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Reynolds Channel is a strait in
Reynolds Channel is a strait in Nassau County, New York
Nassau County ( ) is a suburban County (United States), county located on Long Island, immediately to the east of New York City, bordering the Long Island Sound on the north and the open Atlantic Ocean to the south. As of the 2020 United St ...
that separates Long Beach Barrier Island, which contains the City of Long Beach and the villages of Atlantic Beach, Lido Beach, and Point Lookout, from Long Island
Long Island is a densely populated continental island in southeastern New York (state), New York state, extending into the Atlantic Ocean. It constitutes a significant share of the New York metropolitan area in both population and land are ...
, Barnum Island, Harbor Isle, and various uninhabited islands between Long Beach Island and Long Island. The channel begins at the East Rockaway Inlet to the west, and ends at Point Lookout to the east, where it merges with the Jones Inlet.
The channel is named after William H. Reynolds, a developer and former State Senator who greatly built up Long Beach Island in the early 20th century.
Bridges over the channel
There are fourbridge
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s that cross Reynolds channel:
* The Atlantic Beach Bridge, which carries NY-878 over the channel.
* The Wreck Lead Bridge, which carries the Long Beach Branch of the Long Island Rail Road
The Long Island Rail Road , or LIRR, is a Rail transport, railroad in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of New York (state), New York, stretching from Manhattan to the eastern tip of Suffolk County, New York, Suffolk County on Long Islan ...
over the channel.
* The Long Beach Bridge, which carries Long Beach Road over the channel.
* The Loop Parkway Bridge, which carries the Loop Parkway over the channel.
See also
* Jones Beach Island * South Oyster BayReferences
Long Beach, New York Straits of New York (state) Hempstead, New York Bodies of water of Nassau County, New York