MTA Bridges and Tunnels

The Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority ( TBTA ) or MTA Bridges and Tunnels is a division of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, the state-owned transport company of the U.S. State of New York. It operates seven toll Interstate - bending and two toll tunnels in New York City. The TBTA has its headquarters on Randall's Iceland, an island in the East River which is part of the borough of Manhattan.

In terms of the traffic volume of more than one million customers in about 800,000 cars daily, the MTA Bridges and Tunnels is the largest bridge and tunnel toll agency in the United States. It has annual revenue of more than 900 million U.S. dollars.

The seven bridges are maintained by the MTA Bridges and Tunnels:

  • The Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Bridge, formerly the Triborough Bridge is a complex of three bridges that connects the boroughs of the Bronx, Manhattan and Queens over the Harlem River to the Bronx Kill or the Hellgate.
  • The Henry Hudson Bridge between Manhattan and Bronx Spuyten Duyvil Creek on the.
  • The Bronx - Whitestone Bridge between the Bronx and Queens over the East River.
  • The Throgs Neck Bridge between the Bronx and Queens over the East River.
  • The Verrazano Narrows Bridge between Brooklyn and Staten Iceland over the Straits The Narrows.
  • The Marine Parkway -Gil Hodges Memorial Bridge and
  • The Cross Bay Veterans Memorial Bridge between Queens and the Rockaway Peninsula Peninsula on the Jamaica Bay.

The two tunnels cross under both the East River are the Brooklyn - Battery Tunnel between Brooklyn and Manhattan, and the Queens Midtown Tunnel between Queens and Manhattan.

History

MTA Bridges and Tunnels was founded in 1933 as the Triborough Bridge Authority by the New York State Legislature, as a non-profit society. You should finalize the construction of the Triborough Bridge started in 1929, whose construction was canceled due to the Great Depression. Under the direction of Robert Moses quickly developed into an independent and self-financing of the toll revenue authority with various construction activities. In 1946 it was renamed the Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority. Robert Moses, she led almost to his 80igsten years old, when she was transferred to a division of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority in 1968. Since 1994, she works under the name MTA Bridges and Tunnels, although the name Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority is still the official name.

Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority Police

The MTA Bridges and Tunnels employs 966 permanent staff called Bridge and Tunnel Officers ( Bridge and Tunnel Officers ), support the limited mainly employed personnel at the cashing of the road toll. The main task, however, lies in the acquisition of police tasks such as carry out speed checks and to regulate traffic accidents. To this end they are equipped with marked patrol car, also patrols on foot part of your tasks. The officers are authorized to carry out arrests and to bear arms, but also participate in special promotions such as the blocking of the Verrazano Narrows Bridge at the New York City Marathon. This police organization works closely with the New York City Police Department.

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