Brooklyn-Queens Expressway triple cantilever structure
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The Brooklyn-Queens Expressway triple cantilever structure is a distinctive multi-level highway design in Brooklyn that stacks roadway decks beneath the Brooklyn Heights Promenade along the East River shoreline.
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| Brooklyn-Queens Expressway triple cantilever structure canonical | 1 |
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Target entity: Brooklyn-Queens Expressway triple cantilever structure Context triple: [Brooklyn Heights Promenade, partOf, Brooklyn-Queens Expressway triple cantilever structure]
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Garden State Parkway bridges
The Garden State Parkway bridges over Great Egg Harbor Bay are major highway spans in southern New Jersey that carry one of the state’s primary toll roads across the bay between the mainland and barrier islands.
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Cross Bay Veterans Memorial Bridge
The Cross Bay Veterans Memorial Bridge is a toll bridge in New York City that connects the Queens neighborhood of Broad Channel with the Rockaway Peninsula across Jamaica Bay.
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Tappan Zee Bridge
The Tappan Zee Bridge was a major highway span in New York that carried traffic across the Hudson River between Westchester and Rockland counties, north of New York City.
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Throgs Neck Bridge
The Throgs Neck Bridge is a major suspension bridge in New York City that connects the Bronx and Queens, serving as a key route between the Bronx–Whitestone and Cross Bronx expressways.
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Triborough Bridge
The Triborough Bridge, now officially known as the Robert F. Kennedy Bridge, is a major New York City bridge complex connecting Manhattan, Queens, and the Bronx and serving as a key transportation hub in the city’s highway system.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Brooklyn-Queens Expressway triple cantilever structure Target entity description: The Brooklyn-Queens Expressway triple cantilever structure is a distinctive multi-level highway design in Brooklyn that stacks roadway decks beneath the Brooklyn Heights Promenade along the East River shoreline.
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A.
Garden State Parkway bridges
The Garden State Parkway bridges over Great Egg Harbor Bay are major highway spans in southern New Jersey that carry one of the state’s primary toll roads across the bay between the mainland and barrier islands.
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B.
Cross Bay Veterans Memorial Bridge
The Cross Bay Veterans Memorial Bridge is a toll bridge in New York City that connects the Queens neighborhood of Broad Channel with the Rockaway Peninsula across Jamaica Bay.
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C.
Tappan Zee Bridge
The Tappan Zee Bridge was a major highway span in New York that carried traffic across the Hudson River between Westchester and Rockland counties, north of New York City.
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Throgs Neck Bridge
The Throgs Neck Bridge is a major suspension bridge in New York City that connects the Bronx and Queens, serving as a key route between the Bronx–Whitestone and Cross Bronx expressways.
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Triborough Bridge
The Triborough Bridge, now officially known as the Robert F. Kennedy Bridge, is a major New York City bridge complex connecting Manhattan, Queens, and the Bronx and serving as a key transportation hub in the city’s highway system.
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Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cantilever bridge-like structure
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highway structure ⓘ |
| adjacentTo | Brooklyn Heights Historic District NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| architect | Robert Moses NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Brooklyn Heights Promenade
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Brooklyn-Queens Expressway rehabilitation debates ⓘ |
| carries |
Brooklyn-Queens Expressway mainline
NERFINISHED
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interstate highway traffic ⓘ |
| constructionStartDate | 1940s ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| designer | Robert Moses NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| engineeringSignificance | iconic example of mid-20th-century urban highway design ⓘ |
| function | regional traffic corridor ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
BQE triple cantilever
NERFINISHED
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Brooklyn Heights triple cantilever NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNumberOfLevels | 3 ⓘ |
| hasPart |
lower roadway deck
ⓘ
middle roadway deck ⓘ upper roadway deck ⓘ |
| hasViewFromTop | Brooklyn Heights Promenade NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasViewOf |
Lower Manhattan skyline
NERFINISHED
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New York Harbor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isBelow | Brooklyn Heights Promenade NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Brooklyn
NERFINISHED
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Brooklyn Heights NERFINISHED ⓘ New York City ⓘ New York State NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOnShoreOf | East River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| maintainedBy | New York City Department of Transportation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
integration with urban promenade
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triple-deck cantilever design ⓘ |
| ownedBy | New York City Department of Transportation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| parallelTo | East River shoreline NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Brooklyn-Queens Expressway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| passesThrough | Brooklyn Heights waterfront NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| purpose | to carry expressway traffic along Brooklyn waterfront ⓘ |
| runsBeneath | Brooklyn Heights Promenade NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| separates | Brooklyn Heights from Brooklyn waterfront ⓘ |
| sitsAtBaseOf | Brooklyn Heights bluff NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| structuralSystem | reinforced concrete cantilever ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
historic preservation debates
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proposed reconstruction projects ⓘ |
| suffersFrom | structural deterioration ⓘ |
| supports | Brooklyn Heights Promenade NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| urbanContext | densely built residential neighborhood ⓘ |
| usedFor | vehicular traffic ⓘ |
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Subject: Brooklyn-Queens Expressway triple cantilever structure Description of subject: The Brooklyn-Queens Expressway triple cantilever structure is a distinctive multi-level highway design in Brooklyn that stacks roadway decks beneath the Brooklyn Heights Promenade along the East River shoreline.
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