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Wikipedia: The Hell Gate Bridge (originally the New York Connecting Railroad Bridge or The East River Arch Bridge) is a 1,017-foot (310 m) steel through arch railroad bridge between Astoria in the borough of Queens and Randall's and Ward's Islands (which are now joined into one island and are politically part of Manhattan) in New York City, over a portion of the East River known as Hell Gate. The bridge is used by Amtrak and by some CSX, Canadian Pacific, Providence & Worcester Railroad, and New York and Atlantic freight trains. The bridge and structure are owned by Amtrak, part of its Washington, D.C. to Boston electrified main line known as the Northeast Corridor.
![[Truss bridge over Bronx Kill]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Bronxkilleast_s.jpg "Truss bridge over Bronx Kill")
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![[A view of Hell Gate bridge, Robert F]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Hell_Gate_from_Astoria_Park_s.jpg "A view of Hell Gate bridge, Robert F")
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![[The approach to Hell Gate bridge under construction circa 1915]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Hell_Gate_Bridge_1915_approach_Construction_s.jpg "The approach to Hell Gate bridge under construction circa 1915")
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![[Hell Gate bridge under construction circa 1915]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Hell_Gate_Bridge_1915_Arch_Construction_s.jpg "Hell Gate bridge under construction circa 1915")
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![[Seen from the Robert F. Kennedy Bridge]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Hellgatemaintug_s.jpg "Seen from the Robert F. Kennedy Bridge")
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![[View from Astoria Park on a summer afternoon]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/HellGateSummer_s.jpg "View from Astoria Park on a summer afternoon")
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from Mondello1 |
![[View to the south from a locomotive cab]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/HellGateApproach_s.jpg "View to the south from a locomotive cab")
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