Marine Parkway–Gil Hodges Memorial Bridge

In February 1934, the New York State Assembly introduced a bill to build a $10 million bridge connecting Flatbush Avenue in Brooklyn to the Rockaway Peninsula in Queens. New York City Parks Commissioner Robert Moses wanted the bridge to connect Marine Park in Brooklyn and Jacob Riis Park in Queens, two of the parks that he was developing.{{Cite news|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1934/02/06/94490549.pdf|title=MARINE PARKWAY PROPOSED IN BILL; Albany Measure Seeks New Authority to Build for Kings-Queens Causeway.|date=1934-02-06|work=The New York Times|access-date=2017-12-09|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}} The assembly authorized the creation of the Marine Parkway Authority, which was tasked with developing the bridge, in March.{{Cite news|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1934/03/22/94504823.pdf|title=ROCKAWAY PROJECT PASSES ASSEMBLY; Parkway Authority Bill Goes to Lehman -- Senate Votes Hudson Drive Extension. JOB INSURANCE DELAYED Upper House Orders Hearings on Byrnes Measure -- Primary Date Change Forwarded.|date=1934-03-22|work=The New York Times|access-date=2017-12-09|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}} Moses was named as the only member of the authority. The next month, New York Governor Herbert H. Lehman approved the Assembly bill.{{Cite news|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1934/04/09/95040856.pdf|title=GOVERNOR SIGNS BILL FOR MARINE PARKWAY; Creates Authority for $10,000,000 Development Involving Rockaway Area.|date=1934-04-09|work=The New York Times|access-date=2017-12-09|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}

The Marine Parkway Bridge was to be constructed using Public Works Administration funds. The United States Department of War approved the Marine Parkway Authority's request to construct a bridge over Rockaway Inlet in December 1935, although some members of the War Department preferred a tunnel under the inlet so as to not impede marine traffic.{{Cite news|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1935/12/19/88621058.pdf|title=APPROVE BUILDING ROCKAWAY BRIDGE; War Department Officers Back Revised Plans of Marine Parkway Authority. SOME STILL OPPOSE IT These Interests Favor a Tunnel, Objecting to Any Span Across Inlet to Brooklyn.|date=1935-12-19|work=The New York Times|access-date=2017-12-09|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}} In order to fund the bridge's construction the Marine Parkway Authority authorized the issuance of $6 million worth of bonds that would mature in 25 years. The bridge would also collect tolls from drivers to fund part of the rest of the costs.{{Cite news|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1935/12/05/93507996.pdf|title=MARINE PARKWAY OFFERS 4 1/4% ISSUE; $6,000,000 of 25-Year Bonds to Be Put Out Today at 99 1/2 by Syndicate.|date=1935-12-05|work=The New York Times|access-date=2017-12-09|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}} The Marine Parkway Bridge was developed in conjunction with other road infrastructure projects in New York City, such as the Triborough Bridge, Henry Hudson Parkway, Belt Parkway, and Grand Central Parkway.{{Cite news|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1935/02/10/87877728.pdf|title=MOSES'S MANY PROJECTS ARE ALL TIED TOGETHER; The Commissioner Has Coordinated His Tasks So That Each of Them Helps the Others|date=1935-02-10|work=The New York Times|access-date=2017-12-09|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}} It would also be a part of a new greenbelt of parks that included Jacob Riis Park.{{Cite news|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1936/08/16/85418041.pdf|title=PARKS FOR SEVEN MILLION: A VISION REALIZED; NEW YORK PARKS FOR MILLIONS A Vision Made Reality During Three Years|last=Irving|first=Carter|date=1936-08-16|work=The New York Times|access-date=2017-12-09|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}

