Queensboro Bridge
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Queensboro Bridge Viewed from the southwest (Manhattan side) in March, 2005 (c) 2005 by Michael Minn (michaelminn.com) |
Facts
- Overview
- Cantilevered through truss bridge over East River on NY 25 in New York
- Status
- Open to a total of 10 lanes of traffic
- History
- Opened to traffic March 30, 1909
- Builder
- - Gustav Lindenthal
- Design
- Cantilevered through truss
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 1,182.0 ft.
Total length: 3,724.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 12.0 ft.
- Recognition
- Posted to the National Register of Historic Places
- Also called
- 59th Street Bridge (common name)
Blackwell's Island Bridge (original name) - Approximate latitude, longitude
- +40.76125, -73.96411 (decimal degrees)
40°45'40" N, 73°57'51" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 18/587434/4512770 (zone/easting/northing)
- USGS topographic map
- Central Park
- Inventory numbers
- NRHP 78001879 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 26672 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection (as of 06/2006)
- Deck condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 73.9 (out of 100) - Average daily traffic (as of 2003)
- 17,026
Sources
- HAER NY-19 - Queensboro Bridge, Spanning East river & Blackwell's Island, New York, New York County, NY
- Wikipedia
- Michael Minn - bridgehunter [at] michaelminn [dot] com
Comments
Queensboro Bridge
More images:
The second and third of this set cover the outer north pedestrian lane, the next two give a detail of the Queens tower and the last is a view of the bridge from the Queens side.
Queensboro Bridge
Lower Level:
Queensboro Bridge
West main span 1182 feet
Center span (Roosevelt Island) 630 feet
East main span 684 feet
Total length from abutment to abutment 7449 feet.
Upper level 4 reversible lanes (max clearance 12'-no trucks). 4 lanes lower lanes, plus one south outer lane (eastbound only) and north outer lane dedicated for pedestrians and bicycles.
Queensboro Bridge images, including the upper level:
