Manhattan Bridge
The Manhattan Bridge is a suspension bridge across the East River in New York City. It connects the New York City boroughs of Manhattan and Brooklyn. The bridge is 6,855 ft (2,089 m) long.
| Characteristics | |
|---|---|
| Design | Suspension bridge |
| History | |
| Construction start | 1901[1] |
| Construction end | 1912[1] |
| Statistics | |
| Daily traffic | 85,084 (2016)[2] |
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The bridge opened on December 31, 1909. It was designed by Leon Moisseiff.[1] Its design was new for bridges at the time. Many longer suspension bridges are based on this bridge's design.[5]
The bridge is officially landmarked. It was made a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark in 2009.[6]
Manhattan Bridge Media
The Manhattan Bridge under construction in March 1909
View down Pike Street toward the Manhattan Bridge, 1936, photograph by Berenice Abbott
View from the Manhattan Bridge toward Lower Manhattan in 1938
Manhattan bridge at the dusk
The deck and one of the towers as seen from ground level
Manhattan Bridge, looking northeast from Murry Bergtraum High School Field in 2021
Cross section illustrating the bridge's lane layout, looking north
The Brooklyn Plaza of the bridge c.1917. Nassau Street is across the foreground. The Brooklyn Bridge is visible in the left background, and the Williamsburg Bridge in the right background.
A Manhattan-bound Template:NYCS service train of R68 cars crosses the bridge on the north tracks
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 Manhattan Bridge at Structurae
- ↑ "New York City Bridge Traffic Volumes" (PDF). New York City Department of Transportation. 2016. p. 9. Retrieved March 16, 2018.
- ↑ http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/downloads/pdf/dot_bridgereport15.pdf
- ↑ Jackson, Donald C. (1988). Great American Bridges and Dams. Wiley. p. 136. ISBN 0-471-14385-5.
- ↑ American Society of Civil Engineers Metropolitan Section (2014). "Manhattan Bridge". Historic Landmarks. New York City: American Society of Civil Engineers Metropolitan Section. Archived from the original on 2014-12-20. Retrieved 2014-06-02.
- ↑ "Manhattan Bridge". ASCE Metropolitan Section. Archived from the original on 2014-12-20. Retrieved 2010-02-21.
Other websites
Media related to Manhattan Bridge at Wikimedia Commons- Manhattan Bridge at New York City Department of Transportation
