Arthur P. Bloom posted:Tom Tee posted:Not sure of the boroughs' names but the Western bridge abutment is on the S.E. edge of Randal Island and the Eastern Hell Gate bridge abutment is on the N.W. shore line of the Western end of Long Island. One very small island, & one very large island.
When I said that the bridge connects The Bronx and Queens, I was thinking of the entire structure, including the very long approaches and the actual bridge.
Right. As I stated in my OP, it runs between Manhattan (Ward's Island) and Astoria, Queens. Two islands. And, of course, it's route traverses into the Bronx in order to go northbound to New England.
Thanks to others who chimed in to point out how this bridge helped create a more efficient route. From a pragmatic standpoint, however, I could never understand, growing up in NYC, why it connected with Queens, rather than just connecting the rail that comes down from the Bronx with Manhattan, which would be the actual most direct route to link points South with New England.