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The Williamsburg Bridge is a bridge in New York City across the East River connecting Manhattan at Delancey St. with the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn on Long Island at Interstate 278.
Construction on the bridge began in 1896. and opened on December 19, 1903 at a cost of $12,000,000. At the time it was constructed, the Williamsburg Bridge was the greatest suspention bridge on Earth. It remained such until the Golden Gate Bridge was completed in 1937. The channel span under the bridge is 1,600 feet. It is 7200 feet long, between cable anchor terminals, and the deck is 118 feet wide. The height at the center of the brige is 135 feet and each tower is 335 feet; these measurements taken from the river's surface at high water mark. According to the outstanding film Over The East River published in 1919 by the Ford Motor Company, the bridge had 4 trollies, 2 cable tracks, 2 roadways, and 2 foot walks.
The bridge is only one of two bridges in New York City to carry both train and vehicle traffic, the Manhattan Bridge is the other.
For a while the Long Island Rail Road used the bridge, today the New York City SubwayThe word Subway has a number of uses: In American and Canadian English, it refers to a mass transit system with trains that operate underground; also known as a metro or rapid transit system (see also List of metro systems). In both the UK and North Ameri runs along the center of the bridge.
The Williamsburg Bridge was featured in the 19941994 is a common year starting on Saturday, and was designated the International year of the Family''. Events January events January 1 North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) goes into effect January 6 Nancy Kerrigan is clubbed on the right leg by an book The Alienist by Caleb CarrCaleb Carr (born August 2, 1955) is an American novelist. He was born in New York City and is the is the author of The Devils General The Alienist The Angel of Darkness and Killing Time among others. Carr, Caleb.
The bridge was renovated in the 1990sCenturies: 19th century 20th century 21st century Decades: 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s 2030s 2040s Years: Events and trends Computers, technology Explosive growth of the Internet; decrease in the cost of computers and other techn and celebrated its 100th anniversary in 20032003 is a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar), and also: The International Year of Freshwater The European Disability Year Summary Perhaps the defining global event of the year 2003 was the Invasion of Iraq launched by the U
View from the East River
(photo taken 2002)
Bridges in New York City
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