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Special Bridge Conditions Legend: R - Former location of relocated bridge. ! - At risk for demolition or destruction. X - Confirmed demolished or collapsed. S  - Dismantled and/or in storage. L -  Severe loss of historic integrity due to alteration.

Total Bridges Found: 19

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17th Avenue Bridge
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Pedestrian Walkway Over Belt Parkway (NY-907C) in New York: Brooklyn, New York, United States
Metal One-Hinged Solid Ribbed Deck Arch, Fixed
Length: 133 ft. Main Span: 130 ft. Main Spans: 1
Built 1941 By: Unknown
One of two beautiful art deco pedestrian overpasses of unusual design crossing this parkway.
26th Avenue Bridge
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Belt Parkway (NY-907C) Over 26th Avenue in New York: Brooklyn, New York, United States
Concrete (Stone Faced) Rigid-Frame, Fixed
Length: 81 ft. Main Span: 71 ft. Roadway: 68 ft. Main Spans: 1
Built 1941 By: Unknown
A representative example of a stone faced concrete rigid-frame bridge on the Belt Parkway, where this bridge type is less common.
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27th Avenue Bridge
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Pedestrian Walkway Over Belt Parkway (NY-907C) in New York: Brooklyn, New York, United States
Metal One-Hinged Solid Ribbed Deck Arch, Fixed
Length: 133 ft. Main Span: 130 ft. Main Spans: 1
Built 1941 By: Unknown
One of two beautiful art deco pedestrian overpasses of unusual design crossing this parkway.
3rd Street Bridge
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3rd Street Over Gowanus Canal in New York: Brooklyn, New York, United States
Metal Variable Depth Deck Girder, Movable: Double Leaf Bascule (Rolling Lift) and Approach Spans: Metal Deck Girder, Fixed
Length: 106 ft. Main Span: 56 ft. Roadway: 30 ft. Main Spans: 1
Built 1905 By: Unknown and Scherzer Rolling Lift Bridge Company of Chicago, Illinois
This is one of two surviving rolling lift bascule bridges on this canal which are among the oldest such bridges in the country.
4th Avenue 9th Street Station Bridge
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Railroad (New York Subway, F Line and G Line) Over 4th Avenue in New York: Brooklyn, New York, United States
Metal 7 Panel Rivet-Connected Camelback Through Truss, Fixed
Main Spans: 1
Built 1933 By: Unknown
This subway station is essentially also a large overpass bridge, and it features a beautiful arch-like facade that conceals the truss span within.
Belt Parkway Bridge
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Belt Parkway (NY-907C) Over Bay Parkway in New York: Brooklyn, New York, United States
Metal Stringer (Multi-Beam), Fixed
Length: 88 ft. Main Span: 85 ft. Roadway: 68 ft. Main Spans: 1
Built 1941 By: Unknown
This bridge is a steel beam bridge with attractive arched beams.
Brooklyn Bridge
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Adams Street Over East River in New York: Brooklyn, New York and Manhattan, New York, United States
Metal Through Truss Stiffening Wire Cable Suspension, Fixed and Approach Spans: Stone Semicircular Deck Arch, Fixed
Length: 5,989 ft. Main Span: 1,596 ft. Roadway: 59.7 ft. Main Spans: 3
Built 1883 By: New York Bridge Company, Edge Moor Iron Company, J. Lloyd Haigh, and Others and Washington Augustus Roebling, John Augustus Roebling, and Others
This stunning bridge has been called the most influential bridge in U.S. history.
Carroll Street Bridge
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Carroll Street Over Gowanus Canal in New York: Brooklyn, New York, United States
Metal Through Girder, Movable: Retractile
Length: 107 ft. Main Span: 107 ft. Roadway: 17.7 ft. Main Spans: 2
Built 1889 By: New Jersey Steel and Iron Company of Trenton, New Jersey and Brooklyn Department of City Works
This is one of the only known operable retractile bridges in North America.
Cleft Ridge Arch
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Well House Drive Over Pedestrian Walkway in New York: Brooklyn, New York, United States
Stone Semicircular Deck Arch, Fixed
Main Spans: 1
Built 1872 By: Unknown and Calvert Vaux
This ancient stone arch bridge is also noted for its very ornamental details.
Culver Viaduct
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Railroad (New York Subway, F Line and G Line) Over Gowanus Canal and Various Roads in New York: Brooklyn, New York, United States
Metal 8 Panel Rivet-Connected Warren Through Truss, Fixed
Built 1933 By: Unknown
As an elevated section of an elevated section of the New York Subway, it is hard to define a start and end to this long, bridge-like structure.
Culver Viaduct 3rd Avenue Overpass
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Railroad (New York Subway, F Line and G Line) Over 3rd Avenue in New York: Brooklyn, New York, United States
