Grand Street Bridge
Grand Street Bridge | |
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Coordinates | 40°42′59″N 73°55′22″W / 40.716495°N 73.922748°WCoordinates: 40°42′59″N 73°55′22″W / 40.716495°N 73.922748°W |
Carries | Grand Avenue/Street |
Crosses | Newtown Creek |
Locale | Brooklyn and Queens, New York City |
Maintained by | New York City Department of Transportation |
Followed by | Kosciuszko Bridge |
Characteristics | |
Design | truss |
Total length | 69.2 metres (227 ft) |
Width | 9.6 metres (31 ft) |
Number of spans | 1 |
Clearance above | 4.1 metres (13 ft) |
Clearance below | 3.0 metres (9.8 ft)–4.6 metres (15 ft) |
History | |
Construction cost | $205,671.72 |
Opened | December 26, 1902 |
Statistics | |
Daily traffic | 12,662 (2010) |
References | |
[1][2] |
The Grand Street Bridge is a swing bridge between the New York City boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens. The bridge crosses Newtown Creek, and opened in December 1902.[1]
Construction on the bridge began in August 1900.[3] The new bridge was planned to open in October 1901, but wasn't completed until December 1902.[4] A later report on the delay found that the contractor hired to build the bridge was incompetent, and the bridge was completed by the City.[4]
The current bridge is the third on the site. The first two, both made of wood, were built in 1875 and 1890.[5]
References
- 1 2 "Movable Bridges over Newtown Creek and its Tributaries". NYC DOT Bridges. New York City Dept. of Transportation. Retrieved 9 October 2013.
- ↑ New York City Bridge Traffic Volumes 2010 (PDF). New York City Dept. of Transportation. 2012. p. 9.
- ↑ "Work Begun on New Bridge". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. August 27, 1900. Retrieved 24 October 2013.
- 1 2 City Club of New York (1903). Mayor Low's Administration in New York. City Club of New York. p. 133.
- ↑ Waxman, Mitch (July 15, 2013). "Peculiar Erudition". Newtown Pentacle. Retrieved 9 October 2013.
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