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Oldest surviving bridge in New York City Alexander Hamilton Bridge: 1963: 2,375 724: 8 lanes of I-95 and US 1: Washington Bridge: 1888: 2,375 723.9: 6 lanes of roadway: University Heights Bridge: 1908: 269 82: 2 lanes of roadway: Broadway Bridge: 1962: 558.0 170.08: 4 lanes of Broadway/ US 9 and the train: Also known as Harlem Ship Canal Bridge ...
The Manhattan Bridge is a suspension bridge that crosses the East River in New York City, connecting Lower Manhattan at Canal Street with Downtown Brooklyn at the Flatbush Avenue Extension. Designed by Leon Moisseiff and built by the Phoenix Bridge Company , the bridge has a total length of 6,855 ft (2,089 m).
The High Bridge (originally the Aqueduct Bridge) is a steel arch bridge connecting the New York City boroughs of the Bronx and Manhattan.Rising 140 ft (43 m) over the Harlem River, it is the city's oldest bridge, having opened as part of the Croton Aqueduct in 1848.
The Williamsburg Bridge is a suspension bridge across the East River in New York City, connecting the Lower East Side of Manhattan with the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn. Originally known as the East River Bridge, the Williamsburg Bridge was completed in 1903 and, at 7,308 feet (2,227 m) long, was the longest suspension bridge span in ...
The Spuyten Duyvil Bridge is a railroad swing bridge that spans the Spuyten Duyvil Creek between Manhattan and the Bronx, in New York City.The bridge is located at the northern tip of Manhattan where the Spuyten Duyvil Creek meets the Hudson River, approximately 1,000 feet (300 m) to the west of the Henry Hudson Bridge.
The Robert F. Kennedy Bridge (RFK Bridge; also known by its previous name, the Triborough Bridge) is a complex of bridges and elevated expressway viaducts [3] in New York City. The bridges link the boroughs of Manhattan, Queens, and the Bronx. The viaducts cross Randalls and Wards Islands, previously two islands and now joined by landfill.
For crossings of the East River, a tidal strait in New York City, United States, see: List of fixed crossings of the East River (bridges and tunnels) List of ferries across the East River
By the 1840s, members of the city's elite were publicly calling for the construction of a new large park in Manhattan. [3] At the time, Manhattan's seventeen squares comprised a combined 165 acres (67 ha) of land, [4] constituting less than one percent of Manhattan's total area. [5]