Manhattan Bridge
Facts
- Overview
- Suspension bridge over East River in New York City
- Status
- Open to seven lanes of highway traffic and four subway tracks
- History
- Opened to traffic December 31, 1909
- Builder
- - Gustav Lindenthal (Chief engineer)
- Design
- Wire suspension
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 1,469.9 ft.
Total length: 5,815.2 ft.
Deck width: 34.8 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 14.0 ft.
- Recognition
- Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on August 30, 1983
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +40.71586, -73.98386 (decimal degrees)
40°42'57" N, 73°59'02" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Inventory numbers
- NRHP 83001694 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 26433 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection (as of 10/2004)
- Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 46.5 (out of 100) - Average daily traffic (as of 2002)
- 18,598
Comments
Manhattan Bridge
Upper level (eastbound) at the Brroklyn tower:
Manhattan Bridge
Designed and built by Ralph Modjeski. Carries 4 vehicle lanes on upper level (2 each direction) plus 3 reversible lanes on lower level. 4 subway tracks on lower level plus pedestrian and bicycle lanes on the south and north sides of the lower deck, respectively. B, D, N and Q subway routes use this bridge.
Views of the Manhattan Bridge, including upper and lower levels:
