Queensboro Bridge - New York, NY - American Guide Series on Waymarking.com

Taken from Wikipedia, The Queensboro Bridge, also known as the 59th Street Bridge – because its Manhattan end is located between 59th and 60th Streets – and officially titled the Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge, is a cantilever bridge over the East River in New York City that was completed in 1909. It connects the neighborhood of Long Island City in the borough of Queens with the neighborhood of the Upper East Side Manhattan, passing over Roosevelt Island.

The Queensboro Bridge carries New York State Route 25, which terminates at the west (Manhattan) side of the bridge. The bridge once carried NY 24 and NY 25A as well. The western leg of the Queensboro Bridge is flanked on its northern side by the freestanding Roosevelt Island Tramway. The bridge was, for a long time, simply called the Queensboro Bridge, but in March 2011, the bridge was officially renamed in honor of former New York City mayor Ed Koch.

No tolls are charged for motor vehicles to use the bridge. The Queensboro Bridge is the first entry point into Manhattan in the course of the New York City Marathon and the last exit point out of Manhattan in the Five Boro Bike Tour."

"Robert Blackwell, who had married Manning's stepdaughter Mary, eventually took title to the property and held it until hid death in 1717; the island bore his name until April 12, 1921. The old Blackwell House still survives, directly south of the Queensboro Bridge, and is used as a clubhouse for internes." -- New York City, 1939

Book: New York City Page Number(s) of Excerpt: 211 Year Originally Published: 1939

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