Queensboro Bridge
General Information
| Structural Type: |
Cantilever truss bridge
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| Function / usage: |
Road bridge
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| Other name(s): | 59th Street Bridge |
| Completed in: | 1909 |
| Status: | in use |
Geographic Information & Related Structures
| Location: |
Manhattan, New York, New York, USA, North America Queens, New York, New York, USA, North America |
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Technical Information
Dimensions
| length of side spans | 140 m ; 143 m | |
| total length | 1 135 m | |
| main spans | 2 x 360 m | |
| center span length | 192 m |
Materials
| truss |
steel
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Relevant Web Sites
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Dave Frieder: Queensborough Bridge
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HAER: Queensboro Bridge, Spanning East river & Blackwell's Island, New York City, New York County, NY
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LCPC Image Gallery: Queensborough Bridge
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NYC Roads: Queensboro Bridge (NY 25)
Relevant Publications
- Bridges, Macmillan Publishing Company, New York (USA), ISBN 002517455X, 1993; pp. 91
- Tierra sobre el agua, Colegio de Ingenieros de Caminos, Canales y Puertos, Madrid (Spain), ISBN 8438001483, 1999; pp. 429
- Die Blackwellsinsel-Brücke [Teil 2], in "Der Eisenbau", October 1910, n. 10 v. 1
- Die Blackwellsinsel-Brücke, in "Der Eisenbau", July 1910, n. 7 v. 1
- Great American Bridges and Dams, John Wiley & Sons, New York (USA), ISBN 0471143855, 1984; pp. 137
- Les grands ponts du monde: Hors d'Europe, Brissaud, Poitiers (France), ISBN 2902170688, 1990; pp. 122
- The Bridges of New York, Dover Publications Inc., Mineola (USA), ISBN 048641230X, 2000; pp. 40-57
- Verschiedene Methoden der Errichtung eiserner Viadukte, in "Der Eisenbau", September 1910, n. 9 v. 1
- New York City für Architekten, Heike Werner Verlag, Munich (Germany), ISBN 3980947106, 2004; pp. 200-201
Internal Information
| Structure-ID: | s0000481 |
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| Created: | 13/11/1999 |
| Last Updated: | 05/03/2013 |