Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority
The Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority ( TBTA ) or MTA Bridges and Tunnels is a division of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority , the state transport company of the US state New York . It operates seven Interstate - toll bridges and two toll tunnels in New York City . The TBTA is based on Randalls Island , an island in the East River that belongs to the borough of Manhattan .
Based on the traffic of more than one million customers in approximately 800,000 cars daily, MTA Bridges and Tunnels is the largest bridge and tunnel tolling agency in the United States . It has annual revenues of more than 900 million US dollars .
The seven bridges maintained by the MTA Bridges and Tunnels are:
- The Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Bridge , formerly the Triborough Bridge , is a complex of three bridges that connects the Bronx , Manhattan and Queens districts over the Harlem River, the Bronx Kill and Hell Gate .
- The Henry Hudson Bridge between Manhattan and the Bronx over Spuyten Duyvil Creek .
- 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 Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge between Brooklyn and Staten Island across the Narrows Strait .
- The Marine Parkway-Gil Hodges Memorial Bridge and
- the Cross Bay Veterans Memorial Bridge between Queens and the Rockaway Peninsula across Jamaica Bay .
The two tunnels that both cross under the East River are the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel between Brooklyn and Manhattan and the Queens-Midtown Tunnel between Queens and Manhattan.
history
The MTA Bridges and Tunnels was founded in 1933 as the Triborough Bridge Authority by the New York State Legislature , as a not-for-profit company. It should complete the construction of the Triborough Bridge, begun in 1929, whose construction was canceled due to the Great Depression . Under the direction of Robert Moses , it quickly developed into an independent authority that financed itself from toll revenues with a wide range of construction activities. In 1946 it was renamed the Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority. Robert Moses led it until almost the age of 80, when it was transferred to a division of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority in 1968. It has been operating under the name MTA Bridges and Tunnels since 1994, although the Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority is still the official name.
Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority Police
The MTA Bridges and Tunnels employs a total of 966 permanent so-called bridge and tunnel officers , who support the mainly temporary staff with collecting the road toll. The main task, however, is to take over police tasks such as carrying out speed controls and regulating traffic in the event of an accident. They are equipped with marked patrol cars, and patrols on foot are also part of their duties. The officers are authorized to make arrests and carry weapons, but also participate in special actions such as the closure of the Verrazano Narrows Bridge at the New York City Marathon . This police organization works closely with the New York City Police Department .
Individual evidence
- ↑ MTA BudgetWatch May 2010 ( Memento of the original from August 16, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF file)
- ↑ Bridges and Tunnels Financial Performance - Oct 2007 Year-to-Date ( Memento of the original from March 5, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ James C. McKinley, Jr .: What's in a Symbol? A Lot, the MTA Is Betting. In: New York Times . August 28, 1994.
- ↑ Tasks of the TBTA bridge and tunnel officials (PDF file, English)
