New York City is a heaven-a world of its own. New York City has amazing sights, wonderful landscaping and mesmerizing architecture. New York City-the one place that never sleeps has endless bridges and tunnels to facilitate and ease its people.
Some of the most fascinating and amazing NYC bridges are:
The Brooklyn Bridge, one of the oldest suspension bridges stretches up to 5,989 feet (1825 m).It connects New York City boroughs of Manhattan and Brooklyn. In 1964, it was declared a National Historic Landmark.
Manhattan Bridge: This New York City Bridge was constructed by architects Gustav Lindenthal, Nichols and Leon Moisseiff. The Manhattan Bridge is a suspension bridge that crosses the East River in New York City. It was opened to traffic on December 31; 1909.Motor vehicles can pass through it free of any charge.
Williamsburg Bridge: Architect Gustav Lindenthal constructed the Williamsburg Bridge .This Bridge remained the largest suspension bridge on Earth until the Bear Mountain Bridge was completed in 1924.
George Washington Bridge: This is commonly called as GW and is considered as one of the world’s busiest bridges in terms of vehicle traffic and the GW span is the fourth largest suspension bridge in the United States. The GW Bridge has a path on each side for pedestrian traffic. The speed limit for all vehicles on the bridge is 45 mph.
Hell Gate: This NYC Bridge is a part of Amtrak and New York Connecting Railroad. Metro-North Railroad trains are allowed to run once per day.
Queensboro Bridge: A Double-decked designed bridge, which is commonly called the “59th Street Bridge” by New York City residents.
The oldest New York City crossway bridge alive is High Bridge, which connects Manhattan to the Bronx over the Harlem River. Other notable bridges in New York City are Verrazano Bridge, Triborough Bridge, Pine Bank Bridge, Bow Bridge, Washington Bridge, Roosevelt Island Bridge, Robert F. Kennedy Bridge, Rikers Island Bridge, Bronx–Whitestone Bridge and Throgs Neck Bridge.
Interconnection of bridges and tunnels is excellent in NYC. New York City is perhaps the busiest place on the Earth yet there are rare traffic issues and time loss due to inadequate transport channels.
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