The bridge was to be built near Barren Island, an island on the Brooklyn side that housed 90 people from the former Barren Island community. In April 1936. The community was evicted so that the Marine Parkway Authority could place {{Convert|2,000,000|ft3|m3}} of landfill to build a landing for the bridge,{{Cite news|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1936/03/14/88641996.pdf|title=EVICTION DATE EXTENDED; Barren Island Squatters Now Have Until April 15 to Move.|date=1936-03-14|work=The New York Times|access-date=2017-12-09|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}} The Marine Parkway Authority opened a bidding competition for the construction of the Marine Parkway Bridge in June 1936.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1936/06/24/archives/open-bridge-bids-today-marine-parkway-authority-to-act-on-rockaway.html|title=OPEN BRIDGE BIDS TODAY; Marine Parkway Authority to Act on Rockaway Inlet Piers.|date=1936-06-24|work=The New York Times|access-date=2017-12-09|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}} Eight bids had been submitted by the time the bidding process was completed in October 1936.{{Cite news|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1936/10/31/88709406.pdf|title=8 BID ON PARK CONTRACT; Contractors Seek Work in Connection With Marine Parkway Bridge.|date=1936-10-31|work=The New York Times|access-date=2017-12-09|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}} The crossing's principal designer was David B. Steinman,{{Cite journal|last=Weingardt|first=Richard G.|date=October 2005|title=David Steinman: America's Greatest Native Son Bridge Builder of the 20th Century|url=http://www.structuremag.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/D-Great-Achievements-D-Steinman-Oct-051.pdf|journal=Structure|pages=49}}{{rp|84}} with Richard S. M. Lee{{Cite news|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1961/07/20/98442351.pdf|title=RICHARD S. LEE, BRIDGE ENGINEER; Design Aide in Queensboro and Other Spans Here Dies|date=1961-07-20|work=The New York Times|access-date=2017-12-09|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}} and Shortridge Hardesty as assistant designers,{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1956/10/18/archives/shortridge-hardesty-dies-at-72-engineer-was-a-bridge-designer.html|title=Shortridge Hardesty Dies at 72; Engineer Was a Bridge Designer; Partner in Consulting Firm Worked on Goethals, Marine Parkway, Captree Spans|date=1956-10-18|work=The New York Times|access-date=2017-12-09|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}} and Emil Praeger as Chief Engineer.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=U2plUQKkDUQC&pg=PA362|title=The Hudson|last=Adams|first=Arthur G.|date=1981-01-01|publisher=SUNY Press|isbn=9780791494226|language=en}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.mta.info/press-release/bridges-tunnels/marine-parkway-gil-hodges-memorial-bridge-turns-75|title=Marine Parkway-Gil Hodges Memorial Bridge Turns 75|website=www.mta.info|access-date=2017-12-09}} The American Bridge Company ultimately ended up constructing the bridge since it had submitted the lowest bid, at just over $2.1 million.{{cite web | title=Marine Parkway Bridge Opening Set for Next Year |page=5 | work=Brooklyn Daily Eagle |via=Brooklyn Public Library; Newspapers.com | date=1936-06-25 | url=http://bklyn.newspapers.com/image/52846649/ | access-date=2017-12-10}}

The Marine Parkway Bridge was supposed to be completed in two years, but the construction process was accelerated because the city wanted the bridge to be completed in time to accommodate ferry traffic in summer 1937.{{cite news|url=http://fultonhistory.com/highlighter/highlight-for-xml?altUrl=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FNewspapers%252021%2FRockaway%2520Beach%2520NY%2520%2520Wave%2520Of%2520Long%2520Island%2FRockaway%2520Beach%2520NY%2520%2520Wave%2520Of%2520Long%2520Island%2520%25201957%2FRockaway%2520Beach%2520NY%2520%2520Wave%2520Of%2520Long%2520Island%2520%25201957%2520-%25200333.pdf|title=City Seeks to Speed Work On Marine Parkway Bridge|date=April 5, 1937|access-date=December 10, 2017|page=3|via=Fultonhistory.com}} By January 1937, there was significant progress on the Marine Parkway Bridge's construction, as the main span had been floated into place on January 13.{{Cite news|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1937/01/13/94319945.pdf|title=HUGE SPAN PLACED AT ROCKAWAY INLET; Work Is Done at Night Under Lights to Take Advantage of Unusually High Tide.|date=1937|work=The New York Times|access-date=2017-12-09|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}} The last section of the bridge was installed on May 26, 1937,{{Cite news|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1937/05/26/94380061.pdf|title=MARINE BRIDGE IN PLACE; Span Over Jamaica Inlet to Be Open to Public July 3|date=1937-05-26|work=The New York Times|access-date=2017-12-09|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}} and the toll bridge opened on July 3, 1937. A ceremonial opening had been scheduled for 10:30 AM that day, but the bridge was opened 15 minutes early in order to allow fire trucks to combat a five-alarm fire near the Rockaways' Playland amusement park in Rockaway Beach.{{cite news |title=Fire Rages on Rockaway Boardwalk; $500,000 Fire Razes 2 Blocks At Rockaway; Boardwalk Blaze Rages From 90th to 100th St. and 5 Alarms Are Sent |url=https://bklyn.newspapers.com/image/52690288/?terms=%22green%2Bbus%22%2B%22riis%2Bpark%22 |access-date=28 July 2018 |work=Brooklyn Daily Eagle |agency=Newspapers.com |date=July 3, 1937 |pages=1–2}} At the time, the {{convert|540|ft|m|adj=on}} span was the longest vertical-lift vehicular span in the world.{{rp|41}}{{Cite news|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1937/07/04/94397468.pdf|title=NEW RIIS PARK SPAN IS OPENED BY MAYOR; He Pays High Tribute to Moses at Dedication of Bridge Over Rockaway Inlet|date=1937-07-04|work=The New York Times|access-date=2017-12-09|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}} Green Bus Lines extended its Rockaway route (the current Q35 bus) across the bridge to Flatbush on the day of the bridge's opening.{{Cite news|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1937/07/03/94396909.pdf|title=ROCKAWAY BUS LINE EXTENDS SERVICE; Operation to Start Today Over Bridge to Flatbush and Nostrand Avenues|date=1937-07-03|work=The New York Times|access-date=2017-12-09|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}} The bridge's opening spurred a wave of real-estate sales in Flatbush.{{cite news |title=Marine Parkway Bridge Invigorates 'For Sale' Market in Flatbush | page=25 | work=Brooklyn Daily Eagle |via=Brooklyn Public Library; Newspapers.com | date=1937-08-08 | url=http://bklyn.newspapers.com/image/52683891/ | access-date=2017-12-10}} However, it also increased the amount of vehicular traffic to the Rockaways, which already had a severe traffic congestion problem.{{cite news|url=http://fultonhistory.com/highlighter/highlight-for-xml?altUrl=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FNewspaper%252014%2FJamaica%2520NY%2520Long%2520Island%2520Daily%2520Press%2FJamaica%2520NY%2520Long%2520Island%2520Daily%2520Press%25201937%2FJamaica%2520NY%2520Long%2520Island%2520Daily%2520Press%25201937%2520-%25204421.pdf|title=TRAFFIC JAMS INCREASED BY BRIDGE|work=Long Island Daily Press|date=July 12, 1937|access-date=December 10, 2017|page=2|via=Fultonhistory.com}}

