A Trip to Roosevelt Island

This morning we decided to head east and cross the East River and visit Roosevelt Island..not by subway, not by bus, not even by foot!

Today we were taking the Roosevelt Island Aerial Tramway which began operating in 1976.

Each tram has the capacity to hold 110 passengers.

These two trams make approximately 115 trips per day...running from 6 am to 2 am- 3:30 am on the weekends. It is a major source of 'people moving' from many low to middle income apartments located on Roosevelt Island to Manhattan.

This fun 4 minute ride offers great views of the Queensboro Bridge...a 10 lane bridge (4 upper lanes and 6 lower lanes) that connects Manhattan to the borough of Queens.

The underside of this incredible structure. See the tram on the right!

The Roosevelt Tram also offers great views of Manhattan along the East River.

See the structure with the red roof? If you look closer, it has a roller coaster type track on the top of it. What is it? A dog park!

The tram ride was really fun. This Tramway has been highlighted in many movies....one being Spiderman (2002 version).