=Joseph C. | title=City Plans to Delay Bridges For Narrows, Throgs Neck; Will Defer Action at Least a Year Because Issue of Home Relocation for Approach Routes Might Stir Election Fight | website=The New York Times | date=March 1, 1957 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/04/01/archives/city-plans-to-delay-bridges-for-narrows-throgs-neck-will-defer.html | access-date=October 7, 2018 | archive-date=October 7, 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181007111512/https://www.nytimes.com/1957/04/01/archives/city-plans-to-delay-bridges-for-narrows-throgs-neck-will-defer.html | url-status=live }}</ref> One plan had the Throgs Neck Bridge approach in Queens connect directly to a road paralleling the [[Cross Island Parkway]], rather than to the proposed Clearview Expressway.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://fultonhistory.com/highlighter/highlight-for-xml?altUrl=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FNewspaper%252014%2FLong%2520Island%2520City%2520NY%2520Star%2520Journal%2FLong%2520Island%2520City%2520NY%2520Star%2520Journal%25201957%2FLong%2520Island%2520City%2520NY%2520Star%2520Journal%25201957%2520-%25200328.pdf|title=Tyholland Shore Route Plan|date=January 11, 1957|work=Long Island Star-Journal|pages=3|via=Fultonhistory.com|access-date=October 6, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Queens Road Site Still Undecided: But Estimate Board Will Fix Route Today for Disputed Clearview Expressway|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/09/19/archives/queens-road-site-still-undecided-but-estimate-board-will-fix-route.html|access-date=February 28, 2017|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=September 19, 1957|archive-date=February 28, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170228170656/http://www.nytimes.com/1957/09/19/archives/queens-road-site-still-undecided-but-estimate-board-will-fix-route.html|url-status=live}}</ref> TBTA officials warned that the Throgs Neck Bridge could not be approved for construction until an approach route was finalized.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Crowell|first1=Paul|title=Throgs Neck Span Is Seen In Peril|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/05/17/archives/throgs-neck-span-is-seen-in-peril-authority-aide-tells-hostile.html|access-date=February 28, 2017|work=The New York Times|date=May 17, 1957|archive-date=September 1, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190901045836/https://www.nytimes.com/1957/05/17/archives/throgs-neck-span-is-seen-in-peril-authority-aide-tells-hostile.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The revised approach routes for both the Narrows and the Throgs Neck bridges were approved that June, which allowed construction on both crossings to begin.<ref>{{cite web | last=Bennett | first=Charles G. | title=Span Approaches Approved By City; Narrows and Throgs Neck Routes Are Advanced by Planning Commission | website=The New York Times | date=June 20, 1957 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/06/20/archives/span-approaches-approved-by-city-narrows-and-throgs-neck-routes-are.html | access-date=October 7, 2018 | archive-date=October 3, 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181003014313/https://www.nytimes.com/1957/06/20/archives/span-approaches-approved-by-city-narrows-and-throgs-neck-routes-are.html | url-status=live }}</ref> As a result of the revisions to the Clearview Expressway approach, the cost estimate for the Throgs Neck Bridge increased to $126{{nbsp}}million.<ref>{{cite web | last=Ingraham | first=Joseph C. | title=Revisions Slated In Bridge Plans | website=The New York Times | date=May 7, 1957 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/05/07/archives/revisions-slated-in-bridge-plans-costs-of-george-washington-narrows.html | access-date=October 7, 2018}}</ref> The city approved the construction of the bridge that July.<ref>{{cite web | last=Bennett | first=Charles G. | title=City Board Backs Three Road Links; Estimate Unit Passes Initial Routes for Narrows and Throgs Neck Bridges | website=The New York Times | date=July 26, 1957 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/07/26/archives/city-board-backs-three-road-links-estimate-unit-passes-initial.html | access-date=October 7, 2018 | archive-date=October 7, 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181007073850/https://www.nytimes.com/1957/07/26/archives/city-board-backs-three-road-links-estimate-unit-passes-initial.html | url-status=live }}</ref> A final obstacle was removed in August, when the [[United States Senate]] passed a bill stating that the construction of the proposed bridge over the SUNY Maritime College at Fort Schuyler was not a breach of a prior land [[conveyancing|conveyance]], and authorized the [[United States Army]] to give the New York state government some land for the bridge's construction.<ref>{{cite web | title=Throgs Neck Bill Passed | website=The New York Times | date=August 24, 1957 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/08/24/archives/throgs-neck-bill-passed.html | access-date=October 7, 2018 | archive-date=October 7, 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181007111456/https://www.nytimes.com/1957/08/24/archives/throgs-neck-bill-passed.html | url-status=live }}</ref> The SUNY Maritime College would receive {{convert|7|acre|ha}} of land in exchange for an [[easement]] to allow the bridge to be constructed over the college.<ref name="Six Bridges"/>{{rp|128}}<ref name=NYTimes-BridgeStarted-1957/> ===Construction=== [[File:Stadium 006.jpg|thumb|left|The ''[[T.S. Empire State VI|Empire State VI]]'' moored to the north of the bridge]] TBTA chairman Moses commissioned Othmar Ammann for the construction of the Throgs Neck Bridge. This was Ammann's first long-span bridge project since 1931, which saw the dedication of the [[George Washington Bridge]] over the [[Hudson River]].<ref>{{cite magazine | last=Jablow | first=Valerie | title=Othmar Ammann's Glory | magazine=[[Smithsonian (magazine)|Smithsonian]] | date=October 1999 | url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/othmar-ammanns-glory-173362465/ | access-date=August 27, 2019 | archive-date=August 28, 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190828002026/https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/othmar-ammanns-glory-173362465/ | url-status=live }}</ref> A [[groundbreaking ceremony]] for the Throgs Neck Bridge occurred at the SUNY Maritime College on October 22, 1957. At the time, the approach roads alone were expected to cost $51{{nbsp}}million, nearly half of the total bridge cost.<ref name="NYTimes-BridgeStarted-1957">{{cite web | title=Bridge Started at Throgs Neck; Moses and 5 Other Officials Break Ground for First of 3 Traffic-Relief Projects | website=The New York Times | date=October 23, 1957 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/10/23/archives/bridge-started-at-throgs-neck-moses-and-5-other-officials-break.html | access-date=October 7, 2018 | archive-date=October 7, 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181007073843/https://www.nytimes.com/1957/10/23/archives/bridge-started-at-throgs-neck-moses-and-5-other-officials-break.html | url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="LISJ-WorkStarts-1957">{{Cite news|title=Throgs Neck Span Work Starts; Queens-Bronx Link Ready in '61|date=October 22, 1957|work=Long Island Star-Journal|pages=[http://fultonhistory.com/Newspaper%2014/Long%20Island%20City%20NY%20Star%20Journal/Long%20Island%20City%20NY%20Star%20Journal%201957/Long%20Island%20City%20NY%20Star%20Journal%201957%20-%209657.pdf 1], [http://fultonhistory.com/highlighter/highlight-for-xml?altUrl=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FNewspaper%252014%2FLong%2520Island%2520City%2520NY%2520Star%2520Journal%2FLong%2520Island%2520City%2520NY%2520Star%2520Journal%25201957%2FLong%2520Island%2520City%2520NY%2520Star%2520Journal%25201957%2520-%25209665.pdf% 5]|via=Fultonhistory.com}}</ref> It was expected that the bridge would be complete by 1961.<ref name="LISJ-WorkStarts-1957"/> A month later, six construction contracts worth $42.5{{nbsp}}million were awarded, representing nearly half of the span's cost.