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The [[Brooklyn Bridge]], completed in 1883, was the first bridge to span the East River, connecting the cities of New York and [[Brooklyn]], and all but replacing the frequent ferry service between them, which did not return until the late 20th century. The bridge offered [[cable car (railway)|cable car]] service across the span. The Brooklyn Bridge was followed by the [[Williamsburg Bridge]] (1903), the [[Queensboro Bridge]] (1909), the [[Manhattan Bridge]] (1912) and the [[Hell Gate Bridge|Hell Gate Railroad Bridge]] (1916). Later would come the [[Triborough Bridge]] (1936), the [[Bronx–Whitestone Bridge|Bronx-Whitestone Bridge]] (1939), the [[Throgs Neck Bridge]] (1961) and the [[Rikers Island|Rikers Island Bridge]] (1966). In addition, numerous rail tunnels pass under the East River – most of them part of the [[New York City Subway]] system – as does the [[Brooklyn–Battery Tunnel|Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel]] and the [[Queens–Midtown Tunnel|Queens-Midtown Tunnel]]. (See [[#Crossings|Crossings]] below for details.) Also under the river is Water Tunnel #1 of the [[New York City water supply system]], built in 1917 to extend the Manhattan portion of the tunnel to Brooklyn, and via City Tunnel #2 (1936) to Queens; these boroughs became part of New York City after the city's consolidation in 1898.<ref>Burrows and Wallace, p.1229</ref><ref name="water">{{cite web |website=[[New York City Department of Environmental Protection]] [|url=http://www.nyc.gov/html/dep/html/dep_projects/cp_city_water_tunnel3.shtml "|title=City Water Tunnel #3"] {{Webarchive|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160401173724/http://www.nyc.gov/html/dep/html/dep_projects/cp_city_water_tunnel3.shtml |archive-date=April 1, 2016 }}</ref> City Tunnel #3 will also run under the river, under the northern tip of Roosevelt Island, and is expected to not be completed until at least 2026;<ref>{{cite news |last1=KENSINGERKensinger |first1=NATHANNathan |title=NYC's Giant Water Tunnel Begins Work On Final Shafts, Following 50 Years Of Construction |url=https://gothamist.com/news/nycs-giant-water-tunnel-begins-work-on-final-shafts-following-50-years-of-construction |access-date=August 11, 2021 |agencywork=The Gothamist |date=April 22, 2021}}</ref><ref name=big>{{cite news |title=Tunnelers Hit Something Big: A Milestone |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/10/nyregion/10tunnel.html |quote=It is the biggest public works project in New York City’s history: a $6 billion water tunnel that has claimed 24 lives, endured under six mayors and survived three city fiscal crises, along with the falling and rising fortunes of the metropolis above it. ... |newspaper=[[New York Times]] |date=August 10, 2006 |accessdate=December 15, 2011 }}</ref> the Manhattan portion of the tunnel went into service in 2013.<ref name=water />