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About the Bridge. The Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge, also known as the 59th Street Bridge, is a cantilever truss bridge over the East River. It connects Manhattan and Queens and serves some of the busiest arteries in New York City. As of 2018, an average of over 145,500 vehicles, 5,000 cyclists, and 1,900 pedestrians travel over the Ed Koch ...
Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge: Other name(s) 59th Street Bridge Blackwell Island Bridge: Maintained by: New York City Department of Transportation: ID number: 2240048: Characteristics; Design: Double-decked cantilever bridge: Total length: 7,449 ft (2,270 m) Width: 100 ft (30 m) Height: 350 ft (110 m) Longest span: 1,182 ft (360 m) (west span) No ...
July 19, 1901. Opened to traffic. March 30, 1909. Length of western main span. 1,182 ft. Eastern main span. 984 feet. Total length of bridge including approaches. 7,449 ft. Clearance at center above mean high water. 130 ft. Cost of original structure. $20,000,000. Number of lanes. Nine (Four upper, five lower) Number of vehicles daily. 192,000.
Mar 29, 2009 · Published March 29, 2009 • Updated on March 30, 2009 at 9:56 am. F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote about it. Simon and Garfunkel sang about it. Now the Queensboro Bridge is turning 100. Monday is the...
Jul 30, 2019 · A walk across the Queensboro Bridge—nearly three-quarters of a mile long—not only offers views of its striking geometric shapes as well as the New York skyline but also allows you to explore by foot the interesting neighborhoods once you reach the other side.
Apr 8, 2024 · The streets on both ends of the Queensboro Bridge will be remade into safer, people-first spaces as part of the long-awaited reopening of the span's south outer roadway that will finally give cyclists and pedestrians a separate path to walk and ride on.
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Queensboro Bridge. 59th Street Bridge, Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge, Blackwell's Island Bridge. Primary Photographer (s): Nathan Holth. Bridge Documented: September 3, 2019. Facility Carried / Feature Intersected. 59th Street (NY-25) Over East River and Various Roads. Location. New York: Manhattan, New York and Queens, New York: United States.
