The Hell Gate Bridge is actually a complex of three bridges: the well-known Steel Arch, an inverted bowstring arch that spans a former water-filled channel (Little Hell Gate) between Wards and ...

“The Hell Gate Bridge performs a fabulous job but it’s sort of in the background,” Bob Singleton of the Greater Astoria Historical Society told news.com.au. “New York is a very romantic ...

Originally opened in 1916 (16 years before the Harbour Bridge was completed in 1932), the Hell Gate Bridge connects the former hospital complex of Wards Island to Astoria, Queens in Manhattan.