Roosevelt Island Bridge / Welfare Island Bridge

The Roosevelt Island Bridge. Thanks dougtone.



Where is the Roosevelt Island Bridge?: over the East River between Roosevelt Island and Queens.


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How do I get there from Manhattan?: This is the only bridge off Roosevelt Island so if you're running from the Manhattan side you've probably just crossed from Queens and don't need directions back.  However, you can get to Roosevelt Island by tram from 59th St and 2nd Ave or by subway (F train) and then find your way to the bridge.  Look for the Motorgate Parking Garage, which looks like it sounds:

How do I get there from Queens?:

Northwest corner of Vernon Blvd and 36th Avenue (a few blocks northwest of the Queensboro Bridge), which looks like this:



Across the street from this.



How's the view?:


OK.

You can see a bit of Manhattan from the south side (but the path is on the north side)



A beautiful thing.






How hard?  Pretty easy.  2877 feet (877 metres) long but hardly any grade.  Probably the hardest part is getting to the Queens side in the first place.

You should run this bridge if: you want to get to Roosevelt Island by your own power without swimming.

Odd facts: The bridge can open for passing boats, but only does so when the UN General Assembly is in session.