Williamsburg Bridge
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| Coordinates | 40°42′47″N 73°58′12″W / 40.713°N 73.97°WCoordinates: 40°42′47″N 73°58′12″W / 40.713°N 73.97°W |
| Carries | 8 lanes of roadway, 2 tracks of the    trains of the New York City Subway,pedestrians, and bicycles |
| Crosses | East River |
| Locale | Manhattan and Brooklyn, in New York City |
| Maintained by | New York City Department of Transportation |
| ID number | 2240039 |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | Suspension bridge and truss causeways |
| Total length | 7,308 feet (2,227 m) |
| Width | 118 feet (36 m) |
| Longest span | 1,600 feet (490 m) |
| Clearance above | 10 feet 6 inches (3.2 m) (inner roadways only) |
| Clearance below | 135 feet (41 m) at mean high water |
| History | |
| Architect | Henry Hornbostel |
| Designer | Leffert L. Buck |
| Opened | December 19, 1903 |
| Statistics | |
| Daily traffic | 106,783 (2008) |
| Toll | Free |
The bridge connects the Lower East Side neighborhood in Manhattan with the Williamsburg neighborhood in Brooklyn
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The Williamsburg Bridge is a suspension bridge in New York City across the East River connecting the Lower East Side of Manhattan at Delancey Street with the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn at Broadway near the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway (Interstate 278). It once carried New York State Route 27A and was planned to carry Interstate 78, though the planned I-78 designation was aborted by the cancellation of the Lower Manhattan Expressway and Bushwick Expressway.
This is one of four toll-free crossings between Manhattan and Long Island. The others are the Queensboro, Manhattan, and Brooklyn Bridges.
Construction on the bridge, the second to cross this river, began in 1896, with Leffert L. Buck as chief engineer, Henry Hornbostel as architect and Holton D. Robinson as assistant engineer, and the bridge opened on December 19, 1903 at a cost of $24,200,000 ($624 million in 2016). At the time it was constructed, the Williamsburg Bridge set the record for the longest suspension bridge span on Earth. The record fell in 1924, when the Bear Mountain Bridge was completed.
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