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The Brooklyn Bridge, Williamsburg Bridge, George Washington Bridge, and Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge were the world's longest suspension bridges when opened in 1883, [2] 1903, [3] 1931, [4] and 1964 [5] respectively. There are 789 bridges and tunnels in New York.
The span was originally called the New York and Brooklyn Bridge or the East River Bridge but was officially renamed the Brooklyn Bridge in 1915. Proposals for a bridge connecting Manhattan and Brooklyn were first made in the early 19th century, which eventually led to the construction of the current span, designed by John A. Roebling .
New York: New York, Bronx: Holland Tunnel: 1920, 1927 1993-11-04 New York: New York: Cast iron subaqueous tunnel Hyde Hall Covered Bridge: 1825 1998-12-17 East Springfield: Otsego: IRT Broadway Line Viaduct: 1900, 1904 1983-09-15 New York
The Queensboro Bridge, officially the Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge, is a cantilever bridge over the East River in New York City.Completed in 1909, it connects the Long Island City neighborhood in the borough of Queens with the East Midtown and Upper East Side neighborhoods in Manhattan, passing over Roosevelt Island.
The Verrazano Bridge was the last project designed by Ammann, who had designed many of the other major crossings into and within New York City. He died in 1965, the year after the bridge opened. [129] The Verrazano-Narrows Bridge was also the last great public works project in New York City overseen by Moses. [130]
The swinging span is the oldest remaining swing bridge in New York City that retains its original span. According to the New York City Department of Transportation (NYCDOT), which maintains the bridge, it is the city's third-oldest major bridge still in operation. [8] It is variously cited as being 408 or 415 feet (124 or 126 m) long.
In July 1853, the New York State Legislature passed the Central Park Act, authorizing the purchase of the present-day site of Central Park. [7] [8] The initial plans for Central Park were devised by Egbert Ludovicus Viele, who had devised unofficial plans for the park in 1853.
The Hell Gate Bridge (originally the New York Connecting Railroad Bridge) is a railroad bridge in New York City, New York, United States.The bridge carries two tracks of Amtrak's Northeast Corridor and one freight track between Astoria, Queens, and Port Morris, Bronx, via Randalls and Wards Islands.