Bridge
BIN 5521889
I278 - MTA-Robert F. Kennedy/Triborough Bridge over EAST RIVER
FairNYSDOT rating 3.94 of 7Inspected Nov 1, 2024
Inventory facts
Location
- Carries
- I278 - MTA-Robert F. Kennedy/Triborough Bridge
- Crosses
- EAST RIVER
- County
- QUEENS
- NYSDOT region
- (11) New York City
- Place
- New York (City)
- Location note
- I278 OVER HELLGATE
Ownership
- Owner
- MTA Bridges and Tunnels (aka TBTA)
- Maintained by
- MTA Bridges and Tunnels (aka TBTA)
Design
- Year built
- 1936
- Structure type
- 13 - Suspension
- Material
- 3 - Steel
- Spans
- 142
- Length (ft)
- 13110
- Deck area (sq ft)
- 1286100
Condition
- NYSDOT condition rating
- 3.941 (poor) to 7 (new)
- FHWA condition
- Fair
- Poor status
- NoBridge Conditions dataset
- NBI superstructure
- 50 to 9
- Last inspection
- 2024-11-01
Load and traffic
- R-posted
- NOPosting flag as recorded
Source: NYSDOT Bridges; Bridge Conditions, NYS Department of Transportation, updated Oct 5, 2026. Our copy checked Nov 1, 2026.
Contracts that name this BIN 0 in the record-plan index
No indexed contracts.
Source: NYSDOT Highway Record Plans, updated Jun 26, 2026. Our copy checked Nov 1, 2026. A BIN named in a contract's index row does not prove every drawing applies to this structure.