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The bridge connects the Throggs Neck section of the Bronx with the 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, 2 miles (3.2 km) to the west. The Throgs Neck Bridge is also the easternmost crossing of the East River.
Interstate 295 (I-295) is an auxiliary Interstate Highway within New York City.Measuring 7.7 miles (12.4 km) in length, I-295 originates at Hillside Avenue (New York State Route 25; NY 25) in Queens, running north across Queens and over the tolled Throgs Neck Bridge, to Bruckner Interchange, a junction with I-95, I-278, I-678, and the Hutchinson River Parkway in the Bronx.
The four free East River bridges, all located below 60th Street, would have charged tolls, while outer-borough crossings such as the Throgs Neck Bridge would have seen reduced tolls. Tolls would have also been charged within Manhattan for all drivers traveling below 60th Street.
E-ZPass "On-the-Go" tags will continue to be sold until September 30 in all cash lanes at the Bronx-Whitestone and Throgs Neck Bridges. Tags cost $30, come with $20 in prepaid tolls, and have a ...
Drivers using one of the city's five major crossings — the Robert F. Kennedy Bridge, the Throgs Neck Bridge, the Bronx-Whitestone Bridge, the Hugh L. Carey Tunnel or the Queens-Midtown Tunnel ...
Weekday E-ZPass use at the Throgs Neck Bridge has increased 6.5 percent since 2010 to 83 percent in 2012. There are about 90,000 E-ZPass customers versus 19,000 cash customers on an average ...
The Throgs Neck Bridge, a project to alleviate traffic on the Bronx–Whitestone Bridge, started construction in 1957 [51] [52] and opened in January 1961. [53] [54] The long-planned Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge, which had been proposed as far back as the 1920s, [55]: 135 [56] started construction in 1959 [57] and opened in November 1964.
If you pay your toll in cash to go over the Throgs Neck Bridge into Queens, as of Monday, Dec. 9, stay to the right -- that's where all cash lanes will be, the MTA says. Michael Dinan , Patch ...