Public Transportation
Rail tracks
In addition to the two rapid transit tracks, the bridge also had four streetcar tracks. The following Queens lines operated over the bridge:
- Queensboro Bridge Local, 1909-1957 (last streetcar line in the city)
- Astoria Line, 1910–1939
- Steinway Line, 1910–1939
- College Point Line, 1910–1925
- Corona Line, 1910–1922
- Queens Boulevard Line, 1913–1937
One Manhattan line operated over the bridge, the Third Avenue Railway's 42nd Street Crosstown Line from 1910 to 1919.
Buses
The bridge carries the Q32 local bus route operated by MTA New York City Transit and the Q60 and Q101 local bus routes operated by the MTA Bus Company. The bridge also carries 20 express bus routes in the eastbound direction only. (These bus routes use the Queens-Midtown Tunnel for westbound travel.) They are the MTA Bus Company's QM1, QM2, QM3, QM4, QM5, QM6, QM7, QM8, QM10, QM12, QM15, QM16, QM17, QM18, QM20, QM21, and QM24, and New York City Transit's X63, X64 and X68. The average weekday ridership for the bus routes carried by the bridge is as follows: Q32: 12,217; Q60: 14,427; Q101: 3,416; QM1: 592; QM2: 1,894; QM3: 129; QM4: 800; QM5: 2,014; QM6: 1,040; QM7: 757; QM8: 566; QM10: 356; QM12: 499; QM15: 1,259; QM16: 382; QM17: 402; QM18: 235; QM20: 1,104; QM21: 377; QM24: 1,210; X63: 714; X64: 396; X68: 588.
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