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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| 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
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Brooklyn-Queens Expressway rehabilitation debates ⓘ |
| carries |
Brooklyn-Queens Expressway mainline
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
interstate highway traffic ⓘ |
| constructionStartDate | 1940s ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| 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
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middle roadway deck ⓘ upper roadway deck ⓘ |
| hasViewFromTop | Brooklyn Heights Promenade NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasViewOf |
Lower Manhattan skyline
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
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
ⓘ
proposed reconstruction projects ⓘ |
| suffersFrom | structural deterioration ⓘ |
| supports | Brooklyn Heights Promenade NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| urbanContext | densely built residential neighborhood ⓘ |
| usedFor | vehicular traffic ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.