This thread is somewhat inspired by the Sun Belt thread. How many bridges and tunnels are there in everyone's major city? For simplicity let's limit to bridges or tunnels that carry vehicular traffic across a major waterway or physical feature (in other words, not overpasses), and are at least 200 feet long. Also, let's limit to crossings that are either entirely within the central city, or feed traffic into/out of the city.
The reason that the Sun Belt thread made me think of this is because I have this implicit (unvalidated) assumption that northern cities typically have more bridges and tunnels than Sun Belt cities. I'm guessing that New York has the most, by far. And, I imagine that Pittsburgh ranks high as well. In fact, it seems like most northern cities have at least one major span, if not multiple, but they are not as common in Sun Belt cities. Obviously, Miami and San Francisco, but cities like Atlanta, Charlotte, Dallas, Phoenix, Raleigh, etc., don't seem to have any/many bridges or tunnels(?).
By my count there are 44 bridges and tunnels in NYC that fit the criteria above. Those crossings are listed below:
- Alexander Hamilton Bridge (2,375 ft.)
- Bayonne Bridge (5,780 ft.)
- Broadway Bridge (558 ft.)
- Brooklyn Battery Tunnel (9,117 ft.)
- Brooklyn Bridge (5,988 ft.)
- Carroll Street Bridge (300 ft.)
- City Island Bridge (950 ft.)
- Cross Bay Veterans Memorial Bridge (3,000 ft.)
- Eastchester Bridge (2,112 ft.)
- Eastern Boulevard Bridge (634 ft.)
- George Washington Bridge (4,760 ft.)
- Goethals Bridge (7,109 ft.)
- Hamilton Avenue Bridge (3,696 ft.)
- Henry Hudson Bridge (2,208 ft.)
- Holland Tunnel (8,558 ft.)
- Hutchinson River Parkway Bridge (673 ft.)
- Joseph P. Addabbo Memorial Bridge (3,700 ft.)
- Kosciuszko Bridge (6,020 ft.)
- Lincoln Tunnel (8,216 ft.)
- Macombs Dam Bridge (2,539 ft.)
- Madison Avenue Bridge (1,893 ft.)
- Manhattan Bridge (6,854 ft.)
- Marine Parkway - Gil Hodges Memorial Bridge (4,022 ft.)
- Mill Basin Bridge (864 ft.)
- Ninth Stret Bridge (700 ft.)
- Outerbridge Crossing (8,800 ft.)
- Pelham Bridge (892 ft.)
- Pulaski Bridge (2,820 ft.)
- Queens-Midtown Tunnel (6,414 ft.)
- Queensboro Bridge (3,724 ft.)
- Roosevelt Island Bridge (876 ft.)
- Third Avenue Bridge (2,800 ft.)
- Third Street Bridge (350 ft.)
- Throgs Neck Bride (2,910 ft.)
- Triborough Bridge (5,150 ft.)
- Union Street Bridge (600 ft.)
- Unionport Bridge (526 ft.)
- University Heights Bridge (1,566 ft.)
- Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge (13,701 ft.)
- Washington Bridge (2,375 ft.)
- Whitestone Bridge (3,770 ft.)
- Williamsburg Bridge (7,308 ft.)
- Willis Avenue Bridge (3,212 ft.)
- 145th Street Bridge (1,604 ft.)