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The Brooklyn Bridge is the southernmost of the four toll-free vehicular bridges connecting Manhattan Island and Long Island, with the Manhattan Bridge, the Williamsburg Bridge, and the Queensboro Bridge to the north. Only passenger vehicles and pedestrian and bicycle traffic are permitted.
Whipple through truss Brooklyn Bridge: 1869, 1883 1966-10-15 New York: Kings, New York: Wire cable suspension bridge Buskirk Covered Bridge: ca. 1850: 1978-03-08 Buskirk: Rensselaer, Washington: Covered Howe truss: Caneadea Bridge: 1903 1998-11-19 Caneadea
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.
A long-closed plot of land under the Brooklyn Bridge has reopened to the public after 15 years — restoring another slice of greenspace for one of the city’s most crowded neighborhoods.
John Augustus Roebling (born Johann August Röbling; June 12, 1806 – July 22, 1869) was a German-born American civil engineer. [1] He designed and built wire rope suspension bridges, in particular the Brooklyn Bridge, which has been designated as a National Historic Landmark and a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark.
2 levels steel truss deck, steel pylons 7+6 lanes 370+1298+370: Interstate 278 ... Brooklyn Bridge: 486 m (1,594 ft) 1,825 m (5,988 ft) Suspension with cable-stays
A humpback made a shocking splash beneath the Brooklyn Bridge Monday — marking the species’ first visit to the East River in two years. “It’s much, much more common to see them in the ...
The Kosciuszko Bridge (/ ˌ k ɒ z i ˈ ʊ s k oʊ, ˌ k ɒ ʒ i ˈ ʊ ʃ k oʊ / KOZ-ee-UUSK-oh, KOZH-ee-UUSH-koh), [1] originally known as the Meeker Avenue Bridge, is a cable-stayed bridge over Newtown Creek in New York City, connecting Greenpoint in Brooklyn to Maspeth in Queens. The bridge consists of a pair of cable-stayed bridge spans ...