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Overview from Brooklyn

Photos taken by Jet Lowe for the Historic American Engineering Record
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View from above

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Scene at night

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Overview
Suspension bridge over East River between Manhattan and Brooklyn in New York
Status
Open to traffic
History
Opened to traffic May 24, 1883
Builders
- John A. Roebling (Designer)
- Washington A. Roebling (Builder)
Design
Wire suspension
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 1,595.9 ft.
Total length: 5,858.2 ft.
Deck width: 59.7 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 11.0 ft.
Recognition
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on October 15, 1966
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.71217, -74.00381   (decimal degrees)
40°42'44" N, 74°00'14" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Inventory numbers
NRHP 66000523 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
NY 2240019 (New York State bridge identification number)
BH 26192 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 11/2004)
Deck condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 0.0 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2003)
140,479

Categories 

19th Century (1,704)
Built 1883 (48)
Built during 1880s (477)
East River (6)
HAER documented (282)
John A. Roebling (2)
Kings County, New York (24)
NR-listed (1,472)
New York (1,457)
New York County, New York (53)
New York, New York (124)
Open (21,537)
Over a mile long (94)
Span length over 1000 feet (63)
Structurally deficient (10,771)
Sufficiency rating zero (207)
Suspension (151)
Total length over 2500 feet (334)
Washington A. Roebling (1)

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