<ref>{{cite web | title=Big Contracts Let In Throgs Neck Job | website=The New York Times | date=November 16, 1957 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/11/16/archives/big-contracts-let-in-throgs-neck-job.html | access-date=October 7, 2018 | archive-date=October 7, 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181007073831/https://www.nytimes.com/1957/11/16/archives/big-contracts-let-in-throgs-neck-job.html | url-status=live }}</ref> The contract for the suspension towers' metal was awarded to [[Bethlehem Steel]] at a cost of $10.2{{nbsp}}million, and the contract for the towers' concrete went to Merrit, Chapman and Scott for $7.5{{nbsp}}million. The suspension cables would then be built by [[U.S. Steel]] for $6.3{{nbsp}}million.<ref name="LISJ-QueensAnchorage-1958"/> Work on the Queens anchorage began in March 1958.<ref name="LISJ-QueensAnchorage-1958"/> The {{convert|162|by|72|ft|m|adj=on}} steel [[Caisson (engineering)|caissons]] for the Throgs Neck Bridge were shipped up the East River that summer.<ref>{{cite web | title=Caisson for Throgs Neck Bridge Eased Up East River | website=The New York Times | date=July 26, 1958 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1958/07/26/archives/caisson-for-throgs-neck-bridge-eased-up-east-river.html | access-date=October 7, 2018 | archive-date=October 7, 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181007111506/https://www.nytimes.com/1958/07/26/archives/caisson-for-throgs-neck-bridge-eased-up-east-river.html | url-status=live }}</ref> The {{convert|73|ST|LT t|adj=on|abbr=off|sp=us}} steel assembly for the first of the two suspension towers were installed in April 1959. Afterward, the suspension towers were installed in pieces. Each piece measured {{convert|23.5|ft|m}} tall by {{convert|11|by|9|ft|m}} around.<ref name="NYTimes-FirstSteel-1959">{{cite web | title=Throgs Neck Span Gets First Steel; 73-Ton Assembly Placed on Concrete Foundation in East River Off Bronx | website=The New York Times | date=April 30, 1959 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1959/04/30/archives/throgs-neck-span-gets-first-steel-73ton-assembly-placed-on-concrete.html | access-date=October 7, 2018 | archive-date=October 7, 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181007111416/https://www.nytimes.com/1959/04/30/archives/throgs-neck-span-gets-first-steel-73ton-assembly-placed-on-concrete.html | url-status=live }}</ref> Work on the towers proceeded quickly; by September 1959, the Bronx suspension tower was fully completed, and the Queens tower was 60% completed.<ref name="NYTimes-TowerJobFinished-1959">{{cite web | title=Throgs Neck Tower Job Finished | website=The New York Times | date=September 19, 1959 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1959/09/19/archives/throgs-neck-tower-job-finished.html | access-date=October 7, 2018 | archive-date=October 7, 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181007223457/https://www.nytimes.com/1959/09/19/archives/throgs-neck-tower-job-finished.html | url-status=live }}</ref> However, a steelworkers' strike in October 1959 threatened to delay further completion.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://fultonhistory.com/highlighter/highlight-for-xml?altUrl=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FNewspaper%252014%2FLong%2520Island%2520City%2520NY%2520Star%2520Journal%2FLong%2520Island%2520City%2520NY%2520Star%2520Journal%25201958%2FLong%2520Island%2520City%2520NY%2520Star%2520Journal%25201958%2520-%25202210.pdf|title=Expressway And Schools Face Delay|date=October 27, 1959|work=Long Island Star-Journal|pages=1|via=Fultonhistory.com|access-date=October 7, 2018|archive-date=January 25, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240125010822/https://fultonhistory.com/Newspaper%2014/Long%20Island%20City%20NY%20Star%20Journal/Long%20Island%20City%20NY%20Star%20Journal%201958/Long%20Island%20City%20NY%20Star%20Journal%201958%20-%202210.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | last=Ingraham | first=Joseph C. | title=Lack of Steel Halts A Bridge Job Here | website=The New York Times | date=October 27, 1959 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1959/10/27/archives/lack-of-steel-halts-a-bridge-job-here-bridge-is-slowed-by-lack-of.html | access-date=October 7, 2018 | archive-date=January 25, 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240125010840/https://www.nytimes.com/1959/10/27/archives/lack-of-steel-halts-a-bridge-job-here-bridge-is-slowed-by-lack-of.html | url-status=live }}</ref> By January 1960, both towers of the Throgs Neck Bridge had been completed, and the first {{convert|1800|ft|m}} wire between the two suspension towers had been installed.<ref>{{cite web | title=Bridge Wire Placed; 1,800-Foot Rope Crosses East River for Throgs Neck Span | website=The New York Times | date=January 12, 1960 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1960/01/12/archives/bridge-wire-placed-1800foot-rope-crosses-east-river-for-throgs-neck.html | access-date=October 7, 2018 | archive-date=October 7, 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181007223556/https://www.nytimes.com/1960/01/12/archives/bridge-wire-placed-1800foot-rope-crosses-east-river-for-throgs-neck.html | url-status=live }}</ref> This cable marked the location of the future bridge deck, but in the interim, it would be one of six wires that would support temporary [[Footbridge#Catwalk|catwalks]] between the suspension towers.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://fultonhistory.com/highlighter/highlight-for-xml?altUrl=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FNewspaper%252014%2FLong%2520Island%2520City%2520NY%2520Star%2520Journal%2FLong%2520Island%2520City%2520NY%2520Star%2520Journal%25201960%2FLong%2520Island%2520City%2520NY%2520Star%2520Journal%25201960%2520c%2520-%25200235.pdf|title=Throgs Neck Bridge To String Cables|date=January 9, 1960|work=Long Island Star-Journal|pages=2|via=Fultonhistory.com|access-date=October 7, 2018|archive-date=January 25, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240125010843/https://fultonhistory.com/Newspaper%2014/Long%20Island%20City%20NY%20Star%20Journal/Long%20Island%20City%20NY%20Star%20Journal%201960/Long%20Island%20City%20NY%20Star%20Journal%201960%20c%20-%200235.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> The spinning of the main cables between the tops of each suspension tower began in March. The wires for the cables were spun from reels near the base of the bridge, and then pulled across to the opposite side by two wheels, one at each bridge tower.<ref name="Stengren 1960">{{cite web | last=Stengren | first=Bernard | title=Spinning Of Wire Starts On Bridge; Throgs Neck Steel Workers Relearn How to String Suspension Supports | website=The New York Times | date=March 16, 1960 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1960/03/16/archives/spinning-of-wire-starts-on-bridge-throgs-neck-steel-workers-relearn.html | access-date=October 7, 2018 | archive-date=January 25, 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240125010845/https://www.nytimes.com/1960/03/16/archives/spinning-of-wire-starts-on-bridge-throgs-neck-steel-workers-relearn.html | url-status=live }}</ref> The cables were fully spun by June 1960, and the vertical suspender cables connecting the main cables with the deck were installed.<ref name="NYTimes-LastRoadSteel-1960"/> The steel girder sections that comprised the bridge deck were prefabricated at another location and then shipped to the site of the Throgs Neck Bridge.<ref name="Six Bridges"/>{{rp|133}}<ref name="NYTimes-LastRoadSteel-1960"/> Each section measured {{convert|82|by|93|ft|m}} and weighed {{convert|200|ST|LT t|abbr=off|sp=us}}. The sections were installed on the bridge at a rate of two per day.<ref name="NYTimes-LastRoadSteel-1960"/> Installation of the deck started at each suspension tower and continued outward in either direction, extending toward the center and the approach viaducts on each side.<ref name="Six Bridges"/>{{rp|133}} Afterward, concrete was poured atop the steel sections. The steelwork for the roadway was completed in summer 1960, and work on constructing the Throgs Neck Bridge's approaches progressed simultaneously.