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East River Arch Bridge of the New York Connecting Railroad

The Hell Gate Bridge is a railroad bridge in New York City. The bridge carries two tracks of Amtrak's Northeast Corridor and one freight track between , and , via Randalls and Wards Islands.
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  • Type: Bridge
  • Description: through arch bridge connecting the Bronx and Queens in New York City
  • Also known as: “East River Arch Bridge”, “Hell Gate Bridge”, “New York Connecting Railroad Bridge”, and “The East River Arch Bridge”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Robert F Kennedy Memorial Bridge and Wards Island.

Bridge
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The Robert F. Kennedy Bridge is a complex of bridges and elevated expressway viaducts in . The bridges link the boroughs of , , and . is situated 1,700 feet southwest of East River Arch Bridge of the New York Connecting Railroad.

Island
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Randalls Island and are conjoined islands, collectively called Randalls and , in . Part of the borough of , it is separated from Manhattan Island by the , from by the and , and from by the .

Park
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is a 59.96-acre public park in the neighborhood of in . The park is situated on the eastern shore of the , a strait of the , between Ditmars Boulevard to the north and Hoyt Avenue to the south.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Astoria and East Harlem.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood in the western portion of the borough of . is bounded by the and is adjacent to four other Queens neighborhoods: Long Island City to the southwest, to the southeast, and and to the east.

Neighborhood
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, also known as Spanish Harlem, or El Barrio, is a neighborhood of in , north of the and bounded by 96th Street to the south, to the west, and the and to the east and north.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood geographically located in the southwest corner of , New York City. The neighborhood is part of Bronx Community Board 1.

East River Arch Bridge of the New York Connecting Railroad

Latitude
40.78255° or 40° 46′ 57″ north
Longitude
-73.92199° or 73° 55′ 19″ west
Elevation
16 feet (5 metres)
Open location code
87G8Q3MH+26
Open­Street­Map ID
way 394608567
Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­bridge
Geo­Names ID
5120440
Wiki­data ID
Q1035131
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Spanish—“East River Arch Bridge of the New York Connecting Railroad” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “جسر بوابة الجحيم”
  • Basque: “Hell Gate zubia”
  • Bulgarian: “Дяволска врата (мост)”
  • Bulgarian: “Мост Дяволска Врата”
  • Bulgarian: “Хел Гейт”
  • Catalan: “Hell Gate Bridge”
  • Catalan: “Pont de Hell Gate”
  • Chinese: “地狱门大桥”
  • Chinese: “地獄之門大橋”
  • Chinese: “地獄門大橋”
  • Czech: “Hell Gate Bridge”
  • Czech: “most Hell Gate”
  • Dutch: “Hell Gate Bridge”
  • French: “Hell Gate Bridge”
  • German: “Hell Gate Bridge”
  • German: “Hell’s Gate Bridge”
  • German: “Hellgate Brücke”
  • German: “Hellgate-Brücke”
  • German: “New York Connecting Railroad Bridge”
  • German: “The East River Arch Bridge”
  • Hebrew: “גשר הל גייט”
  • Hebrew: “גשר הלגייט”
  • Hebrew: “גשר שער הגהינום”
  • Hungarian: “Hell Gate híd”
  • Italian: “Hell Gate Bridge”
  • Japanese: “ヘルゲート橋”
  • Korean: “헬 게이트 교”
  • Korean: “헬 게이트 다리”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Hell Gate Bridge”
  • Norwegian: “Hell Gate Bridge”
  • Persian: “پل هل گیت”
  • Portuguese: “Ponte de Hell Gate”
  • Russian: “Мост Хелл-Гейт”
  • Slovenian: “Hell Gate Bridge”
  • Spanish: “Hell Gate Bridge”
  • Spanish: “Puente de Hell Gate”
  • Spanish: “puente Hell Gate”

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