Manhattan Bridge
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The Manhattan Bridge is a suspension bridge that crosses the East River in New York City, connecting Lower Manhattan at Canal Street with Downtown Brooklyn at the Flatbush Avenue Extension. The main span is 1,480 ft (451 m) long, with the suspension cables being 3,224 ft (983 m) long. The bridge's total length is 6,855 ft (2,089 m). It is one of four toll-free vehicular bridges connecting Manhattan Island to Long Island; the nearby Brooklyn Bridge is just slightly further downtown, while the Queensboro and Williamsburg bridges are to the north.
Manhattan Bridge | |
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View from Manhattan toward Brooklyn, 2022 | |
| Coordinates | 40.7070°N 73.9905°W / 40.7070; -73.9905 (Manhattan Bridge) |
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| Crosses | East River |
| Locale | New York City (Manhattan–Brooklyn) |
| Maintained by | New York City Department of Transportation |
| ID number | 2240028 (upper) 2240027 (lower)[1] |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | Suspension bridge |
| Total length | 6,855 ft (2,089 m) |
| Width | 120 feet (37 m)[2] |
| Height | 336 ft (102 m) (towers)[2] |
| Longest span | 1,480 feet (451 m)[3] |
| Clearance below | 135 ft (41.1 m)[2] |
| History | |
| Designer | Leon Solomon Moisseiff[2] |
| Constructed by | Othniel Foster Nichols[2] |
| Construction start | 1901[2] |
| Construction end | 1909[4] |
| Opened | December 31, 1909; 113 years ago (1909-12-31)[4] |
| Statistics | |
| Daily traffic | 67,851 (2019)[5] |
| Toll | None |
| Designated | August 30, 1983 |
| Reference no. | 83001694[6] |
| Designated entity | Manhattan Bridge |
| Designated | November 25, 1975 |
| Reference no. | 0899 |
| Designated entity | Manhattan Bridge Arch and Colonnade |
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The bridge was designed by Leon Moisseiff,[2] built by The Phoenix Bridge Company, and opened to traffic on December 31, 1909. An innovative design, it was the first suspension bridge to employ Josef Melan's deflection theory for deck stiffening, resulting in the first use of a lightly-webbed weight-saving Warren truss[7] for its construction. Considered the forerunner of modern suspension bridges, it served as the model for many of the record-breaking spans built in the first half of the twentieth century.