<ref name="NYTimes-LastRoadSteel-1960">{{cite web | title=Throgs Neck Bridge on Schedule; Last Road Steel Due in 3 Weeks | website=The New York Times | date=July 27, 1960 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1960/07/27/archives/throgs-neck-bridge-on-schedule-last-road-steel-due-in-3-weeks.html | access-date=October 7, 2018 | archive-date=October 8, 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181008024310/https://www.nytimes.com/1960/07/27/archives/throgs-neck-bridge-on-schedule-last-road-steel-due-in-3-weeks.html | url-status=live }}</ref> The Queens approach viaduct had been completed up to the suspension span in September 1960.<ref>{{cite web | title=Bridge Job Advances; Suspension Span and Viaduct Linked at Throgs Neck | website=The New York Times | date=September 9, 1960 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1960/09/09/archives/bridge-job-advances-suspension-span-and-viaduct-linked-at-throgs.html | access-date=October 7, 2018 | archive-date=October 8, 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181008024432/https://www.nytimes.com/1960/09/09/archives/bridge-job-advances-suspension-span-and-viaduct-linked-at-throgs.html | url-status=live }}</ref> The final work on the bridge consisted of sheathing the main cables, as well as paving the roadway with asphalt. By December 1960, tollbooths for the bridge were being installed, and a definite opening date had been set for the next month.<ref name="NYPost-EndTieups-1960">{{cite news|url=http://fultonhistory.com/highlighter/highlight-for-xml?altUrl=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FNewspaper%252024%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Post%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Post%25201960%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520Post%25201960%2520B%2520-%25200595.pdf|title=Throgs Neck Span May End Tieups at Whitestone Bridge|date=December 29, 1960|work=New York Post|pages=25|via=Fultonhistory.com|access-date=October 6, 2018|archive-date=January 25, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240125010803/https://fultonhistory.com/Newspaper%2024/New%20York%20NY%20Post/New%20York%20NY%20Post%201960/New%20York%20NY%20Post%201960%20B%20-%200595.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=Paving and Wires Complete Bridge; Mayor to Open Crossing at Throgs Neck on Jan. 11 | website=The New York Times | date=December 6, 1960 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1960/12/06/archives/paving-and-wires-complete-bridge-mayor-to-open-crossing-at-throgs.html | access-date=October 7, 2018 | archive-date=January 25, 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240125010838/https://www.nytimes.com/1960/12/06/archives/paving-and-wires-complete-bridge-mayor-to-open-crossing-at-throgs.html | url-status=live }}</ref> === Opening and early years === [[File:Little Bay bridge jeh.JPG|thumb|View of Queens approach from ground level]] The Throgs Neck Bridge opened with a short ceremony on January 11, 1961; its total construction cost had been $92{{nbsp}}million.<ref name="LISJ-Opening-1961" /><ref name="NYTimes-BridgeOpened-1961">{{cite web | last=Phillips | first=McCandlish | title=Throgs Neck Bridge Is Opened To No Pomp and Little Traffic | website=The New York Times | date=January 12, 1961 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1961/01/12/archives/throgs-neck-bridge-is-opened-to-no-pomp-and-little-traffic.html | access-date=October 8, 2018 | archive-date=October 7, 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181007223115/https://www.nytimes.com/1961/01/12/archives/throgs-neck-bridge-is-opened-to-no-pomp-and-little-traffic.html | url-status=live }}</ref> The bridge opened along with a segment of the Clearview Expressway southward to 73rd Avenue in [[Fresh Meadows, Queens|Fresh Meadows]], as well as the Cross Bronx and [[Throgs Neck Expressway]]s in the Bronx.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://fultonhistory.com/highlighter/highlight-for-xml?altUrl=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FNewspaper%252014%2FLong%2520Island%2520City%2520NY%2520Star%2520Journal%2FLong%2520Island%2520City%2520NY%2520Star%2520Journal%25201961%2FLong%2520Island%2520%2520City%2520NY%2520Star%2520Journal%25201961%2520-%25201007.pdf|title=Throgs Span, Expressway Open|date=January 11, 1961|work=Long Island Star-Journal|access-date=October 7, 2018|pages=2|via=Fultonhistory.com|archive-date=January 25, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240125011402/https://fultonhistory.com/Newspaper%2014/Long%20Island%20City%20NY%20Star%20Journal/Long%20Island%20City%20NY%20Star%20Journal%201961/Long%20Island%20%20City%20NY%20Star%20Journal%201961%20-%201007.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> The bridge's opening was attended by Robert Moses, as well as mayor [[Robert F. Wagner Jr.]], lieutenant governor [[Malcolm Wilson (governor)|Malcolm Wilson]], City Council president [[Abe Stark]], and Queens borough president [[John T. Clancy]]. The opening of the Throgs Neck Bridge had been accelerated in advance of the start of the [[1964 New York World's Fair]] at nearby [[Flushing Meadows–Corona Park]].<ref name="NYTimes-BridgeOpened-1961"/> Immediately after the bridge's opening ceremony, the delegation attended the opening of a World's Fair attraction at Flushing Meadows–Corona Park.<ref name="Jaccarino 2011"/> The bridge's opening drew protests from homeowners in Queens who had been forced to relocate due to the construction of the Clearview Expressway. Several dozen women walked across the bridge, holding signs and attempting to block the first vehicles driving on the bridge.<ref name="NYTimes-BridgeOpened-1961"/><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://fultonhistory.com/highlighter/highlight-for-xml?altUrl=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FNewspaper%252014%2FLong%2520Island%2520City%2520NY%2520Star%2520Journal%2FLong%2520Island%2520City%2520NY%2520Star%2520Journal%25201961%2FLong%2520Island%2520%2520City%2520NY%2520Star%2520Journal%25201961%2520-%25201059.pdf|title=Won't Close Books Now That Road's Open|date=January 11, 1961|work=Long Island Star-Journal|pages=1|via=Fultonhistory.com|access-date=October 7, 2018|archive-date=January 25, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240125011318/https://fultonhistory.com/Newspaper%2014/Long%20Island%20City%20NY%20Star%20Journal/Long%20Island%20City%20NY%20Star%20Journal%201961/Long%20Island%20%20City%20NY%20Star%20Journal%201961%20-%201059.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> It was expected that the Throgs Neck Bridge's opening would initially cause 15{{nbsp}}million vehicles annually to be diverted to the span from other bridges, and by 1981, the bridge would carry 37.5{{nbsp}}million vehicles annually.<ref name="LISJ-Opening-1961" /> Within the first twelve hours of the bridge's opening, 20,000 vehicles had used the bridge.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://fultonhistory.com/highlighter/highlight-for-xml?altUrl=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FNewspaper%252014%2FLong%2520Island%2520City%2520NY%2520Star%2520Journal%2FLong%2520Island%2520City%2520NY%2520Star%2520Journal%25201961%2FLong%2520Island%2520%2520City%2520NY%2520Star%2520Journal%25201961%2520-%25201104.pdf|title=Throgs Span Collects $5,000 on First Day|date=January 13, 1961|work=Long Island Star-Journal|access-date=October 7, 2018|via=Fultonhistory.com|archive-date=January 25, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240125011405/https://fultonhistory.com/Newspaper%2014/Long%20Island%20City%20NY%20Star%20Journal/Long%20Island%20City%20NY%20Star%20Journal%201961/Long%20Island%20%20City%20NY%20Star%20Journal%201961%20-%201104.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> The Throgs Neck Bridge had carried 16.4{{nbsp}}million vehicles by the end of the year, and the Bronx–Whitestone Bridge recorded a corresponding 40% decline in traffic in 1961.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1962/03/31/archives/bridge-use-shows-shift-in-traffic-authority-reports-a-40-decline-in.html|title=Bridge Use Shows Shift In Traffic; Authority Reports a 40% Decline in Autos Using Whitestone Crossing|last=Stengren|first=Bernard|date=March 31, 1962|website=The New York Times|access-date=October 7, 2018|archive-date=October 8, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181008062748/https://www.nytimes.com/1962/03/31/archives/bridge-use-shows-shift-in-traffic-authority-reports-a-40-decline-in.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The Throgs Neck Bridge was originally designated as part of [[Interstate 78 in New York|I-78]], which extended south to [[Hillside Avenue]] ([[New York State Route 25|NY 25]]), the southern terminus of the Clearview Expressway.<ref name="NYTimes-Clearview-Aug1963">{{cite news|title=First Road Finished For Fair Complex|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1963/08/11/archives/first-road-finished-for-fair-complex.html|access-date=February 28, 2017|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=August 11, 1963|archive-date=May 18, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180518201720/https://www.nytimes.com/1963/08/11/archives/first-road-finished-for-fair-complex.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="NassauExyEIS">{{cite book|title=Nassau Expressway Construction, New York City: Environmental Impact Statement|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bag1AQAAMAAJ&pg=SL9-PA37|access-date=February 28, 2017|year=1981|publisher=[[United States Department of Transportation]], [[Federal Transit Administration]], [[New York State Department of Transportation]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite map |title=New York with Sight-Seeing Guide |publisher=[[Esso]] |cartography=[[General Drafting]] |year=1962 |edition=1962}}</ref> I-78 was to continue south and west across Queens, [[Brooklyn]], and [[Manhattan]] to the [[Holland Tunnel]].<ref name="1960map">{{cite map |title=New York and New Jersey Tourgide<!--sic--> Map |publisher=[[Gulf Oil Company]] |cartography=[[Rand McNally and Company]] |year=1960}}</ref><ref name="RPA-ExpresswayPlans-1964">{{cite journal|title=Expressway Plans|journal=[[Regional Plan Association|Regional Plan News]]|date=May 1964|issue=73–74|pages=1–18|url=https://archive.org/details/regionalplannews7374regi|access-date=February 27, 2017|publisher=[[Regional Plan Association]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Ingraham|first1=Joseph C.|title=State Road Plans Snarled By Political Tugs of War; Study of Long-Range Program Linked to National System Finds a Financial Muddle and Lack of Initiative|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1957/03/05/archives/state-road-plans-snarled-by-political-tugs-of-war-study-of.html|access-date=February 28, 2017|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=March 5, 1957|archive-date=February 28, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170228163430/http://www.nytimes.com/1957/03/05/archives/state-road-plans-snarled-by-political-tugs-of-war-study-of.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Ultimately, nearly all sections of I-78 between the Holland Tunnel and Hillside Avenue were canceled by Governor [[Nelson Rockefeller]] in 1971.<ref name="NYCPk-ClearviewsTail">{{cite web|title=Clearview's Tail|url=https://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/clearviews-tail/history|publisher=[[New York City Department of Parks and Recreation]]|access-date=February 28, 2017|archive-date=March 1, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170301180330/https://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/clearviews-tail/history|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Lower Manhattan Road Killed Under State Plan |first=Francis X. |last=Clines |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1971/03/25/archives/lower-manhattan-road-killed-under-state-plan.html |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=March 25, 1971 |page=78 |access-date=April 14, 2010 |archive-date=June 13, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180613001448/https://www.nytimes.com/1971/03/25/archives/lower-manhattan-road-killed-under-state-plan.html |url-status=live }}</ref> This resulted in the renumbering of all of I-78 north of Hillside Avenue, including the Throgs Neck Bridge, to I-295 on January 1, 1970.<ref name="1970log">{{cite book |url=http://www.greaternyroads.info/pdfs/state70.pdf |title=Official Description of Touring Routes in New York State |author=State of New York Department of Transportation |date=January 1, 1970 |access-date=July 12, 2010 |author-link=State of New York Department of Transportation |archive-date=March 26, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090326062441/http://www.greaternyroads.info/pdfs/state70.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> ===Later years=== The Throgs Neck Bridge's deck was renovated in 1983. That July, the MTA initially signed a contract to use steel imported from Japan and South Korea, around the same time that Governor [[Mario Cuomo]] signed a [[Surface Transportation Assistance Act|"Buy American"]] law giving preference to American steel.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/07/18/nyregion/mta-will-fix-road-with-steel-made-overseas.html|title=M.T.A. Will Fix Road With Steel Made Overseas|last=Goldman|first=Ari L.|date=July 18, 1983|website=The New York Times|access-date=October 8, 2018|archive-date=October 8, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181008061224/https://www.nytimes.com/1983/07/18/nyregion/mta-will-fix-road-with-steel-made-overseas.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":1" /> The contract was controversial because, although importing Asian steel would have been $3.5{{nbsp}}million cheaper than buying American steel, it would have also disadvantaged American workers.<ref name=":1">{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/24355865/good_buy_goodby_jobs/|title=Good buy = goodby jobs|last=Moritz|first=Owen|date=July 24, 1983|work=[[New York Daily News|Daily News]]|location=New York|access-date=October 8, 2018|page=49|via=Newspapers.com|archive-date=October 8, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181008134906/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/24355865/good_buy_goodby_jobs/|url-status=live}}</ref> Subsequently, Cuomo tried to get the MTA to reverse its decision.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/09/01/nyregion/mtatoreconsider-buying-foreign-steel.html|title=M.T.A.to Reconsider Buying Foreign Steel|date=August 1, 1983|website=The New York Times|access-date=October 8, 2018|archive-date=October 8, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181008062811/https://www.nytimes.com/1983/09/01/nyregion/mtatoreconsider-buying-foreign-steel.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In September 1983, Cuomo signed an executive order mandating the use of American steel,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/09/24/nyregion/cuomo-orders-aids-steel-mad-in-us.html|title=Cuomo Orders Aids Steel Made In U.S.|last=Gargan|first=Edward A.|date=September 24, 1983|website=The New York Times|access-date=October 8, 2018|archive-date=October 8, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181008061242/https://www.nytimes.com/1983/09/24/nyregion/cuomo-orders-aids-steel-mad-in-us.html|url-status=live}}</ref> and the MTA narrowly voted to reverse its prior decision.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/24355981/steel_purchase_switch_by_mta/|title=Steel purchase switch by MTA|last1=Harney|first1=James|last2=Kramer|first2=Marcia|date=September 24, 1983|work=[[New York Daily News|Daily News]]|location=New York|access-date=October 8, 2018|page=5|via=Newspapers.com|archive-date=January 25, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240125011309/https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-steel-purchase-switch-by-mta/24355981/|url-status=live}}</ref> The construction of the Throgs Neck Bridge's Queens approaches bisected Clearview Park (renamed Little Bay Park in 1973), which had been established by the [[New York City Department of Parks and Recreation]] in 1950. The park's athletic fields received a $666,000 refurbishment in 1998, and a bicycle path and roller hockey rink were installed in 1999 at a cost of $1.2{{nbsp}}million.<ref>{{cite web | title=Little Bay Park : NYC Parks | website=New York City Department of Parks & Recreation | date=June 26, 1939 | url=https://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/little-bay-park | access-date=October 8, 2018 | archive-date=October 8, 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181008061409/https://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/little-bay-park | url-status=live }}</ref> After a June 2005 inspection of the Throgs Neck Bridge, damage was found on the approach viaducts. The damage was found to be more severe away from the median barrier. As a result, heavy trucks carrying over 40 tons were permitted to use the bridge only between 11:00 p.m. and 5:00 a.m., when traffic was lightest.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/01/nyregion/01bridge.html|title=Cracks on Throgs Neck Spur a Daytime Ban on Heavy Trucks|last=Chan|first=Sewell|date=October 1, 2005|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=September 2, 2008|quote=The authority has agreed to allow trucks up to 89,000 pounds — slightly higher than the weight limit — on the bridge's two center lanes, the strongest of the six traffic lanes. Under the proposed crackdown, trucks heavier than that may cross the bridge only from 11 p.m. to 5 a.m., and with an escort who will ensure that they are driven slowly, to minimize stress on the bridge. Other traffic would be restricted during such crossings.|author-link=Sewell Chan|archive-date=January 25, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240125011353/https://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/01/nyregion/cracks-on-throgs-neck-spur-a-daytime-ban-on-heavy-trucks.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The program was canceled in 2007, and overweight vehicles were only allowed to use the bridge with a special permit.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/10/nyregion/10mbrfs-bridge.html|title=Limits for Trucks on Bridge|agency=Associated Press|date=August 10, 2007|website=The New York Times|access-date=October 8, 2018|archive-date=October 8, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181008061410/https://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/10/nyregion/10mbrfs-bridge.html|url-status=live}}</ref> {{As of|2018}}, heavy trucks carrying less than {{convert|40|ST|LT t|abbr=off|sp=us}}, as well as selected heavy trucks carrying more than 40{{nbsp}}tons with permits, may use the Throgs Neck Bridge; all other trucks are restricted.<ref name=":0" /> In 2019, the MTA announced that it would replace the concrete deck with a steel deck as part of a $336 million project.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://new.mta.info/document/14681|title=Capital Program Oversight Committee Meeting February 2020|date=February 24, 2020|website=mta.info|publisher=Metropolitan Transportation Authority|pages=24|access-date=June 23, 2019|archive-date=February 22, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200222223907/https://new.mta.info/document/14681|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bxtimes.com/throgs-neck-bridge-deck-to-be-replaced/|title=Throgs Neck Bridge deck to be replaced|last=Rocchio|first=Patrick|date=December 10, 2018|website=Bronx Times|access-date=2020-02-22}}</ref> Work on replacing the deck began in September 2020.<ref>{{cite web | title=Throgs Neck Bridge deck work begins | website=Queens Chronicle | date=September 17, 2020 | url=https://www.qchron.com/editions/queenswide/throgs-neck-bridge-deck-work-begins/article_bde063c3-8273-5345-b51e-b05c893cbc2a.html | access-date=November 24, 2022 | archive-date=November 24, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221124174229/https://www.qchron.com/editions/queenswide/throgs-neck-bridge-deck-work-begins/article_bde063c3-8273-5345-b51e-b05c893cbc2a.html | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=MTA Announces Roadwork to Begin on Throgs Neck Bridge | website=Spectrum News NY1 New York City | date=September 12, 2020 | url=https://www.ny1.com/nyc/bronx/transportation/2020/09/12/mta-announces-throgs-neck-bridge-project | access-date=November 24, 2022 | archive-date=November 24, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221124174229/https://www.ny1.com/nyc/bronx/transportation/2020/09/12/mta-announces-throgs-neck-bridge-project | url-status=live }}</ref> Five of the bridge's six lanes remained open for the duration of the project. The MTA installed a [[movable barrier]], providing three lanes in the peak direction during weekday rush hours (toward the Bronx in the morning and toward Queens in the afternoon).<ref>{{cite web | title=Throgs Neck work restarts | website=Queens Chronicle | date=March 3, 2022 | url=https://www.qchron.com/editions/north/throgs-neck-work-restarts/article_6a215aa1-ae4d-54d6-8ceb-b5096b44c0f1.html | access-date=November 24, 2022 | archive-date=November 24, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221124174724/https://www.qchron.com/editions/north/throgs-neck-work-restarts/article_6a215aa1-ae4d-54d6-8ceb-b5096b44c0f1.html | url-status=live }}</ref> ==Tolls== {{as of|2023|08|06|df=us}}, drivers pay $11.19 per car or $4.71 per motorcycle for tolls by mail/non-NYCSC E-Z Pass. [[E-ZPass]] users with transponders issued by the New York E‑ZPass Customer Service Center pay $6.94 per car or $3.02 per motorcycle. Mid-Tier NYCSC E-Z Pass users pay $8.36 per car or $3.57 per motorcycle. All E-ZPass users with transponders not issued by the New York E-ZPass CSC will be required to pay Toll-by-mail rates.<ref name=car-toll-rates>{{cite web|url=https://new.mta.info/fares-and-tolls/bridges-and-tunnels/tolls-by-vehicle/cars|title=Car Toll Rates|at=Footnote 3|publisher=Metropolitan Transportation Authority|access-date=December 18, 2019|archive-date=August 29, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190829194309/https://new.mta.info/fares-and-tolls/bridges-and-tunnels/tolls-by-vehicle/cars|url-status=live}}</ref> Originally, the toll plaza of the Throgs Neck Bridge, located on the Bronx side, contained 14 toll lanes.<ref name="LISJ-Opening-1961"/> By 1996, the year that E-ZPass was introduced, it had been expanded to 20 lanes.<ref>{{cite news | first=Lisa | last=Rein | work=[[New York Daily News|Daily News]] | location=New York | via=Newspapers.com | date=June 17, 1996 | page=13 | url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/407674870/ | title=Drivers say bridge system not EZ | access-date=October 9, 2018 | archive-date=October 9, 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181009172122/http://www.newspapers.com/image/407674870/ | url-status=live }}</ref> The initial rollout of E-ZPass at the Throgs Neck Bridge caused large delays, as some of the toll lanes were dedicated exclusively to E-ZPass users, unlike at other MTA crossings that did not have dedicated E-ZPass lanes.<ref>{{cite web | last=Purdy | first=Matthew | title=Drivers Give Passing Grade To E-Z Pass In Major Test | website=The New York Times | date=August 1, 1996 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/08/22/nyregion/drivers-give-passing-grade-to-e-z-pass-in-major-test.html | access-date=October 1, 2018 | archive-date=October 9, 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181009172332/https://www.nytimes.com/1996/08/22/nyregion/drivers-give-passing-grade-to-e-z-pass-in-major-test.html | url-status=live }}</ref> In February 1998, the MTA discontinued the sale of toll tokens on the Throgs Neck Bridge.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/02/03/nyregion/the-sale-of-tokens-ends-at-6-tunnels-and-bridges.html|title=The Sale of Tokens Ends At 6 Tunnels and Bridges|last=Chen|first=David W.|date=February 3, 1998|website=The New York Times|access-date=October 9, 2018|archive-date=January 31, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180131111815/http://www.nytimes.com/1998/02/03/nyregion/the-sale-of-tokens-ends-at-6-tunnels-and-bridges.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Throggs Neck residents stated that they could not easily access the E-ZPass lanes from the Harding Avenue entrance to the bridge, as the E-ZPass lanes were located toward the center of the tollbooth, while the bridge entrance was on the far-right side.