Queensboro Bridge

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bridge in New York City cantilever bridge road bridge

The Queensboro Bridge is a major cantilever bridge in New York City that connects the boroughs of Manhattan and Queens and is a key artery for vehicular, bicycle, and pedestrian traffic.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Queensboro Bridge (by river corridor) 1
Robert F. Kennedy Bridge 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf bridge in New York City ⓘ
cantilever bridge ⓘ
road bridge ⓘ
alsoKnownAs 59th Street Bridge ⓘ
Queensboro Bridge ⓘ
architect Henry Hornbostel ⓘ
carries New York City Subway tracks ⓘ
bicycle traffic ⓘ
pedestrian traffic ⓘ
vehicular traffic ⓘ
carriesSubwayLine Flushing Line ⓘ
surface form: IRT Flushing Line (7 train) historically
connects Manhattan ⓘ
Queens ⓘ
connectsNeighborhood Long Island City ⓘ
Midtown Manhattan ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1901 ⓘ
crosses East River ⓘ
crossesBetween Long Island ⓘ
Manhattan Island ⓘ
crossesWaterBodySection East River ⓘ
surface form: East Channel of the East River
designer Gustav Lindenthal ⓘ
engineer Leffert L. Buck ⓘ
featuredInSong The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin’ Groovy) ⓘ
featuredInSongBy Simon & Garfunkel ⓘ
hasApproachOn 59th Street in Manhattan ⓘ
Queens Plaza ⓘ
hasBikeway Queensboro Bridge bike path ⓘ
hasToll no ⓘ
hasWalkway pedestrian walkway ⓘ
heritageStatus New York City designated landmark (approach ramps and piers) ⓘ
isKeyArteryFor commuters between Queens and Manhattan ⓘ
locatedInBorough Manhattan ⓘ
Queens ⓘ
locatedInCity New York City ⓘ
locatedInCountry United States of America ⓘ
locatedInState New York ⓘ
mainSpanLength about 1,182 feet ⓘ
maintainedBy New York City Department of Transportation ⓘ
namedAfter Ed Koch ⓘ
numberOfLevels 2 ⓘ
officialName Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge ⓘ
opened 1909 ⓘ
openedToTraffic June 18, 1909 ⓘ
partOf New York City bridge system ⓘ
renamedInHonorOf Ed Koch ⓘ
renamingYear 2011 ⓘ
totalLength about 7,449 feet ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

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

Queensboro Bridge → alsoKnownAs → Queensboro Bridge ⓘ
Long Island → connectedBy → Queensboro Bridge ⓘ
East River → crossedBy → Queensboro Bridge ⓘ
East River → crossedBy → Queensboro Bridge ⓘ
this entity surface form: Robert F. Kennedy Bridge
Sutton Place → hasViewOf → Queensboro Bridge ⓘ
Halletts Point → nearbyFeature → Queensboro Bridge ⓘ
this entity surface form: Queensboro Bridge (by river corridor)
Roosevelt Island Tramway → nearbyLandmark → Queensboro Bridge ⓘ
Queens Midtown Tunnel → parallelStructure → Queensboro Bridge ⓘ