Metal 6 Panel Rivet-Connected Warren Through Truss, Fixed
Main Span: 84 ft. Main Spans: 1
Built 1933 By: Unknown
This is one of the larger spans of this section of elevated railroad, which required a truss span.
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Kosciuszko Bridge
Meeker Avenue Bridge
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I-278 (Brooklyn - Queens Expressway) Over Newtown Creek and Various Streets in New York: Brooklyn, New York and Queens, New York, United States
Metal 12 Panel Rivet-Connected Polygonal Warren Through Truss, Fixed and Approach Spans: Metal 9 Panel Rivet-Connected Warren Deck Truss, Fixed
Length: 5,536 ft. Main Span: 300 ft. Roadway: 78.7 ft. Main Spans: 1
Built 1939 By: American Bridge Company of New York, New York and J. Frank Johnson
Perhaps the beauty and heritage of this iconic truss bridge was underappreciated because many people never checked it out from below.
Lullwater Bridge
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Prospect Park Walkway Over Prospect Park Lake in New York: Brooklyn, New York, United States
Metal (Cast Iron) Deck Arch, Fixed
Length: 60 ft. Main Span: 60 ft. Main Spans: 1
Built 1889 By: McKim, Mead, and White of New York, New York
This unique bridge is noted for its extensive and beautiful cast iron ornamentation
Manhattan Bridge
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Flatbush Avenue and New York City Subway Over East River and Various Roads in New York: Brooklyn, New York and Manhattan, New York, United States
Metal Pony Truss Stiffening Wire Cable Suspension, Fixed and Approach Spans: Metal Rivet-Connected Warren Deck Truss, Fixed
Length: 6,855 ft. Main Span: 1,470 ft. Roadway: 46 ft. Main Spans: 3
Built 1909 By: Ryan-Parker Construction Company of New York, New York and Gustav Lindenthal, Othniel Foster Nichols, and Leon Moisseiff
The companion bridge to Brooklyn Bridge, but in its own right one of the most beautiful and impressive bridges in the country.
Nethermead Arch
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Center Drive Over The Ambergill, Pedestrian Walkway in New York: Brooklyn, New York, United States
Stone and Brick Segmental Deck Arch, Fixed
Length: 119 ft. Main Span: 27 ft. Roadway: 34.5 ft. Main Spans: 3
Built 1870 By: Unknown
This stone arch bridge is buried in a wooded area, but is noted for its impressive brick underside that people walking under it can enjoy.
Terrace Bridge
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Hill Drive (Well House Drive) Over Prospect Park Lake in New York: Brooklyn, New York, United States
Metal Hingeless Deck Arch, Fixed and Approach Spans: Metal Stringer (Multi-Beam), Fixed
Length: 130 ft. Main Span: 71 ft. Roadway: 40 ft. Main Spans: 1
Built 1890 By: Unknown
This is a very ornately detailed and early surviving example of a riveted metal arch bridge.
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Union Street Bridge
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Union Street Over Gowanus Canal in New York: Brooklyn, New York, United States
Metal Variable Depth Deck Girder, Movable: Double Leaf Bascule (Rolling Lift) and Approach Spans: Metal Deck Girder, Fixed
Length: 107 ft. Main Span: 56 ft. Roadway: 35 ft. Main Spans: 1
Built 1905 By: Unknown and Scherzer Rolling Lift Bridge Company of Chicago, Illinois
This is one of two surviving rolling lift bascule bridges on this canal which are among the oldest such bridges in the country.
Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge
Verrazano-Narrows Bridge
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I-278 (Staten Island Expressway and Brooklyn - Queens Expressway) Over The Narrows in New York: Brooklyn, New York and Staten Island, New York, United States
Metal Deck Truss Stiffening Wire Cable Suspension, Fixed and Approach Spans: Metal Deck Girder, Fixed
Length: 7,934 ft. Main Span: 4,260 ft. Roadway: 73.8 ft. Main Spans: 3
Built 1961 By: American Bridge Company of New York, New York and Othmar Ammann
This enormous bridge had the longest suspension span in the world when completed.
Williamsburg Bridge
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Delancey Street and New York City Subway Over East River in New York: Brooklyn, New York and Manhattan, New York, United States
Metal Through Truss Stiffening Wire Cable Suspension, Fixed and Approach Spans: Metal Rivet-Connected Lattice (Quadruple Warren) Through Truss, Fixed
Length: 7,308 ft. Main Span: 1,600 ft. Roadway: 76 ft. Main Spans: 1
Built 1903 By: American Bridge Company of New York, New York and Leffert L. Buck
The largest of the three East River suspension bridges, and a nationally significant suspension bridge with an uncommon stiffening truss.

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