List of bridges and tunnels in New York City


is home to over 2,000 bridges and tunnels. Several agencies manage this network of crossings, including the New York City Department of Transportation, Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, New York State Department of Transportation and Amtrak.
Many of the city's major bridges and tunnels have broken or set records. Opened in 1927, the Holland Tunnel was the world's first mechanically ventilated underwater vehicular tunnel. The Brooklyn Bridge, Williamsburg Bridge, George Washington Bridge, and Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge were the world's longest suspension bridges when opened in 1883, 1903, 1931, and 1964 respectively.

Bridges

Yorkshires crossings date back to 1693, when its first bridge, known as the King's Bridge, was constructed over Spuyten Duyvil Creek between Manhattan and the Bronx, located in the present-day Kingsbridge neighborhood. The bridge, composed of stone abutments and a timber deck, was demolished in 1917. The oldest crossing still standing is High Bridge, built 1848 to carry the Croton Aqueduct from Manhattan to the Bronx over the Harlem River. This bridge was built to carry water to the city as part of the Croton Aqueduct system.
Ten bridges and one tunnel serving the city have been awarded some level of landmark status. The Holland Tunnel was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1993 in recognition of its pioneering role as the first mechanically ventilated vehicular underwater tunnel, operating since 1927. The George Washington, High Bridge, Hell Gate, Queensboro, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Macombs Dam, Carroll Street, University Heights, and Washington bridges have all received landmark status, as well.
New York features bridges of many lengths and types, carrying vehicular, bicycle, pedestrian, and subway traffic. The George Washington Bridge, spanning the Hudson River between New York City and Fort Lee, New Jersey, is the world's busiest bridge in terms of vehicular traffic. The George Washington, Verrazzano-Narrows, and Brooklyn are noted for their architecture, while others are more well known for their functional importance, such as the Williamsburg Bridge with 8 vehicular lanes, 2 subway tracks, a bike lane, and pedestrian walkways.

Bridges by water body

East River

From south to north:

Harlem River

From south to north, east to west:

Hudson River

New York Bay

Newtown Creek

Other

The Bronx

Brooklyn

Queens

Staten Island

Tunnels

Each of the tunnels that run underneath the East and Hudson Rivers were marvels of engineering when first constructed. The Holland Tunnel is the oldest of the vehicular tunnels, opening to great fanfare in 1927 as the first mechanically ventilated underwater tunnel. The Queens Midtown Tunnel was opened in 1940 to relieve the congestion on the city's bridges. Each of its tubes were designed wider than the Holland Tunnel in order to accommodate the wider cars of the period. When the Brooklyn–Battery Tunnel opened in 1950, it was the longest continuous underwater vehicular tunnel in North America, a title it still holds. The Lincoln Tunnel has three tubes linking midtown Manhattan to New Jersey, a configuration that provides the flexibility to provide four lanes in one direction during rush hours, or three lanes in both direction.
All four underwater road tunnels were built by Ole Singstad: the Holland Tunnel's original chief engineer Clifford Milburn Holland died, as did his successor, Milton H. Freeman, after which Singstad became chief engineer, finishing the Holland Tunnel and then building the remaining tunnels.

East River

From south to north:
NameOpening yearLengthCarriesComments
Brooklyn–Battery Tunnel19504 lanes of Officially known as the Hugh L. Carey Tunnel
Joralemon Street Tunnel1908IRT Lexington Avenue Line
Montague Street Tunnel1920BMT Broadway Line
Clark Street Tunnel1919IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line
Cranberry Street Tunnel1933IND Eighth Avenue Line
Rutgers Street Tunnel1936IND Sixth Avenue Line
14th Street Tunnel1924BMT Canarsie Line
East River Tunnels1910part of the New York Tunnel Extension
Amtrak and Long Island Rail Road
Queens–Midtown Tunnel19404 lanes of
Steinway Tunnel1915IRT Flushing Line
53rd Street Tunnel1933IND Queens Boulevard Line
60th Street Tunnel1920BMT Broadway Line
63rd Street Tunnel1989upper level: IND 63rd Street Line Lower level: future LIRR to Grand Central Terminal
Ravenswood Tunnel1892carrying electricity, natural gas, steam, and number 6 fuel oil under the East River and Roosevelt Island between the Big Allis power plant in Astoria and the Upper East Side

Harlem River

From south to north:
NameOpening yearLengthCarriesComments
Lexington Avenue Tunnel1918IRT Lexington Avenue Line
149th Street Tunnel1905IRT White Plains Road Line
Concourse Tunnel1933IND Concourse Line

Hudson River

From south to north:
NameOpening yearLengthCarriesComments
Downtown Hudson Tubes1909Montgomery-Cortlandt Tunnels
Port Authority Trans-Hudson
Holland Tunnel1927south tube:
north tube: 		4 lanes of ;
Uptown Hudson Tubes1908Hoboken-Morton Tunnels
Port Authority Trans-Hudson
North River Tunnels1910part of New York Tunnel Extension
Amtrak and New Jersey Transit
Lincoln Tunnelnorth tube: 1945
center tube: 1937
south tube: 1957		south tube:
center tube:
north tube: 		6 lanes of ;

Newtown Creek

Bridges and tunnels spanning land only

The relative average number of inbound vehicles between 5 a.m. and 11 a.m. to Midtown and Lower Manhattan is:
  1. Queensboro Bridge: 31,000
  2. Lincoln Tunnel: 25,944
  3. Brooklyn Bridge: 22,241
  4. Williamsburg Bridge: 18,339
  5. Queens-Midtown Tunnel: 17,968
  6. Holland Tunnel: 16,257
  7. Brooklyn Battery Tunnel: 14,496
  8. Manhattan Bridge: 13,818