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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 ...
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.
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).
Brooklyn Bridge is a documentary film on the history of the Brooklyn Bridge [3] and the directorial debut of Ken Burns. [4] It was produced by Burns, Roger Sherman , Buddy Squires, and Amy Stechler in 1981.
John Augustus Roebling (born Johann August Röbling; June 12, 1806 – July 22, 1869) was a German-born American civil engineer. [1] He designed and built wire rope suspension bridges, in particular the Brooklyn Bridge, which has been designated as a National Historic Landmark and a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark.
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". [337]
There was a ten-cent toll to drive over the bridge, [239] although pedestrians walked across for free. [240] Shortly after the Queensboro Bridge opened, the city government conducted a study and found that it had no authority to charge tolls on the Queensboro and Manhattan bridges. [241]