Robert F. Kennedy Bridge — Attraction in New York

The Robert F. Kennedy Bridge, formerly known and still commonly referred to as the Triborough Bridge, is a complex of bridges and elevated expressway viaducts. The bridges link the boroughs of Manhattan, Queens, and the Bronx. The viaducts cross Randalls and Wards Islands, which were previously two islands but are now joined by landfill. The Triborough Bridge, a toll bridge, carries Interstate 278 (I-278) and the unsigned highway New York State Route 900G. It connects with the FDR Drive and the Harlem River Drive in Manhattan, the Bruckner Expressway (I-278) and the Major Deegan Expressway (Interstate 87) in the Bronx, and the Grand Central Parkway (I-278) and Astoria Boulevard in Queens. The three primary bridges of the Triborough Bridge complex are: The vertical-lift bridge over Harlem River, the largest in the world, connecting Manhattan to Randalls Island The truss bridge over Bronx Kill, connecting Randalls Island to the Bronx The suspension bridge over Hell Gate (a strait of the East River), connecting Wards Island to Astoria in Queens These three bridges are connected by an elevated highway viaduct across Randalls and Wards Islands and 14 miles (23 km) of support roads. The viaduct includes a smaller span across Little Hell Gate's former site, which separated Randalls and Wards Islands. Also part of the complex is a grade-separated T-interchange on Randalls Island, which sorted out traffic in a way that ensured that drivers paid a toll at only one bank of tollbooths. The tollbooths have since been removed, and all tolls are collected electronically at the approaches to each bridge. The bridge complex was designed by chief engineer Othmar H. Ammann and architect Aymar Embury II and has been called "not a bridge so much as a traffic machine, the largest ever built." The American Society of Civil Engineers designated the Triborough Bridge Project as a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark in 1986. The bridge is owned and operated by MTA Bridges and Tunnels (formerly the Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority, or TBTA), a Metropolitan Transportation...

Once upon a time, around 2013 a vibrant young adventurer who prided herself on having walked every single walkable bridge in New York City discovered that the spectacular triboro bridge was indeed walkable too! It took a few tries to figure out how exactly to access the bridge from her beloved Astoria because its entrance is right smack in the middle of a busy road and not exactly grand. But that’s exactly why she loved it. Its not as pretty as the Queensboro Bridge or as colorful as the Billyburg Bridge or as new as the K bridge. Its not as majestic as the Brooklyn Bridge nor as exciting as the vivacious Manhattan Bridge. And it certainly wasn’t the busiest bridge in the world like the GW. Oh no, not busy in the least- it took her from quaint cozy Astoria to even sleepier Randalls Island and it felt like a secret. Because many times she was the only one on the walkway and in a city of 9 million, solitude is a rare treat. Its the only bridge that doesn’t have a barrier over the water and that too felt precious and secretive. And ever since then she’d walk to the middle of bridge so she could look over at her beautiful home and understand that she could never truly know her city. And yet she...

The TRIBORO Bridge -- so-called since it opened in the mid-1930s -- is to Astoria what the Brooklyn Bridge is to that borough just south of Queens.

My Grandpa Nick, who was born and raised in Astoria --as was I -- told me that under the bridge is where guys would come and "park" with their girls back in the day.... (Have a little fun in the back seat of their car.)

That the Triboro Bridge has been rebadged with the name of some slippery senator who's NOT a native New Yorker is insulting. As insulting as when that construction worker tried throwing a Red Sox jersey into the concrete foundation of Yankee Stadium.

Boston has been a rival of New Amsterdam/York since colonial days. Boston was the stronghold of a fanatical sect of Christians -- the Puritans -- while our fair city has always been the place people come to live the way they see fit, without censure from Old World customs and backwards mentalities.

To those who think they can rebrand ANYTHING in this fiercely independant city, I suggest taking a swan dive off that bridge on a cold day and paddling back to their insular community up north. And take your highway...