File:Marine-Parkway Bridge - view of road.jpgThe bridge saw 1.7 million vehicles in 1938, its first full year of operation.{{Cite news|url=https://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/07/03/marine-parkway-bridge-celebrates-its-70th-birthday/|title=Marine Parkway Bridge Celebrates Its 70th Birthday|last=Chan|first=Sewell|work=City Room|date=July 3, 2007 |access-date=2017-12-09|language=en}} By 1940, the Marine Parkway Bridge had recorded 4 million crossings.{{Cite news|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1939/07/16/94703121.pdf|title=4,000,000TH CAR ON SPAN; Driver Gets Book of Tickets for Marine Parkway Bridge|date=1939-07-16|work=The New York Times|access-date=2017-12-09|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}} Following the 1940 merger of the Marine Parkway Authority and Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority, the operation of the bridge fell to the latter.{{cite web|url=https://www.dot.ny.gov/divisions/engineering/environmental-analysis/repository/bridgescontextuastudy-99.pdf|title=Contextual Study of New York State's Pre-1961 Bridges|publisher=New York State Department of Transportation|author=Mead & Hunt; Allee King Rosen & Fleming, Inc|date=November 1999|access-date=December 10, 2017}}{{rp|66}}{{cite web |url=http://web.mta.info/bandt/html/marine.html |title=Marine Parkway Gil Hodges Memorial Bridge |work=MTA Bridges & Tunnels |access-date=July 10, 2010}} On the bridge's 20th anniversary, The Wave of Long Island noted that 80 million vehicles had crossed the bridge since opening.{{cite news|url=http://fultonhistory.com/highlighter/highlight-for-xml?altUrl=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FNewspapers%252021%2FRockaway%2520Beach%2520NY%2520%2520Wave%2520Of%2520Long%2520Island%2FRockaway%2520Beach%2520NY%2520%2520Wave%2520Of%2520Long%2520Island%2520%25201957%2FRockaway%2520Beach%2520NY%2520%2520Wave%2520Of%2520Long%2520Island%2520%25201957%2520-%25200333.pdf|title=Marine Parkway Bridge Has Twentieth Birthday|work=The Wave of Long Island|date=July 4, 1957|access-date=December 10, 2017|page=25|via=Fultonhistory.com}}

