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5 lanes of roadway (2 Manhattan-bound, 3 Brooklyn-bound) Oldest suspension bridge in NYC. Also oldest suspension/cable-stayed hybrid bridge. Manhattan Bridge: 1909: 6,854 2,089: 7 lanes of roadway and trains: Double-decker bridge with 5 westbound lanes and 2 eastbound lanes. 3 of the westbound lanes and the subway are below the other 4 lanes.
Manhattan–Brooklyn ... Manhattan Bridge: 448 m (1,470 ft) 2,089 m (6,854 ft) ... Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap. Download coordinates as: KML;
The Brooklyn approach to the Manhattan Bridge also contained a terraced plaza with balustrades. [343] The Brooklyn plaza was originally bounded by Sands, Bridge, Nassau, and Jay streets. [10] French designed a pair of 20-short-ton (18-long-ton; 18 t) pylons named Brooklyn and Manhattan on the Brooklyn side of the Manhattan Bridge. These were ...
The span was originally called the New York and Brooklyn Bridge or the East River Bridge but was officially renamed the Brooklyn Bridge in 1915. Proposals for a bridge connecting Manhattan and Brooklyn were first made in the early 19th century, which eventually led to the construction of the current span, designed by John A. Roebling .
High Bridge (Aqueduct Bridge) Harlem River: 1848 / 1927: New York: Israel LaFleur Bridge: Calcasieu River: 1962: Louisiana: West Seattle Bridge: Duwamish Waterway: 1984 Washington: 139 ft (42.4 m) New Tappan Zee Bridge (Governor Mario M. Cuomo Bridge) Hudson River: 2017: New York: 138 ft (42.1 m) Albertus L. Meyers Bridge: Little Lehigh Creek ...
The bill also provided the authority with the power to build the Brooklyn–Manhattan tunnel if funds became available. [48] By this time, the construction cost of the Brooklyn–Manhattan tunnel was now projected to be $58 million (equivalent to $1 billion in 2023 [26]). [49] Detailed plans for the tunnel were released in May 1936.
Brooklyn is connected to Manhattan by three bridges, the Brooklyn, Manhattan, and Williamsburg Bridge; a vehicular tunnel, the Brooklyn–Battery Tunnel (also known as the Hugh L. Carey Tunnel); and several subway tunnels. The Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge links Brooklyn with the more suburban borough of Staten Island.
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