My apologies for the error on #7 (Queensboro Bridge). I didn't realize it until after uploading. *Correction - The Queensboro Bridge is a TOLL-FREE bridge (not a toll bridge). It’s one of a set of four TOLL-FREE bridges that span the East River.
RFK was a “ Carpetbagger”. The only reason that he was the Senator from New York was, because his family had a summer house in Riverdale. He never really did anything for NY except run fir President.
@@juanmonge8 RFK's Senate campaign was for nothing but giving him a platform to run for president in 1968 and in 1964 every Democrat in the country was falling all over themselves weeping for the poor suffering Kennedy family. There was a seat up for election in NY in '64 so he went for it - the same way the other carpetbagger Hillary Clinton did in 2000!
Not really. It is a suspension Bridge that utilizes Diagonal Cable stays to take a small load off the vertical suspender ropes. The stays only support maybe 1/4 of the live and dead loads.
Yes, some of those bridges were designed by Robert Moses who was also responsible for the highway and parkway system which excludes commercial traffic from parkways that are routed through neighborhoods that were and some still are more affluent and shocker also whiter! This was done deliberately because if you reside in the enclaves of the upper class, you don't want commercial traffic disturbing your peace and quiet let those poor people who live in the projects (which was another one of Moses' brilliant ideas) deal with all that pollution of both air and noise varieties( pick your poison huh), so now you have commercial traffic that is diverted away from more direct routes in some instances several miles away from what would have been the most practical route for Moses' sake!!! So lets give thanks to Robert Moses racist city planning which has left an indelible mark on a city that didn't deserve his idea of what city planning should look like!!!
@@jrvapor Lifted right out of "The Power Broker". Special kudos to Big Bob Moses...I know many people from Robert Caro on down detest him but to me, he was heroic for what he got built in the city. That's something that we will never see again...not that I care because I took "flight" a generation ago. The city will be much more diminished by international standards because we can no longer get out of our own way. To paraphrase his words "Sometimes you have to crack a few heads to make an omelet."
I'm from Kansas and I'm obsessed with the bridges of NYC. I've been on most of these but going into midtown Manhattan on the Queensboro gave me goosebumps. The heart of the city right before your eyes. Such a sense of awe and endless possibilities. Your city is amazing.
I remember one night in the late 90’s me and a friend drove from a club In Manhattan over the Queensboro on the outer lane. I was a bit tipsy and we were speeding . That outer lane was crazy.
My first near-ground-level view of Manhattan as a new immigrant to America was from this Queensborough Bridge. My mother's peeve was how convoluted the approach to it was. We had arrived in JFK International Airport and we were then going to Morningside Heights. The "old-New-York" driver replied that it was done to avoid tolls.
Awesome video. Love the comments here too. Let me share a personal story of the Williamsburg Bridge. I haven't drove on the Willy B in decades as I left NYC in 1985. Back in the early 80s when I first got my driver's license (actually leaner's permit at 16). The cars back then were fairly large compared to today's cars. I first learned to drive in a 76 Chevy Monte Carlo, pretty big size. When you drive on the Willy B, my car and another of the same or larger (Caddy's, Olds, etc...) When you are side by side with another car (and in the inside car lanes, not the outer lanes of the bridge), you have about maybe 6-8 inches of free space. I kid you not. Two cars driving parallel can basically be talking to one another, it was that close. You don't have room for mistakes. And you best keep your nerves with no sudden moves. At night time, you will see novice drivers taking up the middle lane because they are not used to it. I am sure with today's smaller size cars, there is adequate space. Miss NYC and driving on the Willy B. Thanks again for this video.
The Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge is also proof that the Earth isn't flat. The two towers are slightly farther apart at the top than at the bottom due to the curvature of the Earth.
So the Marine Parkway-Gil Hodges Memorial Bridge (which connect Marine Park, Brooklyn to The Rockaways, Queens) did not make the list. I say this because where I grew up in Brownsville, Brooklyn I was able to see not only the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge but the Marine Parkway-Gil Hodges Memorial Bridge as well from my 10th floor windows in the housing projects.
Indeed, the Bayonne is a longer steel arch bridge. than the Sydney Harbor bridge.The nice, new Goethals Bridge is of the modern "cable stayed" type bridge.
It would have been cool to touch on the other three major Staten Island bridges: the Goethals Bridge, Bayonne Bridge, and Outerbridge Crossing. They connect Staten Island to New Jersey, and the Goethals is arguably more important to Staten Islanders than the Verrazano as it's faster to get from Staten Island to Manhattan through New Jersey than through Brooklyn.
While not as spectacular as the other bridges you covered, there is one of historical significance in Brooklyn over the Gowanus Canal. The Carroll Street Bridge, built in 1889, is a "retractable" drawbridge which pulls back diagonally from the channel it crosses. It is one of only four bridges of this type remaining in the United states (another one is in Queens on Borden Ave). While the canal at this location sees little use, the bridge is still an active drawbridge over navigable waters and can be opened within two hours of notification.
We have Kosciusko county here in Indiana and we pronounce it wrong . Oops. Great video thanks. NYC is my favorite USA city to visit and as an engineer I have always enjoyed bridges
She Forgot The Broadway Bridge, Willis Ave Bridge, Macombs Dam Bridge, 135th Street Bridge, And The 145th Street Bridge. They Might Not Have The Look Like All The Other Bridges But They Have Lots Of History. Plus The Subway Bridges ("A" Train And "6" Train) Should Of Been Included As Well As The Tappen Zee. Just My Thoughts
@@j-krist8457 I agree but the Tap ain't in NYC. Can't forget the Third Ave Bridge. I must've cross the Broadway Bridge and 3rd Ave Bridge a million times going to the FDR
Brings back many childhood memories of trips to NY, very well done. I thing the number of cars that go over the GW is a little higher though ;) Keep the great videos coming.
If you're crossing throgs neck bridge on the ramp going into the Bronx if you look west you'll see the Whitestone bridge and the Manhattan skyline the background you're looking at the Mets logo.
You really hit the hammer on the old nail with this video and as proud songwriter of the Manhattan Bridge song(which I will gladly share your way), I am very touched that you included the beloved MB in this video. Thank you for a wonderful show and tour!
I have such memories of the GW. I used to go to Saturday school in Jersey and every weekend we would cross the bridge in the morning + evening. My family even refers to it as just "George". Also I wanted to mention that the views of Manhattan from the Throgs Neck and Whitestone bridges are unparalelled!
The Robling bridge in Cincinatti was the first stone tower suspension bridge. Really the prototype for the Brooklyn bridge. The GWB connects to I95, but it is actually part of I80 I think the Henry Hudson BR goes over the "Spitten Duval" creek, means "spit at the devil"
@scharkalvin GWB carries I-95. I-80 starts a few miles west in NJ. I think Roebling also built the first railroad suspension bridge across the Niagara River, before the Brooklyn Bridge.
Exactly what I used to think when I was a kid with the whitestone( it looks just like the Verrazano bridge just half the size.) Used to take it to Shea stadium. Throgsneck bridge New York's version of the Walt Whitman.
Their are 2 not mentioned, the Goethals Bridges between Staten Island, and New Jersey, and the newly rebuilt Bayonne Bridge. Oh I forgot 1 other, The Outerbridge Crossing between New Jersey and South Staten Island.
Excellent coverage of the NYC bridges! You forgot to mention the three Staten Island bridges that connect to New Jersey. The are; the Bayonne Bridge, the Goethals Bridge and the Outerbridge crossing. You might want to include them in your next video. Again, thanks for such a great video!
Thank you! So much for such an awesome video. Look forward to the other bridges you'll have on your next video. In 2009 went with friends to NY and stayed in Manhattan 7 nights it was a Wonderful experience we went to 8 different places in the subway we also walked on the Brooklyn bridge 🌉 was so very awesome. Would love to go again and visit more of NY we had a Great time there also watched Lion King live show.
Fascinating and informative. To truly know NYC, you have to know its bridges. You made a lot of tough choices, and managed to distill a ton of great information here. Thanks for your good work! BTW, did you know the East River is not really a river? It's actually an estuary (yeah, I know...potayto, potahto).
