Triborough Suspension Bridge
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Facts
- Overview
- Suspension bridge over East River (Hell Gate) on I-278 in New York
- Status
- Open to eight lanes of traffic and one sidewalk
- History
- Opened to traffic July 11, 1936
- Design
- Wire suspension
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 1,380.0 ft.
Total length: 13,110.5 ft.
Deck width: 90.6 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 14.5 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +40.77976, -73.92664 (decimal degrees)
40°46'47" N, 73°55'36" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 18/590572/4514863 (zone/easting/northing)
- USGS topographic map
- Central Park
- Inventory numbers
- NY 5521889 (New York State bridge identification number)
BH 26673 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection (as of 11/2008)
- Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 42.0 (out of 100) - Average daily traffic (as of 2006)
- 165,670
Sources
- Wikipedia
- Jason Smith - JDSmith77 [at] gmx [dot] net