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	Throgs Neck - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Throggs Neck (alternatively spelled Throgs Neck) is a narrow split of land in the southeastern Bronx in New York City.
		"Throgs Neck" is also the name of the neighborhood on the peninsula, bounded to the north by Waterbury Avenue and surrounded on all other sides by various bodies of water.
		The land of Throgs Neck is used as the northern approach to the Throgs Neck Bridge, connecting the Bronx with the borough of Queens on Long Island.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Throgs_Neck (506 words)

	Throgs Neck Bridge - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Throgs Neck Bridge is a suspension bridge opened on January 11, 1961 carrying Interstate 295 over the East River where it meets the Long Island Sound.
		The bridge connects the Throgs Neck section of the Bronx with the Bayside section of Queens.
		The Throgs Neck Bridge is owned by the City of New York and operated by the Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority, an affiliate agency of the MTA.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Throgs_Neck_Bridge (593 words)

	Throgs Neck Expressway (I-695)
		The Throgs Neck Expressway serves as a link between the Bruckner Expressway - New England Thruway (I-95) and the Cross Bronx Expressway Extension (I-295) approach to the Throgs Neck Bridge in the southeast Bronx.
		The proposed Throgs Neck Bridge would connect with Throgs Neck and Bruckner Boulevards, which the State of New York is planning to improve and expand to expressway standards.
		I-695 (Throgs Neck Expressway): Bruckner Expressway (I-95) to Cross Bronx Expressway (I 295), Bronx County.
	www.nycroads.com /roads/throgs-neck (836 words)

	Throgs Neck Bridge (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Throgs Neck Bridge is a suspension bridge opened on January 11, 1961 that carries US Interstate 295 and connects the Throggs Neck section of the Bronx with the Bayside section of Queens.
		The Throgs Neck Bridge is owned by the City of New York and operated by the Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority, an affiliate agency of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (New York).
		The Throgs Neck Bridge (TNB) designated I-295 is a favored route between upstate New York, the Bronx and Connecticut for trips into Queens and onto Long...
	www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-Throgs_Neck_Bridge.html (1207 words)

	Throgs Neck Bridge
		Opened in 1961, the Throgs Neck Bridge was built between the Bronx and Queens to ease congestion on the Bronx Whitestone Bridge.
		The bridge's Bronx neighborhoods are the residential communities of Throgs Neck and Locust Point and the S.U.N.Y. Maritime College at Fort Schuyler.
		The name Throgs Neck was derived from that of John Throckmorton, who settled in the area in 1643.
	www.mta.nyc.ny.us /bandt/html/throgs.htm (218 words)

	Throgs Neck Bridge. The Columbia Gazetteer of North America. 2000
		Throgs Neck Bridge, suspension bridge connecting boroughs of Queens and Bronx, N.Y. city, SE N.Y., spans East R. at W end of L.I. Sound; viewed as the dividing line between the 2 bodies of water; 40°48'N 73°48'W. The 1,800-ft/549-m span was designed by world-renowned engineer O. Ammann in 1961.
		Expressway, the L.I. Expressway, and the Grand Central Parkway, and leads to Manhattan, L.I., Brooklyn, and points W. Name derived from Throg’s Neck, a long peninsula of land jutting into L.I. sound and settled by John Throgmorton in 1643.
		Near the bridge on the Bronx side are the residential communities of Throgs Neck and Locust Point and the State Univ. of N.Y., Maritime Col. at Fort Schuyler.
	www.bartleby.com /69/0/T03600.html (254 words)

	Throgs Neck Bridge: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Throgs Neck Bridge is a suspension bridge[Follow this hyperlink for a summary of this subject] opened on January 11, EHandler: no quick summary.
		Throgs neck (sometimes spelled throggs neck) is a narrow spit of land in the southeastern bronx in new york city....
		The Throgs Neck Bridge is owned by the City of New York and operated by the Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority quick summary:
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/T/Th/Throgs_Neck_Bridge.htm (898 words)

	New York Architecture Images-Throgs Neck Bridge
		Unlike many bridges proposed by Robert Moses, the Throgs Neck Bridge was not part of the circumferential highway network proposed in 1929 by the Regional Plan Association (RPA).
		It is estimated that the Throgs Neck Bridge could be completed within three and one-half years after it is financed.
		In many respects, the design of the Throgs Neck Bridge is similar to that of the retrofitted Bronx-Whitestone Bridge two miles to the west.
	www.nyc-architecture.com /BRI/BRI008-ThrogsNeckBridge.htm (1158 words)

	Throgs Neck Bridge (I-295)
		In the mid-1980's, the Throgs Neck Bridge was at the center of political controversy when the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) considered using South Korean steel to reconstruct the roadway.
		The Throgs Neck Bridge, as shown in this 1998 photo from Queens, carries I-295 between Bayside, Queens and the Throgs Neck section of the Bronx.
		In 1995, the interchange between the Queens approach of the Throgs Neck Bridge and the Cross Island Parkway was reconstructed.
	www.nycroads.com /crossings/throgs-neck (1981 words)

	The BRONX MALL - Cultural Mosaic - Bill Twomey Remembers
		Throgs Neck, Throg's Neck, Throggs Neck or Throgg's Neck are variations of the spelling of this once rural peninsula.
		Those here before the bridge tend to use two G's while newcomers, those who arrived after the construction of the Throgs Neck Bridge in 1960, tend to use one G. Both spellings are acceptable.
		Throgs Neck Boulevard was originally spelled "Throgg's Neck Boulevard" but, when the city changed the signs, the new spelling was accepted with much complaint.
	www.bronxmall.com /cult/twomey/throggs.html (541 words)

	Community Gazettes - District 13 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		A look at the streets of Throgs Neck makes it clear why so many residents think their community is becoming too congested.
		Developers have discovered Throgs Neck and have been constructing multifamily townhouses in what had been an area of freestanding single and two-family homes.
		Throgs Neck was one of the neighborhoods Mayor Michael Bloomberg cited in his State of the City as suffering from overdevelopment.
	www.gothamgazette.com /community/13/majorissues (634 words)

	Throgs Neck Lighthouse, New York at Lighthousefriends.com
		Throg’s Neck, a small peninsula jutting into Long Island Sound, is named after John Throgmorten, who arrived on the peninsula in 1643 with his band of settlers.
		Located under the northern end of the I-295's Throgs Neck Bridge on the campus of SUNY Maritime College, near the confluence of the East River and Long Island Sound.
		The current tower at Throg's Neck isn't much to look at, but there is also a Maritime Industry Museum located in Fort Schuyler that supplements the visit.
	www.lighthousefriends.com /light.asp?ID=752 (849 words)

	ny cruise.htm (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Throgs Neck, on the northwest side of the entrance to the East River, is marked by a light, a stack, and a tall tank.
		Throgs Neck Light, 60 feet above the water, is shown from a skeleton tower with a fl and white diamond shaped daymark on the outer end of the neck.
		Fort Schuyler, on the outer end of Throgs Neck, is used as a base for the State University of New York Maritime Academy.
	www.boatersalmanac.com /NJ%20Pages/ny%202.htm (654 words)

	Throgs Neck Area Zoning Study - Department of City Planning
		We are thrilled to fulfill the mayor's commitment to provide the multiple communities of Throgs Neck an amazingly fine-grained zoning plan to address the problems of overdevelopment that are destroying the quality of life in these neighborhoods.
		Their concerns included the recent surge in new multifamily townhouses that are bulkier and taller than existing homes, lack of parking, inappropriate waterfront developments that block views of the water, and insufficient infrastructure to accommodate new residents.
		These areas include Throgs Neck, Silver Beach, Edgewater Park, Schuylerville, Eastchester Bay, and parts of Country Club, Spencer Estates, Pelham Bay and a five block area near Coop City known as the Village of Baychester.
	www.nyc.gov /html/dcp/html/throgsneck/throgsneck1.shtml (482 words)

	Throgs Neck Rezoning - Wired New York Forum
		The proposal would rezone Throgs Neck and surrounding East Bronx communities to block developers from building large attached townhouses on single and double lots, skimping on parking spaces and encroaching on the area's precious waterfront.
		They have complained that their neighborhood of small one- and two-family homes is being ruined by the surge of out-of-character townhouse construction that brings with it parking congestion, a strain on the local infrastructure and the loss of precious waterfront space to monster townhouses.
		Bloomberg estimated it could take some time for the Throgs Neck rezoning to get through the city's Uniform Land Use Review Process, but James Vacca, district manager of local Community Board 10, said he believed at least several months could be shaved off the process.
	www.wirednewyork.com /forum/showthread.php?p=17616 (1221 words)

	John McNamara, 91, Historian of Bronx Place-Names - October 19, 2004 - The New York Sun
		"Neck" means a narrow peninsula, and McNamara documented its succession of names: "Throgmorton's Neck," "Frockes Neck," and even "Frog's Neck," which is what George Washington called it in a journal entry from 1776, the same year the British Redcoats ran Washington out of New York in the first major battle of the Revolutionary War.
		He noted in his newspaper column that the coming of the bridge was accompanied by a new spelling of "Throgs Neck" - the doubled g being removed for convenience on signage, but often retained in older place names.
		In 1985, Mayor Koch named a small triangle of land in Throgs Neck after him, in honor of "History in Asphalt." McNamara duly added his own name to the history of Bronx place names, updated for the third edition.
	www.correctionhistory.org /mcnamara2.html (767 words)