On April 4, 1978,{{cite news|url=http://fultonhistory.com/highlighter/highlight-for-xml?altUrl=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FNewspapers%252021%2FRockaway%2520Beach%2520NY%2520%2520Wave%2520Of%2520Long%2520Island%2FRockaway%2520Beach%2520NY%2520%2520Wave%2520Of%2520Long%2520Island%2520%25201978%2FRockaway%2520Beach%2520NY%2520%2520Wave%2520Of%2520Long%2520Island%2520%25201978%2520-%25200533.pdf|title=It's Gil Hodges Bridge Now|work=The Wave of Long Island|date=April 8, 1978|access-date=December 10, 2017|page=1|via=Fultonhistory.com}} the bridge connecting Brooklyn and Queens was renamed for Gil Hodges, the former championship-winning first baseman for the Brooklyn Dodgers who later won a World Series as the manager of the Queens-based New York Mets. It was believed to be the first bridge to be named for a major sports figure.{{cite news|url=http://fultonhistory.com/highlighter/highlight-for-xml?altUrl=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FNewspaper%252024%2FOlean%2520NY%2520Times%2520Herald%2FOlean%2520NY%2520Times%2520Herald%25201978%2FOlean%2520NY%2520Times%2520Herald%25201978%2520-%25202037.pdf

|title=California City Would Like To Run Joggers Out Of Town|first=Mike|last=Abdo|work=Olean Times-Herald|date=March 18, 1978|access-date=December 10, 2017|page=17|via=Fultonhistory.com}}

From 1999 to 2001, the bridge received a renovation. The four lanes were widened by placing the pedestrian walkway on the outside of the superstructure. The existing steel-grated roadway deck on the lift span was replaced with a new steel grating. A Jersey barrier was also installed to separate opposing traffic flows.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/06/02/nyregion/neighborhood-report-update-getting-from-here-to-there-in-brooklyn.html|title=NEIGHBORHOOD REPORT: UPDATE; Getting From Here to There in Brooklyn|last=Bahrampour|first=Tara|date=2002-06-02|work=The New York Times|access-date=2017-12-09|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}} In addition, the elevators and electrical systems in the two towers were replaced, and new variable message signs and traffic control devices were installed on the bridge, approach roadways, and toll plaza.{{cite web|url=https://www.aisc.org/globalassets/modern-steel/archives/2003/11/2003v11_marine.pdf|title=National Award (Reconstructed): Marine Parkway Bridge, NEW YORK CITY|publisher=National Steel Bridge Alliance|date=2003|access-date=2017-12-10}} The walkway on the bridge was closed temporarily so the roadway could be widened.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/07/02/nyregion/neighborhood-report-queens-up-close-bike-bus-falters-mta-tries-fix.html|title=NEIGHBORHOOD REPORT: QUEENS UP CLOSE; The Bike-to-the-Bus Falters, And the M.T.A. Tries a Fix|last=Berger|first=Alisha|date=2000-07-02|work=The New York Times|access-date=2017-12-09|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}

Part of the crash of American Airlines Flight 587 in 2001 was filmed from a tollbooth camera on this bridge.{{cite web |url=https://www.ntsb.gov/events/2001/aa587/board_mtg_anim.htm | title= Animations and Videos from Board Meeting | publisher=NTSB

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110622075203/https://www.ntsb.gov/events/2001/AA587/board_mtg_anim.htm|archive-date=June 22, 2011}}

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The Marine Parkway Bridge carries four motor traffic lanes, bicycle paths on the west side of the bridge, and a footpath on the western edge. Originally, the bridge only had two lanes, or one in each direction. The entirety of the bridge, including approaches, is {{convert|4022|ft|m}} long.{{rp|65}} The main part of the Marine Parkway Bridge consists of three spans with an aggregate length of {{Convert|1500|ft|m}}. The center span is 540 feet long, weighs 3,600 tons, and is located {{convert|55|ft|m}} above water level in the bridge's "closed" position. When the Marine Parkway Bridge is "open", the center span can be raised to a height of {{convert|140|ft|m}} to allow vessels to pass beneath the roadway. The bridge was raised 157 times in 2006. The curled tops of the towers were designed to give the bridge a whimsical aspect.

