Borden Avenue Bridge

The Borden Avenue Bridge is a retractable bridge in New York City,^[3] in the Long Island City neighborhood of Queens. It carries vehicular and pedestrian traffic across Dutch Kills, a tidal waterway that is a tributary of Newtown Creek.^[4] The main span is 84 feet (26 meters) long, and it retracts by sliding on rails. It was last retracted to allow marine traffic to pass in 2005.^[4] It was designed by Edward Abraham Byrne and opened on March 25, 1908.^[3]

Borden Avenue Bridge
Coordinates	40.7391°N 73.9427°W / 40.7391; -73.9427
Carries	2 lanes for vehicle traffic and 2 walkways
Crosses	Dutch Kills, a tributary of Newtown Creek
Locale	New York City (Queens)
Maintained by	New York City Department of Transportation
Characteristics
Design	Retractable bridge
Total length	168 ft 6 in (51.4 m)[1]
Width	33.8 ft (10.3 m)[1]
Longest span	84 ft (26 m)[1]
Clearance below	1.5 m (4.9 ft) high tide, 2.7 m (8.9 ft) low tide
History
Engineering design by	Edward Abraham Byrne
Opened	March 25, 1908; 117 years ago (1908-03-25)
Statistics
Daily traffic	14,863 (2016)[2]
Toll	Free
Location

The Borden Avenue bridge is one of four remaining retractable bridges in the United States, and one of two remaining in New York City, the other being the Carroll Street Bridge.^[3]

Borden Avenue Bridge in 2014, showing keeper's house and iron gates.