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Hell Gate Bridge

The Hell Gate Bridge (originally the New York Connecting Railroad Bridge) is a railroad bridge in New York City. The bridge carries two tracks of Amtrak's Northeast Corridor and one freight track between Astoria, Queens, and Port Morris, Bronx, via Randalls and Wards Islands. Its main span is a 1,017-foot (310 m) steel through arch across Hell Gate, a…

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Owner
Amtrak
Architect
Henry Hornbostel
Carries
Northeast Corridor and New York Connecting Railroad
Clearance below
135 ft (41.1 m)
Constructed by
American Bridge Company
Construction end
1916

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Hell Gate Bridge

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related to Sources · 95
Hell Gate Bridge → American Society, Ammann, Approaches, Arcadia Publishing, ASCE, Ashley, Astoria, Bayonne Bridge, Billington, Bridge, Bridge Engineering, California, Civil Engineers, Connect, Construction, Cook, David, December, Diehl, Dover Publications
related to 1920s proposals · 35
Hell Gate Bridge → Accordingly, Albert Goldman, Bridge, Bronx, By, Civic, Commerce, Commissioner, February, Hell Gate Bridge's, In, Jimmy Walker, Lindenthal, LIRR, Long Island, Long Island City, March, Meanwhile, New England, New York Authority
related to Influence and media · 34
Hell Gate Bridge → Australia, Chris Burden, Christmas, Commerce's, England, Garden's, Hell Gate, Hell Gate NYC, Hugh Ferriss, In, Its, John Bradfield, Michael Sergio, New Black, Newcastle, Orange Is, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, Queens Chamber, Queens Logic
related to Opening · 31
Hell Gate Bridge → Ammann, April, At, Bayonne Bridge, Boston, Brooklyn Daily Eagle, By, Commuter, Grand Central, Grand Central Terminal, In, Intercity, Its, January, Louis, March, New Jersey, New York, NH, NH's Federal Express
related to Description · 29
Hell Gate Bridge → Bridge, Bronx, Bronx Kill, David, Discover, East River Bridge Division, Gustav Lindenthal, Hell Gate, Henry Hornbostel, In, Including, It, Kennedy, Little Hell Gate, New York City, New York Connecting Railroad, New York Penn Station, Othmar Ammann, Queens, Randalls
related to Effect on development and commerce · 28
Hell Gate Bridge → After, Alexander Cassatt, Brooklyn, Brooklyn Times, Cross-Harbor Rail Tunnel, Grand Central Terminal, LIRR, Long Island's, Manhattan, New England, New Haven, New York, New York City's, NYCR, Panama Canal, Penn Station, PRR, Queens, South, South Bronx
related to Electrification · 27
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related to 1970s to 1990s · 22
Hell Gate Bridge → Additionally, Amtrak, Amtrak's, By, City, Conrail, Due, Even, Freight, Hudson River, Long Island, Mario Biaggi, New York, New York City's, One, Penn Central, Peter Vallone Sr, Sources, The, The New Jersey
related to Critical reception · 22
Hell Gate Bridge → After, At, East River, Engineering News-Record, Historic Preservation, Hornbostel, Its, Jeffrey Kroessler, New York, New York City, New-York Tribune, Nina Rappaport, Outlook, Perhaps, Port, Quebec Bridge, Queens, Railway Gazette, The American Architect, The New York Times
related to 1930s to 1960s · 17
Hell Gate Bridge → Additionally, Bronx, By, During World War II, ICC, In, Long Island, Nazi, New England, New York City, NH, Operation Pastorius, Reconstruction Finance Corporation, RFC, The, The NH, The NYCR

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Hell Gate BridgeArchitectHenry Hornbostel1.00infobox
Hell Gate BridgeCarriesNortheast Corridor and New York Connecting Railroad1.00infobox
Hell Gate BridgeClearance below135 ft (41.1 m)1.00infobox
Hell Gate BridgeConstructed byAmerican Bridge Company1.00infobox
Hell Gate BridgeConstruction end19161.00infobox
Hell Gate BridgeConstruction start19121.00infobox
Hell Gate BridgeCoordinates.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-pars…1.00infobox
Hell Gate BridgeCrossesHell Gate, Little Hell Gate, Bronx Kill1.00infobox
Hell Gate BridgeDesignThrough arch bridge (main span)1.00infobox
Hell Gate BridgeDesignInverted bowstring truss (Little Hell Gate span)1.00infobox
Hell Gate BridgeDesignTruss bridge (Bronx Kill span)1.00infobox
Hell Gate BridgeDesignerGustav Lindenthal1.00infobox
Hell Gate BridgeElectrified12.5 kV 60 Hz AC catenary (Northeast Corridor only)1.00infobox
Hell Gate BridgeFabrication byAmerican Bridge Company1.00infobox
Hell Gate BridgeLocaleQueens, Randall's and Wards Islands, and the Bronx New York City, U.S.1.00infobox
Hell Gate BridgeLongest span1,017 ft (310 m)1.00infobox
Hell Gate BridgeMaintained byAmtrak1.00infobox
Hell Gate BridgeMaterialSteel1.00infobox
Hell Gate BridgeNo. of tracks2 for Amtrak Northeast Corridor1.00infobox
Hell Gate BridgeNo. of tracks1 for CSX, CP, and P&W1.00infobox
Hell Gate BridgeOpenedMarch 9, 1917; 109 years ago (1917-03-09)1.00infobox
Hell Gate BridgeOwnerAmtrak1.00infobox
Hell Gate BridgeStructure gaugeAAR1.00infobox
Hell Gate BridgeTotal length17,000 ft (3.2 mi; 5.2 km) (including approaches)1.00infobox
Hell Gate BridgeTrack gauge.mw-parser-output .frac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .frac .num,.mw-parser-output .frac .den{font-size:80%;line-height:0;vertical-align:super}.mw-parser-output .frac .de…1.00infobox
Hell Gate BridgeWidth100 ft (30.5 m)1.00infobox

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