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Bridges in New York

Bridges in New York. Verrazano Narrows Bridge. suspension bridge (Staten Island/Brooklyn) Giovanni da Verrazano, the Narrow Othmar Hermann Amman & Robert Moses span width: 1298 meters finished 1964 N.Y.C. marathon. Throgs Neck Bridge. suspension bridge (Queens / Bronx) Throggs Neck

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Bridges in New York

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  1. BridgesinNew York

  2. Verrazano Narrows Bridge • suspension bridge (Staten Island/Brooklyn) • Giovanni da Verrazano, the Narrow • Othmar Hermann Amman & Robert Moses • span width: 1298 meters • finished 1964 • N.Y.C. marathon

  3. Throgs Neck Bridge • suspension bridge (Queens / Bronx) • Throggs Neck • Othmar H. Amman & Robert Moses • total length: 887 meters • finished in 1961 • should relieve the Bronx-Whitestone-Bridge

  4. Brooklyn Bridge • suspension bridge (Manhattan/Brooklyn) • New York and Brooklyn Bridge • John August Roebling, Washington August Roebling & Emily Warren Roebling • total length: 1834 meters • finished in 1883 • 34 people died one day after the opening

  5. Queensboro Bridge • cantilever bridge (Queens/Manhattan) • 59th Street Bridge • Gustav Lindenthal, Leffert L. Buck & Henry Hornbostel • finished: 1909 • total length: 1135 meters

  6. Triborough Bridge • complex of three bridges (Bronx/Manhattan/Queens) • East River: supension bridge • Harlem River: lift bridge • Bronx Kills: truss bridge • Robert Moses • finished 1936

  7. Bear Mountain Bridge • suspension bridge (Hudson River) • Bear Mountain • Finished: 1924 • George Washington Bridge and Golden Gate Bridge

  8. Sources • www.wikipedia.de • www.bridgemeister.com • www.nycroads.com • de.structurae.de

  9. A presentationby Ann-Kathrin Hansmann Thanks for attention!

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