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Queensboro Bridge

Identification

Queensboro Bridge
59th Street Bridge
236132

Map

Structure in general

bridge
existing [completed]

Usage

vehicle traffic foot traffic rail traffic

Facts

  • The Queensboro Bridge is a cantilever (multi-span) bridge.
  • On October 18, 2005, while the bridge was undergoing restortion construction canvas caught fire and a section of the bridge erupted in flames; nobody was seriously injured.
  • The bridge connects Manhattan and Queens, passing over the Roosevelt Island (two of the bridge towers are located there).

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Location

Queens Boulevard and 59th Street
10022

Technical Data

106.68 m
1901
1909
$20,000,000