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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.
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).
Brooklyn Bridge at Night. I like this image becuase it shows the beautiful surroundings arround the Brooklyn Bridge. Nominate and support. -- Sam916 19:05, 8 January 2006 (UTC) Comment: Not currently used in any article. — 0918 BRIAN • 2006-01-8 19:19; Support Someone has since added it to the Brooklyn Bridge article.
"Bird's-Eye View of the Great New York and Brooklyn Bridge and Grand Display of Fire Works on Opening Night" The bridge had cost US$15.5 million in 1883 dollars (about US$490,500,000 in 2023 [181]) to build, of which Brooklyn paid two-thirds. [174] [47] The bonds to fund the construction would not be paid off until 1956. [182]
Washington Street is a north–south street in the New York City borough of Manhattan. It runs in several distinct pieces, from its northernmost end at 14th Street in the Meatpacking District to its southern end at Battery Place in Battery Park City .
Dumbo (or DUMBO, [2] [3] an acronym for Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass [a]) is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Brooklyn.It encompasses two sections: one situated between the Manhattan and Brooklyn Bridges, which connect Brooklyn to Manhattan across the East River, and another extending eastward from the Manhattan Bridge to the Vinegar Hill area.