{{as of|2023|08|06|df=us}}, drivers pay $5.60 per car or $4.71 per motorcycle for tolls by mail/non-NYCSC E-Z Pass. E-ZPass users with transponders issued by the New York E‑ZPass Customer Service Center pay $2.60 per car or $2.17 per motorcycle. Mid-Tier NYCSC E-Z Pass users pay $4.11 per car or $3.46 per motorcycle. All E-ZPass users with transponders not issued by the New York E-ZPass CSC will be required to pay Toll-by-mail rates.{{cite web|url= https://new.mta.info/agency/bridges-and-tunnels/tolls-2023|title=New Toll Rates at MTA Bridges and Tunnels - Implementation August 6th, 2023|at=Footnote 3|publisher=Metropolitan Transportation Authority|access-date=September 10, 2024}}

When the bridge opened, passenger automobiles were charged a toll of 15 cents. When the Cross Bay Bridge was opened in 1939, the toll for passenger cars and motorcycles was lowered to 10 cents to match that of the Cross Bay Bridge. Tolls for all other vehicle classes remained as before.{{cite web| url = http://members.trainweb.com/bedt/toll/nytollscripandtokens.html#Predecessor| title = NY & NJ Toll Scrip, Toll Tokens and other Toll Ephemera}} Since 1993, residents of the Rockaways have received discounts on tolls for the Marine Parkway Bridge and Cross Bay Veterans Memorial Bridge.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/01/26/nyregion/residents-of-3-areas-given-exemptions-from-toll-increases.html|title=Residents of 3 Areas Given Exemptions From Toll Increases|last=Dao|first=James|date=1993|work=The New York Times|access-date=2017-12-09|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}} The tollbooths for the Marine Parkway Bridge were configured to collect tolls electronically from E-ZPass transponders in 1996.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/08/21/nyregion/with-triborough-bridge-debut-a-test-for-e-z-pass-toll-system.html|title=With Triborough Bridge Debut, A Test for E-Z Pass Toll System|last=Holloway|first=Lynette|date=1996-08-21|work=The New York Times|access-date=2017-12-09|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}

Open-road cashless tolling began on April 30, 2017. The tollbooths were dismantled, and drivers are no longer able to pay cash at the bridge. Instead, cameras and E-ZPass readers are mounted on new overhead gantries manufactured by TransCore{{Cite web |url=https://transcore.com/projects/mta-bt |title=Project Profile Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), New York |access-date=2022-07-11 |website=TransCore}} near where the booths were located. A vehicle without E-ZPass has a picture taken of its license plate and a bill for the toll is mailed to its owner.{{cite web | title=What Is Cashless Tolling? | website=MTA Bridges & Tunnels | url=http://web.mta.info/bandt/cashless/ | access-date=September 1, 2019}} For E-ZPass users, sensors detect their transponders wirelessly.{{cite web | last=Siff | first=Andrew | title=Automatic Tolls to Replace Gates at 9 NYC Spans: Cuomo | website=NBC New York | date=October 5, 2016 | url=http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Automatic-Tolls-Coming-to-New-York-City-Bridges-Tunnels-NYC-396050241.html | access-date=December 25, 2016}}{{cite web | title=MTA rolls out cashless toll schedule for bridges, tunnels | website=ABC7 New York | date=December 21, 2016 | url=http://abc7ny.com/1666924/ | access-date=December 25, 2016}} Residents with leftover bridge tokens will be eligible to redeem their tokens for a refund.

File:AA587 Tollbooth Video.JPG, circled in white, can briefly be seen in this video still moving downward with a white streak behind the aircraft. This video, released by the NTSB, was recorded by a toll-booth camera located on the bridge.]]One person was killed in a three-car accident on the bridge on June 3, 1951.{{Cite news|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1951/06/23/91642682.pdf|title=Fatal 3-Car Accident Snags Beach Traffic|date=1951-06-23|work=The New York Times|access-date=2017-12-09|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}} Another fatal accident on the bridge on July 14, 1963, killed two and injured seven.{{Cite news|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1963/07/14/356847092.pdf|title=2 Killed, 7 Hurt in Crash On Marine Parkway Bridge|date=1963-07-14|work=The New York Times|access-date=2017-12-09|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}

On April 10, 1957, a gate for the Marine Parkway Bridge's drawbridge span was being lowered when it hit a bus, injuring four passengers.{{Cite news|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1957/04/10/95813607.pdf|title=BRIDGE GATE HITS BUS; 4 Persons Are Hint in Accident at Marine Parkway Span|date=1957-04-10|work=The New York Times|access-date=2017-12-09|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}

On November 24, 2014, the bridge experienced a power failure while it was raised to let a boat pass. It remained stuck in the raised position for about six hours before technicians were able to lower it.{{Cite web|url=http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20141124/neponsit/marine-parkway-bridge-stuck-for-hours-up-position|title=Marine Parkway Bridge Stuck in 'Up' Position|last=Honan|first=Katie|date=November 24, 2014|website=DNAinfo|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141127175352/http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20141124/neponsit/marine-parkway-bridge-stuck-for-hours-up-position|archive-date=November 27, 2014|url-status=dead}}

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