<ref>{{cite news | first=Rafael A. | last=Olmeda | work=[[New York Daily News|Daily News]] | location=New York | via=Newspapers.com | date=March 24, 1998 | page=357 | title=E-ZPass can be a pain in the (Throgs) Neck | url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/24391098/ezpass_can_be_a_pain_in_the_throgs | access-date=October 9, 2018 | archive-date=October 10, 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181010060731/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/24391098/ezpass_can_be_a_pain_in_the_throgs/ | url-status=live }}</ref> [[Open road tolling|Open-road cashless tolling]] began on September 30, 2017.<ref name="Castillo 2017">{{cite web | last=Castillo | first=Alfonso A. | title=Cashless tolling arrives at all MTA bridges | website=Newsday | date=October 2, 2017 | url=https://www.newsday.com/long-island/transportation/open-road-tolling-closes-gate-on-era-at-nyc-area-crossings-1.14311902 | access-date=February 16, 2018 | archive-date=February 17, 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180217084232/https://www.newsday.com/long-island/transportation/open-road-tolling-closes-gate-on-era-at-nyc-area-crossings-1.14311902 | url-status=live }}</ref> The tollbooths, which were at the Bronx end of the bridge, have been gradually dismantled, and drivers are no longer able to pay cash at the bridge. Instead, cameras and [[E-ZPass]] readers are mounted on new overhead gantries manufactured by [[TransCore]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://transcore.com/projects/mta-bt |title=Project Profile Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), New York |access-date=2022-07-11 |website=TransCore |archive-date=July 12, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220712032949/https://transcore.com/projects/mta-bt |url-status=live }}</ref> near where the booths were located.<ref name="Siff 2016"/><ref name="WABC 2016"/> A vehicle without E-ZPass has a picture taken of its license plate and a bill for the toll is mailed to its owner.<ref name="MTA cashless">{{cite web | title=What Is Cashless Tolling? | website=MTA Bridges & Tunnels | url=http://web.mta.info/bandt/cashless/ | access-date=September 1, 2019 | archive-date=September 1, 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190901193345/http://web.mta.info/bandt/cashless/ | url-status=live }}</ref> For E-ZPass users, sensors detect their transponders wirelessly.<ref name="Siff 2016">{{cite web | last=Siff | first=Andrew | title=Automatic Tolls to Replace Gates at 9 NYC Spans: Cuomo | website=NBC New York | date=October 5, 2016 | url=http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Automatic-Tolls-Coming-to-New-York-City-Bridges-Tunnels-NYC-396050241.html | access-date=December 25, 2016 | archive-date=December 25, 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161225145426/http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Automatic-Tolls-Coming-to-New-York-City-Bridges-Tunnels-NYC-396050241.html | url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="WABC 2016">{{cite web | title=MTA rolls out cashless toll schedule for bridges, tunnels | website=ABC7 New York | date=December 21, 2016 | url=http://abc7ny.com/1666924/ | access-date=December 25, 2016 | archive-date=December 25, 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161225214031/http://abc7ny.com/1666924/ | url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="MTA cashless" /> ===Historical tolls=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |+Historical passenger tolls for the Throgs Neck Bridge{{Efn|This table lists the peak tolls for two-axle vehicles. Motorcycle tolls and off-peak tolls are lower, and tolls for vehicles with additional axles are higher.}} ! rowspan="2" scope="col" | Years !! colspan="2" scope="col" | Toll !! colspan="2" scope="col" | Toll equivalent in {{inflation/year|index=US}}{{inflation/fn|index=US}} ! rowspan="2" class="unsortable" |{{Abbr|Ref.|References cited}} |- !Cash !E-ZPass !Cash !E-ZPass |- | 1961–1972 | align="right" | $0.25 | rowspan="10" {{N/A}} | align="center" | ${{formatprice|{{inflation|US|0.25|1972|r=2}}}}–{{formatprice|{{inflation|US|0.25|1961|r=2}}}} | rowspan="10" {{N/A}} | <ref name="NYTimes-BridgeOpened-1961"/> |- | 1972–1975 | align="right" | $0.50 | align="center" | ${{formatprice|{{inflation|US|0.5|1975|r=2}}}}–{{formatprice|{{inflation|US|0.5|1972|r=2}}}} | <ref name="Prial 1972">{{cite web |last=Prial |first=Frank J. |date=January 7, 1972 |title=Triborough Tolls Cause Snarls Inside and Outside Cars |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1972/01/07/archives/triborough-tolls-cause-snarls-inside-and-outside-cars.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181030035852/https://www.nytimes.com/1972/01/07/archives/triborough-tolls-cause-snarls-inside-and-outside-cars.html |archive-date=October 30, 2018 |access-date=October 29, 2018 |website=The New York Times}}</ref><ref name="The New York Times 1975"/> |- | 1975–1980 | align="right" | $0.75 | align="center" | ${{formatprice|{{inflation|US|0.75|1980|r=2}}}}–{{formatprice|{{inflation|US|0.75|1975|r=2}}}} |<ref name="The New York Times 1975">{{cite web |date=September 2, 1975 |title=New Fares and Tolls |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1975/09/02/archives/new-fares-and-tolls.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181030035517/https://www.nytimes.com/1975/09/02/archives/new-fares-and-tolls.html |archive-date=October 30, 2018 |access-date=October 29, 2018 |website=The New York Times}}</ref> |- | 1980–1982 | align="right" | $1.00 | align="center" | ${{formatprice|{{inflation|US|1.00|1982|r=2}}}}–{{formatprice|{{inflation|US|1.00|1980|r=2}}}} |<ref name="Goldman 1980">{{cite web |last=Goldman |first=Ari L. |date=May 17, 1980 |title=Tolls Are Raised For Two Tunnels And Six Bridges; Will Affect Four Boroughs --Some Trips to Cost $1 Expected to Yield $33 Million Verrazano-Narrows Is Exempt M.T.A. Increases Tolls for 2 Tunnels and 6 Bridges |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1980/05/17/archives/tolls-are-raised-for-two-tunnels-and-six-bridges-will-affect-four.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181030035647/https://www.nytimes.com/1980/05/17/archives/tolls-are-raised-for-two-tunnels-and-six-bridges-will-affect-four.html |archive-date=October 30, 2018 |access-date=October 29, 2018 |website=The New York Times}}</ref> |- | 1982–1984 | align="right" | $1.25 | align="center" | ${{formatprice|{{inflation|US|1.25|1984|r=2}}}}–{{formatprice|{{inflation|US|1.25|1982|r=2}}}} |<ref name="The New York Times 1982">{{cite web |date=April 18, 1982 |title=Tolls Rise Tomorrow For Several Crossings |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1982/04/18/nyregion/tolls-rise-tomorrow-for-several-crossings.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181030035445/https://www.nytimes.com/1982/04/18/nyregion/tolls-rise-tomorrow-for-several-crossings.html |archive-date=October 30, 2018 |access-date=October 29, 2018 |website=The New York Times}}</ref> |- | 1984–1986 | align="right" | $1.50 | align="center" | ${{formatprice|{{inflation|US|1.50|1985|r=2}}}}–{{formatprice|{{inflation|US|1.50|1986|r=2}}}} |<ref name="Daley 1983">{{cite web |last=Daley |first=Suzanne |date=December 17, 1983 |title=M.T.A. RAISES FARES AND TOLLS BY 20% ACROSS THE BOARD |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/12/17/nyregion/mta-raises-fares-and-tolls-by-20-across-the-board.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181030041344/https://www.nytimes.com/1983/12/17/nyregion/mta-raises-fares-and-tolls-by-20-across-the-board.html |archive-date=October 30, 2018 |access-date=October 29, 2018 |website=The New York Times}}</ref> |- | 1986–1987 | align="right" | $1.75 | align="center" | ${{formatprice|{{inflation|US|1.75|1987|r=2}}}}–{{formatprice|{{inflation|US|1.75|1986|r=2}}}} |<ref name="newspapers.com 1986">{{cite news |date=December 31, 1985 |title=Motorists - New Tolls on TBTA Bridges and Tunnels 11:59 PM Weds Jan 1, 1986 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/24946245/motorists_new_tolls_on_tbta_bridges/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181030090625/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/24946245/motorists_new_tolls_on_tbta_bridges/ |archive-date=October 30, 2018 |access-date=October 29, 2018 |work=New York Daily News |page=245 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> |- | 1987–1989 | align="right" | $2.00 | align="center" | ${{formatprice|{{inflation|US|2.00|1989|r=2}}}}–{{formatprice|{{inflation|US|2.00|1987|r=2}}}} |<ref name="Bronstein 1987">{{cite web |last=Bronstein |first=Scott |date=February 8, 1987 |title=DRIVERS IRKED BY TOLL RISE AT 5 BRIDGES AND TUNNELS |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/02/08/nyregion/drivers-irked-by-toll-rise-at-5-bridges-and-tunnels.