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The Brooklyn Bridge has an elevated promenade open to pedestrians in the center of the bridge, located 18 feet (5.5 m) above the automobile lanes. [32] The promenade is usually located 4 feet (1.2 m) below the height of the girders, except at the approach ramps leading to each tower's balcony. [ 33 ]
Wards Island Bridge: 1951: 937 285.6: Pedestrians and bicycles only: Wards Island Bridge in "open" position: Triborough Bridge (Vertical-Lift Bridge) 1936: 750 230: 2 lanes of exit ramp from F.D.R. Drive: Officially known as the Robert F. Kennedy Bridge Willis Avenue Bridge: 1901: 3,212 979: 4 lanes of roadway: Northbound traffic only Third ...
Edison film, "New Brooklyn to New York Via Brooklyn Bridge", 1899. On that first day, a total of 1,800 vehicles and 150,300 people crossed what was then the only land passage between Manhattan and Brooklyn. Emily Warren Roebling was the first to cross the bridge. The bridge's main span over the East River is 1,595 feet 6 inches (486.3 m).
A long-closed plot of land under the Brooklyn Bridge has reopened to the public after 15 years — restoring another slice of greenspace for one of the city’s most crowded neighborhoods.
The Brooklyn Plaza of the bridge c.1917. Nassau Street is across the foreground. The Brooklyn Bridge is visible in the left background, and the Williamsburg Bridge in the right background. American Architect and Architecture described the arch and colonnade in 1912 as "worthy of one of the principal gateways of a great modern city". [332]
A humpback made a shocking splash beneath the Brooklyn Bridge Monday — marking the species’ first visit to the East River in two years. “It’s much, much more common to see them in the ...
Street vendors would not be allowed to set up shop on the bike lane or walking path of any city bridge, according to a draft of a proposed DOT rule published last week in the City Record.
With subways shut down, vehicle traffic restricted, and tunnels closed, they mainly fled on foot, pouring over bridges and ferries to Brooklyn and New Jersey. [2] On September 12, vehicle traffic was banned south of 14th Street, subway stations south of Canal Street were bypassed, and pedestrians were not permitted below Chambers Street.