It’s one of the most elegant bridges in New York City: a cantilever through truss bridge with four towers, spanning the East River. It connects the borough of Queens with Manhattan via Roosevelt Island. It was designed by Gustav Lindenthal, constructed by Henry Hornbostel and Leffert Buck, and it features a Beaux-Art design. The structure opened to traffic in 1909 and today serves as a key route to Queens. In fact, it was the bridge that made a Borough. A lot has been written about the Queensboro Bridge, but the Bowery Brothers, a podcast focusing on New York City history, has a detailed podcast looking at the history of the bridge’s construction and how it made the borough of Queens. A very interesting history about this unique structure. Click on the window below and you will find a text and a podcast about the bridge. Enjoy some time learning about an elegant crossing made of steel.
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