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181030035631/https://www.nytimes.com/1987/02/08/nyregion/drivers-irked-by-toll-rise-at-5-bridges-and-tunnels.html |archive-date=October 30, 2018 |access-date=October 29, 2018 |website=The New York Times}}</ref> |- | 1989–1993 | align="right" | $2.50 | align="center" | ${{formatprice|{{inflation|US|2.50|1993|r=2}}}}–{{formatprice|{{inflation|US|2.50|1989|r=2}}}} |<ref name="Pitt 1989">{{cite web |last=Pitt |first=David E. |date=July 18, 1989 |title=Toll Increase at Bridges Is Described as Smooth |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/07/18/nyregion/toll-increase-at-bridges-is-described-as-smooth.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181030090611/https://www.nytimes.com/1989/07/18/nyregion/toll-increase-at-bridges-is-described-as-smooth.html |archive-date=October 30, 2018 |access-date=October 29, 2018 |website=The New York Times}}</ref> |- | 1993–1996 | align="right" | $3.00 | align="center" | ${{formatprice|{{inflation|US|3.00|1996|r=2}}}}–{{formatprice|{{inflation|US|3.00|1993|r=2}}}} |<ref name="newspapers.com 1993">{{cite news |date=January 30, 1993 |title=Commuter Alert |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/24946889/commuter_alert/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181030041036/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/24946889/commuter_alert/ |archive-date=October 30, 2018 |access-date=October 29, 2018 |work=The Journal-News |location=White Plains, NY |page=9 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> |- | 1996–2003 | align="right" | $3.50 | align="right" | $3.50 | align="center" | ${{formatprice|{{inflation|US|3.50|2003|r=2}}}}–{{formatprice|{{inflation|US|3.50|1996|r=2}}}} | align="center" | ${{formatprice|{{inflation|US|3.50|2003|r=2}}}}–{{formatprice|{{inflation|US|3.50|1996|r=2}}}} |<ref name="The New York Times 1996">{{cite web |date=March 26, 1996 |title=Bridge and Tunnel Traffic Smooth as Tolls Rise |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/03/26/nyregion/bridge-and-tunnel-traffic-smooth-as-tolls-rise.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181030035853/https://www.nytimes.com/1996/03/26/nyregion/bridge-and-tunnel-traffic-smooth-as-tolls-rise.html |archive-date=October 30, 2018 |access-date=October 29, 2018 |website=The New York Times}}</ref> |- | 2003–2005 | align="right" | $4.00 | align="right" | $4.00 | align="center" | ${{formatprice|{{inflation|US|4.00|2005|r=2}}}}–{{formatprice|{{inflation|US|4.00|2003|r=2}}}} | align="center" | ${{formatprice|{{inflation|US|4.00|2005|r=2}}}}–{{formatprice|{{inflation|US|4.00|2003|r=2}}}} |<ref name="newspapers.com 2003">{{cite news |date=May 19, 2003 |title=Tolls rise on Manhattan bridges and tunnels |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/24949406/tolls_rise_on_manhattan_bridges_and/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181030042600/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/24949406/tolls_rise_on_manhattan_bridges_and/ |archive-date=October 30, 2018 |access-date=October 29, 2018 |work=Poughkeepsie Journal |location=Poughkeepsie, NY |page=6A |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> |- | 2005–2008 | align="right" | $4.50 | align="right" | $4.00 | align="center" | ${{formatnum:{{round|{{Inflation|US|4.5|2008|r=2}}|2}}–{{Inflation|US|4.5|2005|r=2}}|2}} | align="center" | ${{formatnum:{{round|{{Inflation|US|4|2008|r=2}}|2}}–{{Inflation|US|4|2005|r=2}}|2}} |<ref name="Lee 2005">{{cite web |last=Lee |first=Jennifer 8. |date=March 14, 2005 |title=Bridge-and-Tunnel Blues: Paying More to Cross Over |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/14/nyregion/bridgeandtunnel-blues-paying-more-to-cross-over.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181030035617/https://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/14/nyregion/bridgeandtunnel-blues-paying-more-to-cross-over.html |archive-date=October 30, 2018 |access-date=October 29, 2018 |website=The New York Times}}</ref> |- | 2008–2010 | align="right" | $5.00 | align="right" | $4.15 | align="center" | ${{formatnum:{{round|{{Inflation|US|5|2010|r=2}}|2}}–{{Inflation|US|5|2008|r=2}}|2}} | align="center" | ${{formatnum:{{round|{{Inflation|US|4.15|2010|r=2}}|2}}–{{Inflation|US|4.15|2008|r=2}}|2}} |<ref name="newspapers.com 2008">{{cite news |date=March 16, 2008 |title=Toll hikes start on bridges, tunnels |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/24949691/toll_hikes_start_on_bridges_tunnels/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181030090651/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/24949691/toll_hikes_start_on_bridges_tunnels/ |archive-date=October 30, 2018 |access-date=October 29, 2018 |work=The Journal-News |location=White Plains, NY |page=12 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> |- | 2010–2015 | align="right" | $6.50 | align="right" | $4.80 | align="center" | ${{formatnum:{{round|{{Inflation|US|6.5|2015|r=2}}|2}}–{{Inflation|US|6.5|2010|r=2}}|2}} | align="center" | ${{formatnum:{{round|{{Inflation|US|4.8|2015|r=2}}|2}}–{{Inflation|US|4.8|2010|r=2}}|2}} | <ref name="Grynbaum 2010">{{cite web |last=Grynbaum |first=Michael M. |date=October 28, 2010 |title=M.T.A. Raises Bridge and Tunnel Tolls |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/28/nyregion/28tolls.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181030035645/https://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/28/nyregion/28tolls.html |archive-date=October 30, 2018 |access-date=October 29, 2018 |website=The New York Times}}</ref><ref name="bt-tolls-2010">{{cite web |url=http://web.mta.info/bandt/traffic/btmain.html |title=2010 Toll Information |publisher=MTA Bridges & Tunnels |access-date=May 14, 2010 |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110514044013/http://www.mta.info/bandt/traffic/btmain.html |archive-date=May 14, 2011}}</ref> |- | 2015–2017 | align="right" | $8.00 | align="right" | $5.54 | align="center" | ${{formatnum:{{round|{{Inflation|US|8|2017|r=2}}|2}}–{{Inflation|US|8|2015|r=2}}|2}} | align="center" | ${{formatnum:{{round|{{Inflation|US|5.54|2017|r=2}}|2}}–{{Inflation|US|5.54|2015|r=2}}|2}} | <ref name="The New York Times 2015">{{cite web |title=M.T.A. Is Raising Fares and Tolls; One Subway or Bus Ride Will Cost $2.75 |website=The New York Times |date=January 23, 2015 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/23/nyregion/mta-raises-fares-subways-and-buses.html |access-date=October 29, 2018 |archive-date=October 30, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181030041329/https://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/23/nyregion/mta-raises-fares-subways-and-buses.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="bt-tolls-2015">{{cite web |url=http://web.mta.info/bandt/traffic/btmain.html |title=2015 Toll Information |publisher=MTA Bridges & Tunnels |access-date=April 22, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150422061534/http://web.mta.info/bandt/traffic/btmain.html |archive-date=April 22, 2015}}</ref> |- | 2017–2019 | align="right" | $8.50 | align="right" | $5.76 | align="center" | ${{formatnum:{{round|{{Inflation|US|8.5|2019|r=2}}|2}}–{{Inflation|US|8.5|2017|r=2}}|2}} | align="center" | ${{formatnum:{{round|{{Inflation|US|5.76|2019|r=2}}|2}}–{{Inflation|US|5.76|2017|r=2}}|2}} | <ref>{{cite web |title=M.T.A. Votes to Raise Fares and Tolls: What You Need to Know |website=The New York Times |date=January 25, 2017 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/25/nyregion/mta-subway-bus-toll-metrocard-fare-increase.html |access-date=March 5, 2019 |archive-date=March 6, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190306052526/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/25/nyregion/mta-subway-bus-toll-metrocard-fare-increase.