Manhattan Bridge
bridge in New York City
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Summary
Manhattan Bridge is a suspension bridge[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of suspension bridge entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,635 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Manhattan[3], Brooklyn[4]
- Country: United States[5]
- Instance of: double-decker bridge[6], road bridge[7], railway bridge[8]
- Architect: Carrère and Hastings[9]
- Maintained by: New York City Department of Transportation[10]
- Crosses: East River[11]
- Made from material: steel[12]
- Main building contractor: Phoenix Bridge Company[13]
- Commons category: Manhattan Bridge[14]
- Inception: July 1910[15]
- Structural engineer: Leon Moisseiff[16]
- Number of spans: 3[17]
- Heritage designation: National Register of Historic Places listed place[18], New York State Register of Historic Places listed place[19], New York City Landmark[20], Historic Civil Engineering Landmark[21]
- Date of official opening: December 31, 1909[22]
- Native label: Manhattan Bridge[23]
- Length: 2090 m[24]
- Height: 102 m[25]
- Width: 37 m[26]
- Carries thoroughfare: IND Sixth Avenue Line[27], N[28], Q[29], sidewalk[30], road[31], D[32], B[33]
- Longest span: 451 m[34]
- Clearance: 41 m[35]
- Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject New York City[36]
- Annual average daily traffic: 70,341[37]
- Category for the view from the item: Category:Views from the Manhattan Bridge[38]
- Category for the view of the item: Category:Views of the Manhattan Bridge from Brooklyn[39]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Manhattan Bridge include Dumbo[40], a neighborhood in Brooklyn[41], in United States[42].
Why It Matters
Manhattan Bridge has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[43] It is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[44]
Entities named for it include Dumbo[40], a neighborhood in Brooklyn[41], in United States[42].