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Manhattan Bridge
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Manhattan Bridge
Viewed from the southwest in March, 2008
(c) 2005 by Michael Minn (michaelminn.com)
BH Photo #117465
Facts
- Overview
- Suspension bridge over East River in New York City
- Location
- New York City, New York County, New York, and Kings County, New York
- Status
- Open to seven lanes of highway traffic and four subway tracks
- History
- Opened to traffic December 31, 1909
- Builders
- - Gustav Lindenthal of Brno, Cisleithania, Austro-Hungarian Empire (Now known as Brno, South Moravia, Czech Republic)
- Leon Moisseiff of Riga, Latvia
- Ralph Modjeski of Bochnia, Poland
- Ryan-Parker Construction Co. of New York City, New York
- Railroads
- - New York City Transit Authority (NYCTA)
- Subway
- Design
- Wire suspension
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 1,469.9 ft.
Total length: 5,815.2 ft. (1.1 mi.)
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
- +40.70740, -73.99056 (decimal degrees)
40°42'27" N, 73°59'26" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 18/585270/4506766 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Brooklyn
- Inventory numbers
- NRHP 83001694 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
NY 2240027 (New York State bridge identification number)
BH 26433 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection report (as of December 2018)
- Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 72 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com
Update Log
- August 31, 2022: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
- July 23, 2021: New photo from Patrick Gurwell
- January 19, 2020: New Street View added by Geoff Hubbs
- April 15, 2019: New photos from Geoff Hubbs
- April 14, 2019: New photos from Geoff Hubbs
- March 14, 2019: New photos from Geoff Hubbs
- June 25, 2018: New photos from John Bernhisel
- April 3, 2018: New photo from Richard Doody
- November 10, 2017: New photos from Christopher Finigan
- March 28, 2017: Updated by Christopher Finigan: Added category "Ralph Modjeski"
- March 27, 2017: New photos from Nick Schmiedeler
- December 7, 2016: New photos from Royce and Bobette Haley
- March 13, 2014: Updated by Luke Harden: Added categories "Subway", "Rail-and-Road", "Railroad"
- September 4, 2013: New photos from James McCray
- October 12, 2012: New photo from Jann Mayer
- February 5, 2012: Photos imported by James Baughn
- April 2, 2010: New photos from Jason Smith
- July 15, 2008: New photo from Michael Minn
Sources
- Wikipedia
- Michael Minn
- Jason Smith - flensburg [dot] bridgehunter [dot] av [at] googlemail [dot] com
- Historicbridges.org - by Nathan Holth
- Jann Mayer - jannmayer [at] gmail [dot] com
- Christopher Finigan
- James McCray - jamesinslocomb [at] yahoo [dot] com
- Royce and Bobette Haley - roycehaley111 [at] yahoo [dot] com
- Nick Schmiedeler - nick [at] nickschmiedeler [dot] com
- Richard Doody
- John Bernhisel - Johnmbernhisel [at] gmail [dot] com
- Geoff Hubbs
- Patrick Gurwell - pgurwell [at] gmail [dot] com
Comments
Manhattan Bridge
Shorpy has a large picture ca. 1912 from the LOC at:
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:
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I read from a few sources that the Steel was Fabricated by Phoenix Iron Co of Phoenixville, PA. Not sure if they erected it as well. Can anyone verify?