Facts
- Overview
- Bascule bridge over Newtown Creek on McGuiness Blvd. in New York
- Location
- New York, Kings County, New York
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1954; rehabilitated 1995
- Design
- Bascule
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 172.9 ft.
Total length: 2,401.0 ft.
Deck width: 68.9 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 14.4 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +40.74111, -73.95167 (decimal degrees)
40°44'28" N, 73°57'06" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 18/588511/4510547 (zone/easting/northing)
- USGS topographic map
- Brooklyn
- Inventory numbers
- NY 2240639 (New York State bridge identification number)
BH 26204 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection (as of 06/2006)
- Deck condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 67.2 (out of 100) - Average daily traffic (as of 2005)
- 31,894