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The Brooklyn Bridge is a hybrid cable ... which had been damaged by Hurricane ... these "pinch points" are some of the most popular places to take pictures. ...
Williamsburg Bridge subway collision: rail 1 [177] 1964 Harlem riot of 1964: mass unrest 1 [178] 1956 Sylvania Electric Products explosion: explosion 1 [179] 1949 Holland Tunnel fire: fire 1 [180] 1942 SS Normandie: maritime 1 [181] 1915 1915 New York City Subway fire: rail 1 [182] 1770 Battle of Golden Hill: warfare 0–1 [183] 2009 US Airways ...
New York approach, 1,562½ feet. Brooklyn approach, 971 feet. Total length of Bridge and approaches, 5,988 feet 6 inches. Height of Towers, 278 feet. Height of Roadway above high water, at towers, 119 feet 3 inches, at centre of span, 135 feet. Width of Bridge, 85 feet, with tracks for cars, roadway for carriages, and walks for foot passengers.
As a symbol of their unending love, couples on New York's Brooklyn Bridge are fastening locks and throwing away the keys. But not everyone is lovin' the gesture. "Couples will come and they'll ...
Brooklyn Bridge during the blizzard. The weather was unseasonably mild just before the blizzard, with heavy rains that turned to snow as temperatures dropped rapidly. [3] On March 12, New York City dropped from 33 °F (1 °C) to 8 °F (−13 °C), and rain changed to snow at 1am. [5]
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.
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.
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 ...