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100th Birthday Festivities Announced for Six NYC Bridges

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John Del Signore

Published Apr 30, 2008

Modified Apr 30, 2008

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Construction began on the Manhattan Bridge on October 1, 1901, and the bridge was finally opened to traffic on December 31, 1909. It was the last of the three suspension bridges built across the lower East River, following the Brooklyn and the Williamsburg bridges. It’s 6,855 feet long, with 3224 feet long suspension cables. In Cloverfield, the more popular Brooklyn Bridge was felled by a monster, while the Manhattan Bridge lived to tell the tale.

 

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Between 2008 and the end of 2010, six New York City bridges will turn 100 years old, and the newly formed New York City Bridge Centennial Commission will be making sure they're adequately feted. The six centennial spans are the Madison Avenue, Manhattan, Borden Avenue, Pelham Bay, University Heights and Queensboro bridges.

The celebrations were announced this morning by Deputy Mayor Edward Skyler and other officials at Tramway Park the base of the Queensboro Bridge. Events will include exhibitions of original designs, rare tours of the historic bridges, "bike-boat-walking tours," and other festivities for each bridge as they hit the 100 mark. We take a close look at the six birthday bridges below.

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Originally from the Albany area, John Del Signore has called NYC home since 1995. In addition to his thousands of meticulously-crafted bespoke blog posts for Gothamist, his writing has also been published in The Awl, Deadspin, The Nervous Breakdown, and performed at The Brick Theater in Brooklyn.

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