Even more accurately, the East River is a tidal strait connecting the harbor (or Upper Bay) with Long Island Sound. I think you're correct that it is an estuary, in that it is affected by tidal movement of water, but so is the Hudson from New York to Troy. Estuary is most commonly used to describe what the lower Hudson is: the mouth of a freshwater river that flows into a sea or ocean, leading to a zone of brackish water (not freshwater, but not as salty as seawater) where the two blend together. If not for the flow of freshwater into the NYC area waters, I think the East River would be entirely seawater. But as it is brackish and flows with the tides, it can be called an estuary.
Yes indeed. The Hudson River is fresh water that runs south into the NY Harbor and the East "River" is not a river at all because it's just a waterway that leads from the harbor into the Long Island Sound. There have indeed been porpoises seen in the East River as well as crabs and whatnot.
Great choice of bridges. I was fortunate, thanks to my US relative for having had the opportunity to visit the US and walked over your #1 bridge: The Brooklyn Bridge starting from the Dumbo. I highly agree it's NYC's most historic and iconic bridge and definitely among the world's most important bridges.
The Whitestone Bridge’s road, I - 678, begins at JFK, crosses into the Bronx and becomes the Hutchinson River Parkway, into Westchester, Connecticut, where it becomes the Merritt Parkway, the Wilbur Cross Parkway, 15, and ends in Hartford.
AWESOME VIDEO! When I first saw the Hell Gate Bridge here, I thought I was looking at the Bayonne Bridge because of the architectural likeness, and too as much as I had been through all five boroughs of New York City, I had never heard of the Hell Gate until now. Amazing find! Yet again, what a very awesome video that brought so much nostalgia to me growing up. THANK YOU FOR THE UPLOAD!
When I was a kid my friends and I use to climb up the Hells Gate Bridge at night. That bridge has a staircase inside the towers on both sides. But now you can't do that anymore because they have locked the doors with cameras looking at the entrance. But I'll tell you what. It's a long walk up to get to the top. Three different types of stairwells. First is a long concrete stairway that starts at the entrance goes up around three to four floors into the inside of the tower. The there a steel staircase that's around eight flights up. Then you have to cross a cat walk to the spiral staircase thats around a good five to six flights up takes you all the way to the top. There's also access to go on the arch. The inside looks something like mid evil times. Really scary at night.
Thank you for putting High bridge bridge and telling it story .. i knew this story for 17 years since i came to this country .. always good to hear about it ..and 155th Macombs Dam Bridge was a better option because of the polo grounds and yankee stadium conection.
14:17/ Fun fact: That triumphant archway had a mirror image archway on the Brooklyn side that was demolished in the 1960's. Like its sister gateway, the Brooklyn archway had 2 massive statutes flanked on both sides. The statues are preserved for all to see. Just head to the Brooklyn Museum of Art off of Eastern Parkway. You can't miss theme! 😊🇵🇷🇵🇷📽🦂🗽
Loved this video! I always learn something on this channel. Brooklyn Bridge is nice but gets very crowded so biking and running over it can be a challenge, unless you go early or late. My favorites are the GWB, Verrazano and Whitestone. Really beautiful views😍
I cross over the Goethals and Verrazano frequently. I used to live near the Throgs Neck and I had a beautiful view of it. I still remember Method of Sections, Method of Joints, and the Free Body Diagram from Statics class (which is how bridges, among other structures, are analyzed); good times!
I have a real fascination with bridges. I have many pieces of art depicting them. To me, they are engineering marvels. It amazes me that the technology existed nearly 100 years ago.
Love it! I also like two pedestrian bridges, the green one over the Harlem River used in The Wiz, and the one near the Hudson tunnel, Manhattan side connecting to parts of tribeca- this led bride can be seen in Nelson Sullivan’s five Ninth Avenue UA-cam 1980s vlog in the club kid outlaw Party fashion show video. These places have a great deal of meaning to NYC residents- who often are pedestrians with little car ownership
I would’ve added the Bayonne bridge, it goes from Staten Island to Bayonne New Jersey and it is absolutely stunning. Otherwise I think you got all of the best bridges.
