bridges in new york
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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 - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Bridgesin
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
• Othmar H. Amman & Robert Moses
• total length: 887 meters
• finished in 1961
• should relieve the Bronx-Whitestone-Bridge
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
Queensboro Bridge
• cantilever bridge (Queens/Manhattan)• 59th Street Bridge• Gustav Lindenthal, Leffert L. Buck & Henry Hornbostel• finished: 1909• total length: 1135 meters
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
Bear Mountain Bridge
• suspension bridge (Hudson River)• Bear Mountain• Finished: 1924• George Washington Bridge and Golden Gate
Bridge
Sources
• www.wikipedia.de
• www.bridgemeister.com
• www.nycroads.com
• de.structurae.de
A presentation
by
Ann-Kathrin Hansmann
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