59th Street Bridge

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cantilever bridge road bridge steel bridge

The 59th Street Bridge, officially known as the Queensboro Bridge, is a major cantilever bridge in New York City that spans the East River between Manhattan and Queens.

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	cantilever bridge → road bridge → steel bridge →
alsoKnownAs	59th Street Bridge NERFINISHED → Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge →
architect	Henry Hornbostel →
carries	NYC Subway BMT Broadway Line → NYC Subway IRT lines historically → New York City Subway tracks → bicycle traffic → pedestrian traffic → vehicular traffic →
connects	Manhattan → Queens NERFINISHED →
constructionStartDate	1901 →
crosses	East River →
crossesBetween	Long Island City → Midtown Manhattan →
design	cantilever →
designer	Gustav Lindenthal →
engineer	Leffert L. Buck →
featuredInSong	The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin' Groovy) →
featuredInWorkBy	Simon & Garfunkel →
hasBikeway	yes →
hasMainSpanLength	about 1,182 feet →
hasNumberOfLevels	2 →
hasNumberOfRoadways	5 →
hasPedestrianWalkway	yes →
hasTotalLength	about 7,449 feet →
hasTrafficDirection	both directions →
isLandmarkType	iconic New York City bridge →
isPartOfRoute	New York State Route 25 NERFINISHED → Queens Boulevard approach →
locatedInBorough	Manhattan → Queens NERFINISHED →
locatedInCity	New York City →
locatedInCountry	United States →
locatedInState	New York →
maintainedBy	New York City Department of Transportation →
material	steel →
namedAfter	59th Street in Manhattan →
officialName	Queensboro Bridge NERFINISHED →
opened	1909 →
openedToTraffic	March 30, 1909 →
partOf	New York City bridge system →
passesOver	Roosevelt Island →
renamedInHonorOf	Ed Koch →
spans	East Channel of East River → West Channel of East River →
toll	no toll for passenger cars →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Queensboro Bridge →	alsoKnownAs
Roosevelt Island Tramway →	nearbyLandmark