Bridges

General Information

DOT owns, operates, and maintains 787 structures throughout New York, including the Brooklyn, Manhattan and Williamsburg and Ed Koch Queensboro Bridges, 25 movable bridges, and five tunnels. Many bridges not under DOT's jurisdiction are the responsibility of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority or the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. There are no tolls on bridges operated by DOT.

DOT's publishes an annual Bridge and Tunnel Condition Report that describes the recent and planned maintenance and capital projects on DOT bridges.
Read more DOT bridge publications in the DOT Library.

Construction Projects

Brooklyn Bridge

DOT is currently rehabilitating, repairing and re-striping of the ramps and approaches to the Brooklyn Bridge, to improve safety and reduce congestion along both the Brooklyn-side and Manhattan-side approaches, particularly from the FDR Drive. In addition, the entire bridge will be repainted to prevent steel corrosion.
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Manhattan Bridge

Work is underway on the Manhattan Bridge to replace all 628 bridge suspenders, rewrap main cables, replace and update lighting, and install access platforms for the bridge towers. During the construction, detours will sometimes be required for pedestrians and bicylists. The project is scheduled to continue until Summer 2013. This work is part of a complete overhaul of the bridge, which began in 1982.
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Willis Avenue Bridge

DOT is replacing the city's 109-year-old Willis Avenue Bridge. The span itself was replaced, literally overnight, without the need to ever completely stop traffic – great news for the over 70,000 drivers that cross the bridge each day between Spanish Harlem and the South Bronx.
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Reconstruction of Belt Parkway Bridges

In 2009 DOT began reconstruction of seven bridges and their approaches on the Belt Parkway. These bridges, over Bay Ridge Avenue, Nostrand Avenue, Gerritsen Inlet, Mill Basin, Paerdegat Basin, Rockaway Parkway, and Fresh Creek Basin Bridges, all are original structures, built beginning in 1939. These bridges have outlived their useful lives and must be replaced.
Download details of the reconstruction project (pdf)