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Long Island Sound link
The Long Island Sound link is a proposed bridge or tunnel that would link Long Island to the south with Westchester County or Connecticut to the north across the Long Island Sound east of the Throgs Neck Bridge. The most recent proposal involves a tunnel between Rye, New York, on the mainland and Oyster Bay on the island. Feasibility studies for both bridges and tunnels have been conducted for numerous entry points, as listed in the chart below.
==Background==
Long Island is connected via tunnels and bridges to Staten Island, Manhattan, and the Bronx. People who wish to travel from Long Island to New York's mainland or New England via automobile have no better option than to cross the Throgs Neck Bridge or the Bronx–Whitestone Bridge, which are located on the northwestern corner of Long Island. Ferry service between Connecticut and Long Island is available year round; the drawback is that it is a slow-moving vessel, and it therefore takes enough time to cross the Long Island Sound that, if a traveler is going some place in western Connecticut, it may be more time-effective to drive rather than use the ferry, even from points farther east than Port Jefferson, the very town from which the ferry originates. Private companies operate automobile ferries between Bridgeport, Connecticut, and Port Jefferson on central Long Island,〔(The Bridgeport and Port Jefferson Steamboat Company )〕 and between New London, Connecticut, and Orient Point on eastern Long Island.〔(Cross Sound Ferry )〕
A bridge or tunnel to the center of the island would make most of the island more accessible, and would reduce the travel time of certain routes by hours. However, the cost of a bridge would be large and it would be likely to have adverse environmental impacts.〔"Long Island Crossings." Last updated: 6 April 2005. Access date: 11 March 2008.() (See also the sources cited on this website.)〕 If built, a span across the widest portion of the Sound between New Haven and Shoreham would be approximately in length, possibly making it one of the longest bridges in the world.
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