Manhattan Bridge

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The Manhattan Bridge is a suspension bridge in New York City that connects Lower Manhattan and Downtown Brooklyn and carries both vehicular traffic and subway lines.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf road–rail bridge
suspension bridge
carries bicycle traffic
pedestrian traffic
subway lines
vehicular traffic
carriesRoute Canal Street (Eighth Avenue Line)
surface form: Canal Street

Flatbush Avenue
surface form: Flatbush Avenue Extension

New York State Route 27
carriesSubwayLine New York City Subway B line
surface form: B (IND Sixth Avenue Line)

D (IND Sixth Avenue Line)
N train
surface form: N (BMT Broadway Line)

BMT Broadway Line
surface form: Q (BMT Broadway Line)
connects Brooklyn
Manhattan
connectsArea Downtown Brooklyn
Lower Manhattan
constructionStartDate 1901
country United States of America
surface form: United States
crosses East River
designer Leon Moisseiff
engineer Leon Moisseiff
hasFeature bikeway
lower deck subway tracks
pedestrian walkway
steel towers
suspension cables
upper roadway deck
hasToll no
heritageStatus New York City Landmark
surface form: New York City Landmark (structure elements nearby, approaches not individually designated)
isOneOf East River bridges
locatedIn New York City
New York
surface form: New York State

United States of America
surface form: United States
mainSpanLength 448 m
maintainedBy New York City Department of Transportation
namedAfter Manhattan
neighboringBridge Brooklyn Bridge
Williamsburg Bridge
numberOfRoadwayLanes 7
numberOfSpans 3
numberOfSubwayTracks 4
officialOpeningDate 1910-12-31
opened 1909-12-31
openedBy New York City
surface form: City of New York
openedToTraffic 1909
partOf New York City bridge system
totalLength 2089 m
trafficDirection bidirectional

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Chrystie Street connectedTo Manhattan Bridge