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Manhattan Bridge

New York City NY United States

Status:	built
Construction Dates
Began	1901
Finished	1909

Building Uses

- transportation

Structural Types

- bridge

Heights	Value	Source / Comments

Roof	322 ft	Nycroads.com


Deck	135 ft	Nycroads.com

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Description
Architect: Leon Solomon Moisseiff

- World's tallest bridge by pylon height till Benjamin Franklin bridge across the Delaware river in Philadelphia was built
- The bridge has 2 decks, 7 traffic lanes, and 4 subway tracks.
- New York's tallest bridge from 1909 to 1939, surpassed by the Bronx-Whitestone Bridge.

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