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Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge

  • Also Known As: 59th Street Bridge
  • Original Name: Queensboro Bridge

  • Travel Genus: Sight
  • Sight Category: Structure


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Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Gustav Lindenthal Architect
Henry Hornbostel Architect
1909/00/00 Opened

Data »

Particulars for Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge:
Area of Significance Architecture
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Structure type Bridge
Bridge Type Cantilever Bridge
Area of Significance Engineering
Historic Use Pedestrian Related
Historic Use Retail shop
Historic Use Road-related
Sight Category Structure
Bridge Truss Type Through Truss



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration: 20th December 1978

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name: Queensboro Bridge
Registry Address: 59th St.
Registry Number: 78001879
Resource Type: Structure
Owner: Local
Architect: Lindenthal,Gustav; Hornbostel,Henry
Architectural Style: Other
Attribute: Through cantilever truss
Area in Acres: 26
Contributing Structures: 1
Certification: Listed in the National Register
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: Local
Area of Significance: Engineering, Architecture
Applicable Criteria: Architecture-Engineering
Period of Significance: 1900-1924
Significant Year: 1909
Historic Function: Transportation, Commerce, Trade
Historic Sub-Function: Department store, Road-related, Pedestrian related
Current Function: Vacant, not in use, Transportation
Current Sub-Function: Road-related

Creative Works »

WorkTypeAsNotedInCreatorNote
Manhattan (film) Film Woody Allen Mariel Hemingway
The Great Gatsby (book) Book F Scott Fitzgerald The city seen from the Queensboro Bridge is always the city seen for the first time, in its first wild promise of all the mystery and the beauty in the world.

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