Williamsburg Bridge

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The Williamsburg Bridge is a large suspension bridge in New York City that connects the Lower East Side of Manhattan with the Williamsburg neighborhood in Brooklyn.


Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf road–rail bridge
steel bridge
suspension bridge
boroughOnEastEnd Brooklyn
boroughOnWestEnd Manhattan
carries New York City Subway
bicycles
motor vehicles
pedestrians
carriesRoad Delancey Street
New York State Route 27
carriesSubwayLine J train
M train
Z train
city New York City
connects Brooklyn
Manhattan
connectsNeighborhood Lower East Side
Williamsburg
constructionStartDate 1896
country United States of America
surface form: United States
crosses East River
designer Leffert L. Buck
engineer Henry Hornbostel
Leffert L. Buck
followedBy Manhattan Bridge
hasBikeway yes
hasPedestrianWalkway yes
hasToll no
heritageStatus New York City Landmark (structure itself not individually designated, approaches and related structures have landmark status)
locatedIn New York City
United States of America
surface form: United States
mainSpanLength about 1600 feet
about 488 meters
maintainedBy New York City Department of Transportation
material steel
namedAfter Williamsburg
opened 1903-12-19
openedAsTollBridge no
openedToTraffic 1903
owner New York City
surface form: City of New York
partOf East River crossings
precededBy Brooklyn Bridge
state New York
totalLength about 2227 meters
about 7308 feet
trafficDirection bidirectional
width about 118 feet
about 35 meters

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Brooklyn bridgeConnection Williamsburg Bridge
J train bridgeCrossing Williamsburg Bridge
Long Island connectedBy Williamsburg Bridge
BMT Nassau Street Line connectsTo Williamsburg Bridge
East River crossedBy Williamsburg Bridge
Manhattan hasBridgeConnection Williamsburg Bridge
Williamsburg hasLandmark Williamsburg Bridge
Brooklyn Navy Yard nearInfrastructure Williamsburg Bridge
Manhattan Bridge neighboringBridge Williamsburg Bridge