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="bt-tolls-2017">{{cite web |url=http://web.mta.info/bandt/traffic/btmain.html |title=2017 Toll Information |publisher=MTA Bridges & Tunnels |access-date=March 16, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170426225055/http://web.mta.info/bandt/traffic/btmain.html |archive-date=April 26, 2017}}</ref> |- | 2019–2021 | align="right" | $9.50 | align="right" | $6.12 | align="center" | ${{formatnum:{{round|{{Inflation|US|9.5|2021|r=2}}|2}}–{{Inflation|US|9.5|2019|r=2}}|2}} | align="center" | ${{formatnum:{{round|{{Inflation|US|6.12|2021|r=2}}|2}}–{{Inflation|US|6.12|2019|r=2}}|2}} | <ref>{{cite web |title=Subway Fares Are Rising Again. But That Won't Solve the M.T.A.'s Crisis. |work=The New York Times |date=February 27, 2019 |issn=0362-4331 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/27/nyregion/mta-fares-hike.html |access-date=March 5, 2019 |archive-date=March 4, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190304220532/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/27/nyregion/mta-fares-hike.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="bt-tolls-2019">{{cite web |title=New Fares and Tolls Take Effect |website=Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) |date=February 27, 2019 |url=https://new.mta.info/sites/default/files/2019-03/B%26T_toll_tables_03-01-19.pdf |access-date=March 5, 2019 |archive-date=March 6, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190306043838/https://new.mta.info/sites/default/files/2019-03/B%26T_toll_tables_03-01-19.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> |- | 2021–2023 | align="right" | $10.17 | align="right" | $6.55 | align="center" | ${{formatnum:{{round|{{Inflation|US|10.17|2023|r=2}}|2}}–{{Inflation|US|10.17|2021|r=2}}|2}} | align="center" | ${{formatnum:{{round|{{Inflation|US|6.55|2023|r=2}}|2}}–{{Inflation|US|6.55|2021|r=2}}|2}} | <ref>{{cite web | last=Guse | first=Clayton | title=MTA jacking up tolls 7% across-the-board on New York City bridges and tunnels | website=New York Daily News | date=February 18, 2021 | url=https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/ny-nyc-mta-bridges-tunnels-tolls-increase-20210218-jgnc3f7wvngfzmxdgyo5s3wdxa-story.html | access-date=March 14, 2021}}</ref> |- | 2023–present | align="right" | $11.19 | align="right" | $6.94 | align="center" | $11.19<!-- ${{formatnum:{{round|{{Inflation|US|11.19|2023|r=2}}|2}}}} --> | align="center" | $6.94<!-- ${{formatnum:{{round|{{Inflation|US|6.94|2023|r=2}}|2}}}} --> | <ref name="Bascome 2023 j931">{{cite web | last=Bascome | first=Erik | title=These are the new MTA bridge and tunnel toll rates | website=silive | date=August 6, 2023 | url=https://www.silive.com/news/2023/08/reminder-mta-toll-increases-take-effect-on-sunday.html | access-date=April 6, 2024}}</ref> |} {{Clear}} {{wide image|Throgs Neck Bridge pano.jpg|3000px}} ==Incidents== A truck with faulty brakes ran into the bridge's toll booths on May 31, 1995. The next day, the same truck ran into the tollbooths again. Only the driver was injured.<ref>{{cite news | first=Chris | last=Oliver | work=[[New York Daily News|Daily News]] | location=New York | via=Newspapers.com | date=May 1, 1995 | page=5 | url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/24390762/truck_runs_amok_give_us_a_brake/ | title=Truck runs amok – give us a brake! | access-date=October 9, 2018 | archive-date=October 9, 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181009172124/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/24390762/truck_runs_amok_give_us_a_brake/ | url-status=live }}</ref> On July 10, 2009, during early-morning maintenance work to replace the deck, a construction worker's [[blow torch]] sparked a [[three-alarm fire]] on the bridge.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.newsday.com/news/fdny-worker-s-blow-torch-started-throgs-neck-fire-1.1307710 |title=FDNY: Worker's blow torch started Throgs Neck fire |newspaper=[[Newsday]] |location=Long Island |last=Frazier |first=Michael |date=July 13, 2009 |access-date=August 6, 2009 |archive-date=June 5, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110605135121/http://www.newsday.com/news/fdny-worker-s-blow-torch-started-throgs-neck-fire-1.1307710 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Throgs Neck Bridge Fire Reveals Fragility of New York's Travel Network |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/22/nyregion/22bridges.html |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |last=Akam |first=Simon |date=July 21, 2009 |access-date=August 6, 2009 |archive-date=December 18, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141218184021/http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/22/nyregion/22bridges.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The fire closed the bridge for much of the day, sending traffic in both directions to the nearby [[Whitestone Bridge]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2009/07/10/2009-07-10_throgs_neck_bridge_closed_in_both_directions_due_to_fire.html |title=Throgs Neck Bridge fire causes commuter chaos |newspaper=[[Daily News (New York)|Daily News]] |location=New York |last=Cruz |first=Wil |date=July 10, 2009 |access-date=August 6, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090714115424/http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2009/07/10/2009-07-10_throgs_neck_bridge_closed_in_both_directions_due_to_fire.html |archive-date=July 14, 2009 }}</ref> Most of the lanes were quickly reopened,<ref>{{cite web | last=Gustafson | first=Anna | title=Some lanes reopen on Throgs Neck Bridge after fire | website=QNS.com | date=July 13, 2009 | url=https://qns.com/2009/07/some-lanes-reopen-on-throgs-neck-bridge-after-fire/ | access-date=January 25, 2024}}</ref> but the third lane remained closed for repairs for a month.<ref name="QZ 20090722">{{cite news |title=Throgs Neck Bridge Opens By Aug. 10 |url=http://www.qgazette.com/news/2009-07-22/features/014.html |newspaper=The Queens Gazette |last=Wilson |first=Linda J.|date=July 22, 2009 |access-date=August 6, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110807100435/http://www.qgazette.com/news/2009-07-22/features/014.html |archive-date=2011-08-07 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all}}</ref> {{Clear}} ==See also== *[[List of bridges documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in New York]] ==Notes== {{notelist}} ==References== {{reflist}} ==Further reading== * {{cite book | title=The Long Island Sound: A History of Its People, Places, and Environment | first=Marilyn E. | last=Weigold | isbn=978-0814794005 | publisher=NYU Press | date=August 1, 2004 }} ==External links== {{Commons category|Throgs Neck Bridge}} *{{official website|http://web.mta.info/bandt/html/throgs.htm}} *[http://www.nycroads.com/crossings/throgs-neck/ Throgs Neck Bridge] at [http://www.nycroads.com nycroads.com] *{{HAER |survey=NY-306 |id=ny1807 |title=Throgs Neck Bridge, Spans East River from Queens to Bronx, Throgs Neck, Bronx County, NY |photos=16 |cap=2}} *{{Structurae |id=20000534 |title=Throgs Neck Bridge}} {{NYC Bridge}} {{Crossings navbox |structure = Crossings |place = [[East River]] |bridge = Throgs Neck Bridge |bridge signs = [[File:Toll plate yellow.svg|25px]]<br>[[Image:I-295.svg|25px]] |upstream = [[Long Island Sound]] |upstream signs = |downstream = [[Bronx Whitestone Bridge]] |downstream signs = [[File:Toll plate yellow.svg|25px]]<br>[[Image:I-678.svg|25px]] }} {{Authority control}} [[Category:Bayside, Queens]] [[Category:Bridges by Othmar Ammann]] [[Category:Bridges completed in 1961]] [[Category:Bridges in Queens, New York]] [[Category:Bridges in the Bronx]] [[Category:Bridges on the Interstate Highway System]] [[Category:Bridges over the East River]] [[Category:Historic American Engineering Record in New York City]] [[Category:Road bridges in New York City]] [[Category:Robert Moses projects]] [[Category:Suspension bridges in New York City]] [[Category:Throggs Neck, Bronx]] [[Category:Toll bridges in New York City]] [[Category:Tolled sections of Interstate Highways]] [[Category:Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority]]
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