Talk:Bronx–Whitestone Bridge

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The article's title should be moved to Bronx-Whitestone Bridge. It is listed as this way on the MTA's website link. The bridge connects The Bronx to Whitestone, Queens, which would denote a hyphen in the bridge's name. Users unfamiliar with the bridge might think "Bronx" and "Whitestone" have a similarity not withstanding the bridge. --Zimbabweed 22:14, 5 May 2006 (UTC)


 * That same MTA also referes to it without the hyphen on their main page for the bridge . Based on google searches, they seem to be used interchangably.  Cacophony 04:33, 29 August 2006 (UTC)
 * I'll just add a Bronx-Whitestone Bridge page that redirects here...problem solved Jgcarter 22:47, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

"The RPA had also said that the Whitestone Bridge should have rail connections, or at least be able to accommodate them in the future, but had no allies on the project, to Moses' relief." What is the RPA? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.42.208.185 (talk) 17:38, 4 June 2009 (UTC)

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LIRR Whitestone Branch as a predecessor
One line regarding predecessors of the bridge;

"'The idea for a crossing between Ferry Point at Clason Point, Bronx, and Whitestone Point at Whitestone, Queens, was first proposed in 1905 by real estate speculators who wanted to develop Whitestone.'"

However in the late 19th Century, there was also the Whitestone and Westchester Railroad (originally a subsidiary of the Flushing and North Side Railroad), which was conceived as a potential crossing to the Bronx that was never built. I don't know if this was supposed to involve a ferry or a bridge, but the line that became the former LIRR Whitestone Branch was intended to cross the East River long before 1905. -User:DanTD (talk) 13:18, 13 October 2020 (UTC)