	Representative Crowley
		Throgs Neck is a neighborhood in the northeastern Bronx, lying on a peninsula overlooking Long Island Sound to the north and east and the East River to the south.
		The peninsula was mapped as Frockes Neck in 1668, and General George Washington wrote of Frogs Neck in his journal during an invasion of four thousand red- coats and Hessians in 1776.
		The neighborhood changed again in 1961 when the Throgs Neck Bridge was completed, and the Throgs Neck, Cross Bronx, and Bruckner expressways ended its comparative isolation.
	crowley.house.gov /newyork/throgsneck.htm (483 words)

	Throgs Neck - TheBestLinks.com - Bronx, New York, Condominium, England, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Throgs Neck, Bronx, New York, Condominium, England, East River, George...
		In 1932, Fort Schuyler closed as an active military installation and became the campus for cadets of the New York State Maritime College.
		In 1961, with the building of the Throgs Neck Bridge, as well as the adjacent parkways, the neighborhood lost its compartive isolation.
	www.thebestlinks.com /Throgs_Neck.html (388 words)

	District 13: Pelham Bay, Throgs Neck, Morris Park, City Island (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Lying on a peninsula overlooking Long Island Sound, Throgs Neck was home to wealthy estates, farms, and a fashionable summer resort in the nineteenth century.
		The area’s comparative isolation ended with the construction of the Throgs Neck Bridge and the Throgs Neck, Cross Bronx, and Bruckner Expressways in the 1960s.
		Federal authorities have approved the new proposal, but the environmental impact statement analyzing the possible consequences to Throgs Neck and other communities near the pipeline remains to be completed.
	www.nylcv.org /ecofiles/bronx/html/ccd13.htm (669 words)

	Throngs Neck Bridge - Long Island New York
		The Throgs Neck Bridge on the other hand, is proof that New York had wind to grow in the post War years, as it belongs to the 1960s.
		The enormous growth in traffic between Queens and the Bronx may be measured by the fact that the Whitestone and its modern partner, the Throgs Neck Bridge each carry as many vehicles as the Whitestone did alone as late as in 1960.
		Ammann was dutifully conservative in his approach to the Throgs Neck Bridge, and employed a more tested style for his new creation.
	www.longislandexchange.com /longisland/ThrogsNeckBridge.html (509 words)

	New York Press
		Silver Beach sits on the south end of Throgs Neck, which is a three-quarter-mile-long finger of land.
		Throgs Neck is one of the forgotten neighborhoods of the Bronx, and Silver Beach is the forgotten part of Throgs Neck.
		Looking out from Indian Trail to the north, you see the Throgs Neck Bridge, which at night, when the lights around the cables are lit, is one of the Bronx’s most glorious sights–a string of pearls.
	www.nypress.com /print.cfm?content_id=3443 (1496 words)

	Throgs Neck Bridge Sketch @ AlienArtifacts.com (Alien Artifacts) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Throgs Neck Bridge Sketch @ AlienArtifacts.com (Alien Artifacts)
		These would weighten the bridge and allow any wind to simply blow through, instead of against, the bridge.
		This bridge never has non-motorized access, nor are there regularly scheduled buses.
	www.alienartifacts.com /encyclopedia/Throgs_Neck_Bridge (557 words)

	THROGS NECK EXPRESSWAY - Historical Sign
		This expressway, which links the New England Thruway and Cross-Bronx Expressway, is named for Throgs Neck, which was settled by John Throckmorton (1601-1684) in 1642.
		Throgs Neck, in the Bronx, is a peninsula that extends out to where the East River meets Long Island Sound.
		Six years and $16 million later the expressway and the Throgs Neck Bridge were completed.
	www.nycgovparks.org /sub_your_park/historical_signs/hs_historical_sign.php?id=11668 (364 words)

	Throgs Neck Bridge Overweight Restriction
		Trucks weighing over 89,000 lbs GVW will be restricted to crossing the Throgs Neck Bridge between 11:00 PM and 5:00 AM beginning October 1, 2005.
		It is important to note that if you are operating under a NYS Divisible Load Permit that the permit is not valid for the City of New York.
		In order to try and accommodate trucks operating under the permits, MTA B&T have raised the weight limit from 80,000 lbs GVW to 89,000 lbs GVW for vehicles with 6 axles, provided that the axle load does not exceed 16,000 lbs and travel is restricted to the center lane of the Throgs Neck Bridge.
	www.nytrucks.org /currentissue.aspx?issueID=13 (115 words)

	TRn: Battle over truck weight limits on cracked Throgs Neck Bridge (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority (TBTA) want to enforce their 80k pd (36.3t) weight limit on trucks crossing their Throgs Neck Bridge, because of continuing deterioration in the floor beams of the approach spans.
		The Throgs Neck Bridge has had constant problems with its approach spans ever since it opened in 1961.
		The Throgs Neck Bridge (TNB) designated I-295 is a favored route between upstate New York, the Bronx and Connecticut for trips into Queens and onto Long Island.
	www.tollroadsnews.com /cgi-bin/a.cgi/yAoaWjMEEdqcEIJ61nsxIA (4843 words)

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