Fun fact: the Brooklyn Bridge was also supposed to have subway lines serve it like the Manhattan and Williamsburg Bridges, but such plans were axed because of funding issues
Well done!! NYC has so many more interesting bridges!! The Harlem River Swing Bridges. The Jamaica Bay Lift Bridges. The Double Deck Broadway Bridge!!! Check out "The Bridges of New York" book by Sharon Reier!!!
Before the Brooklyn Bridge was: The John A. Roebling Suspension Bridge (formerly the Cincinnati-Covington Bridge) is a suspension bridge that spans the Ohio River between Cincinnati, Ohio, and Covington, Kentucky. When opened on December 1, 1866, it was the longest suspension bridge in the world at 1,057 feet (322 m) main span,[3] which was later overtaken by John A. Roebling's most famous design of the 1883 Brooklyn Bridge at 1,595.5 feet (486.3 m).
Suggestion to producers: Stuff you left out: I am a new viewer and look forward to viewing ALL your great videos. I was born and raised in Brooklyn, but no one ever told me about Coney Island's name; a "coney" is a rabbit, but today no one knows what a coney is! The island must at one time been full of them. Have you ever stared at a NYC subway map on the wall of a subway train? You see strange names with "kill" in them - such as "Kill Van Kull". No one ever explained that "kill" is the Dutch name for "a body of water". On my last visit to New York, I observed my fellow Brooklyn subway riders. Having been raised in the city in the 1950s, I was surprised at how comparatively grungy they were! Then I realized two things - nobody cares how you dress and everyone was dressed most comfortably, fashion be damned!
I grew up 1/2 mile from the Verrazano bridge and watched them build it in 1964. I think I still have pics of the tower on the Brooklyn side going up. It was half finished. Couldn't ride my bike under the bridge because they had it blocked off due to the construction.
I've missed your fantastic videos - I didn't realize you had started posting again! Welcome back! This was amazing! So many great places to visit, when it's safe to visit again!!
What about the Marine Parkway-Gil Hodges Bridge spanning from Brooklyn to Rockaway Queens, The Cross Bay Bridge from Broad Channel Queens to Rockaway Queens, The Roosevelt Island Bridge from Roosevelt Island to Long Island City/Astoria Queens, and The City Island Bridge from City Island Bronx to Bronx mainland
As a cyclist, most of the bridges are pretty terrible to ride over. The Williamsburg is by far the best followed by the Manhattan, which both have bike lanes that are completely separate from the pedestrian lanes. The Brooklyn bridge is basically impossible to ride over without almost crashing into oblivious tourists, since there’s no separation between the bike lane and the pedestrian lane. The 59th street bridge also has a single shared lane, but not as many tourists. However, the RFK is even worse since it’s only 6 feet wide for pedestrians and cyclists, compared to the Queensboro’s 8 feet, and the guard rails on the sides are less than 4 feet high. You could easily fall 100+ feet into the water below if you got into a crash. If you’re riding fast, it’s honestly not too bad to go in the car lane over some of those bridges. I know bike messengers who have grabbed onto cars and skitched the entire way over some of the East River bridges.
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My apologies for the error on #7 (Queensboro Bridge). I didn't realize it until after uploading.
*Correction - The Queensboro Bridge is a TOLL-FREE bridge (not a toll bridge). It’s one of a set of four TOLL-FREE bridges that span the East River.
LoL I caught that then at the end i realized what meant to say
You are forgiven! Just don’t let it happen again! Lol!
Always be the 59th Street Bridge to me. Great video.
Yeah I like to see part 2
Thank you
How about NYC tunnel for part 2 that will be nice.i will love to hear all the details about them
Any bridge in New York is amazing if you don't have to pay to cross it.
Gone are those days. Nobody rides free anymore 😊
Omg this was the best comment on this feed😂 I don't know how it didn't get more likes.u must live in NY too lol
Hahaha 😂😂
You ain't lying about that them expensive ass toll fees
This is true - until the bridge falls down due to lack of maintenance.
Just like Sixth Avenue, that NO ONE refers to by its official name Avenue of the Americas, no New Yorker ever calls The Triboro Bridge the RFK!
