NYC - LES: East River Park and Williamsburg Bridge The Williamsburg Bridge, a suspension bridge connecting Manhattan at Delancey St. with the Brooklyn neighborhood of Williamsburg across the East River, was opened on December 19, 1903 at a cost of $12,000. Construction on the bridge began in 1896, with Leffert L. Buck as chief engineer, Henry Hornbostel as architect and Holton D. Robinson as assistant engineer. At its completion, the Williamsburg Bridge was the largest suspension bridge on Earth, and remained so until the Bear Mountain Bridge was completed in 1924. Its design is unconventional for suspension bridges. Though the main span hangs from cables in the usual manner, the side spans leading to the approaches are cantilevered, drawing no support from the cables above. The entire bridge is 7308 feet (2227 m) long between cable anchor terminals, and the deck is 118 feet (36 m) wide. The main span is 1600 feet (488 m) long. The height at the center of the bridge is 135 feet (41 m) and each tower is 335 feet (102 m). East River Park runs 57.46 acres alongside the Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR) Drive and the East River from Montgomery Street to East 12th Street. It was conceived in the early 1930s when Robert Moses was designing the FDR Drive, also known as the East River Drive. Moses was unable to acquire enough land for the park, so he built a 10-foot wide concrete extension to the eastern shorline, creating enough space. In 1949, when the FDR Drive was widened, a portion of the park between Montgomery and Jackson Streets was eliminated. South Street was extended in 1963, protruding onto another 30-foot section of the park. In 1951, Parks built the 10th Street pedestrian overpass above the FDR Drive, connecting the park with East Village residents, especially allowing easy access to residents of the neighboring Lillian Wald Houses. / VFL.Ru — надёжный и быстрый фотохостинг с 2009 года

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Название: NYC - LES: East River Park and Williamsburg Bridge The Williamsburg Bridge, a suspension bridge connecting Manhattan at Delancey St. with the Brooklyn neighborhood of Williamsburg across the East River, was opened on December 19, 1903 at a cost of $12,000. Construction on the bridge began in 1896, with Leffert L. Buck as chief engineer, Henry Hornbostel as architect and Holton D. Robinson as assistant engineer. At its completion, the Williamsburg Bridge was the largest suspension bridge on Earth, and remained so until the Bear Mountain Bridge was completed in 1924. Its design is unconventional for suspension bridges. Though the main span hangs from cables in the usual manner, the side spans leading to the approaches are cantilevered, drawing no support from the cables above. The entire bridge is 7308 feet (2227 m) long between cable anchor terminals, and the deck is 118 feet (36 m) wide. The main span is 1600 feet (488 m) long. The height at the center of the bridge is 135 feet (41 m) and each tower is 335 feet (102 m). East River Park runs 57.46 acres alongside the Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR) Drive and the East River from Montgomery Street to East 12th Street. It was conceived in the early 1930s when Robert Moses was designing the FDR Drive, also known as the East River Drive. Moses was unable to acquire enough land for the park, so he built a 10-foot wide concrete extension to the eastern shorline, creating enough space. In 1949, when the FDR Drive was widened, a portion of the park between Montgomery and Jackson Streets was eliminated. South Street was extended in 1963, protruding onto another 30-foot section of the park. In 1951, Parks built the 10th Street pedestrian overpass above the FDR Drive, connecting the park with East Village residents, especially allowing easy access to residents of the neighboring Lillian Wald Houses.
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