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Roosevelt Island Bridge
- Lat / Lon: N 40° 45.814' / W 073° 56.761'
- Bridge Type: Lift
- Vertical Clearance (Closed): 40.00 ft.
- Horizontal Clearance: 403.00 ft.
- Schedule:
The draw of the Roosevelt Island bridge shall open on signal if at least two hour advance notice is given to the drawtender at the Grand Street/Avenue bridge, mile 3.1 across Newtown Creek (East Branch), the New York Department of Transportation (NYCDOT) Radio Hotline or NYCDOT Bridge Operations Office. In the event the drawtender is at Borden Avenue or Hunters Point Avenue bridges mile 1.2 and 1.4, respectively, across Dutch Kills, up to an additional half hour delay may be required.
Editor's Note: Bridge schedules are subject to temporary change due to repairs, maintenance, events, etc. Check the Waterway Explorer for possible nav alerts. - VHF Channel: 13
- Comments:
Note: The schedule above was taken from the CFR's. The contact information on the NYDOT website states,
Mariners should monitor marine radio channel 16 for news from the U.S. Coast Guard on special circumstances affecting the operation of movable bridges. If you'd like to request a bridge opening for a vessel, you have three options. You can call the DOT Bridge Operator on marine radio channel 13, the DOT Bridge Operations Office at 212-839-3740, or the DOT Communications Center at 718-433-3340.
DISCLAIMER: Bridge heights and clearances are published from sources and records provided by various state and federal entities. Waterway Guide Media does not warrant the information as accurate. Water depth, placement of on-location signage and other variables may impact published horizontal and vertical clearances. Exercise caution when transiting.
3 Boater Comments
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Comment by: Johan Hedlund, Delphinus, on Apr 24, 2023
Vessel Type: Sail
LOA: 55'
Draft: 6.0'Be prepared to stay put for a while. Opening doesn't happen that quickly. Patience is a virtue! Make sure you arrive with plenty of slack time. Our mast is 80 feet so we made sure the bridge operator understood that we need the full height. My mate asked me a few times: "Is the bridge really up all the way?" With a confident voice, I said "Yes"
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Comment by: Thornton Clark on May 13, 2020
Vessel Type: Sail
LOA: 55'
Draft: 7.0'Although few people know of it and take the narrow option east of Roosevelt Island, for transient boaters headed up or down the east coast of the United States, this is by far the more interesting option. At 800 feet from the southern tip of Roosevelt, you can get an eerie picture of the skyscrapers of Manhattan looming up behind the ruins of the Smallpox Memorial Hospital. For us, the two hour notice for opening requirement was not a problem. With our 69 foot antennae, most bridges on the east coast south of Norfolk are a problem.
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Comment by: Lyn newkirk on Sep 25, 2016
Vessel Type: Sail
LOA: 41'
Draft: 5.0'On 9/20 the west side of Roosevelt was closed. We were able to get bridge tender to lift the 40 ft bridge on request. 718-545-2092
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