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The Brooklyn Bridge, Williamsburg Bridge, George Washington Bridge, and Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge were the world's longest suspension bridges when opened in 1883, [2] 1903, [3] 1931, [4] and 1964 [5] respectively. There are 789 bridges and tunnels in New York.
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An overhaul of the bridge began in April 1985, [235] and the city received $60 million in federal funds for the renovations of the Queensboro, Manhattan, and Brooklyn bridges the same year. [236] The north tracks were closed that August, [237] reopening that November after an $8.1 million repair. [238]
The city began planning to replace all the Brooklyn Bridge's cables at a cost of $115 million, as part of a larger project to renovate the Brooklyn, Manhattan, Williamsburg, and Queensboro bridges. [255] By 1980, the Brooklyn Bridge was in such dire condition that it faced imminent closure.
Manhattan Bridge: 1901, 1909 1983-08-30 New York: Kings, New York: Suspension Mill Street Stone Arch Bridge: ca. 1897: 1996-12-16 Pine Hill: Ulster: Millanville-Skinners Falls Bridge: 1904 1988-11-14 Skinners Falls
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Detailed plans for the tunnel were released in May 1936. The project now consisted of a $60.3-million (equivalent to $1.04 billion in 2023 [26]) twin-tube bore from Red Hook, Brooklyn, to the Battery, Manhattan, as well as a $2.3-million (equivalent to $39.7 million in 2023 [26]) bridge over the Gowanus Canal. [50]