RFK was a “ Carpetbagger”. The only reason that he was the Senator from New York was, because his family had a summer house in Riverdale. He never really did anything for NY except run fir President.
@@juanmonge8 RFK's Senate campaign was for nothing but giving him a platform to run for president in 1968 and in 1964 every Democrat in the country was falling all over themselves weeping for the poor suffering Kennedy family. There was a seat up for election in NY in '64 so he went for it - the same way the other carpetbagger Hillary Clinton did in 2000!
And let’s not forget we don’t call Ed college Bridge the Queensborough bridge we called the 59th St. bridge
" Did you know there is a George Washington Bridge and a Washington Bridge both in NYC?
I think the W@shington Bridge crosses the H@rlem River..
@@MVR326 yup at 181st
Wow!
The Brooklyn Bridge is not a pure suspension bridge; it is a combination cable-stayed and suspension bridge.
Harvey Fishman thank you
Not really. It is a suspension Bridge that utilizes Diagonal Cable stays to take a small load off the vertical suspender ropes. The stays only support maybe 1/4 of the live and dead loads.
@@grillage2 it’s older than the Tower Bridge a bascule bridge and suspension bridge
Soo very helpful! Thanks so much for breaking this down so simply!!!
Idc the Triboro Bridge will forever be known as the Triboro Bridge 🤣
Proper spelling is Triborough. No such word as boro.
@@grillage2 you must be the new guy. Only real New Yorkers will get that. But thank you Mr. Spellchecker
@@grillage2 What about the Queensboro? In "The Power Broker", Robert Caro spelled it "Queensborough" and somehow it jarred me.
Brooklyn was actually a separate city when the bridge was built. That's the reason Brooklyn, is "Kings County."
What does Brooklyn being called kings county have to do with that?
@@mike_404 Just shows that it used to be a city on its own.
@@SquidCena But every borough is part of a county
@@mike_404 Probably because they were once their own cities? Thats why Staten Island has its own rail road as well probably
@@SquidCena yea true
Many bridges noted here were thanks to the controversial Robert Moses.
Yes, some of those bridges were designed by Robert Moses who was also responsible for the highway and parkway system which excludes commercial traffic from parkways that are routed through neighborhoods that were and some still are more affluent and shocker also whiter! This was done deliberately because if you reside in the enclaves of the upper class, you don't want commercial traffic disturbing your peace and quiet let those poor people who live in the projects (which was another one of Moses' brilliant ideas) deal with all that pollution of both air and noise varieties( pick your poison huh), so now you have commercial traffic that is diverted away from more direct routes in some instances several miles away from what would have been the most practical route for Moses' sake!!! So lets give thanks to Robert Moses racist city planning which has left an indelible mark on a city that didn't deserve his idea of what city planning should look like!!!
@@jrvapor Lifted right out of "The Power Broker".
Special kudos to Big Bob Moses...I know many people from Robert Caro on down detest him but to me, he was heroic for what he got built in the city.
That's something that we will never see again...not that I care because I took "flight" a generation ago. The city will be much more diminished by international standards because we can no longer get out of our own way.
To paraphrase his words "Sometimes you have to crack a few heads to make an omelet."
@@tobygoodguy4032 I appreciate the reply and your oppinion Toby. The Power Broker must be either a book or a movie, I'll have to check it out..
He supported the build the Cross Bronx Expressway which destroyed neighborhoods and created major traffic jams.
@@jeffbloch2305 He didn't "support" it.
He cracked the whip and made it get built.
(Everything else you chirped is pure bullshit.)
Get informed.
The conclusion here is the old saying, "they don't build em like they used to."
Man that's for dam sure!!! They don't make anything like they used to, not even folks in public office right!!!
I'm from Kansas and I'm obsessed with the bridges of NYC. I've been on most of these but going into midtown Manhattan on the Queensboro gave me goosebumps. The heart of the city right before your eyes. Such a sense of awe and endless possibilities. Your city is amazing.
I remember one night in the late 90’s me and a friend drove from a club In Manhattan over the Queensboro on the outer lane. I was a bit tipsy and we were speeding . That outer lane was crazy.
No way, the Manhattan or the Williamsburg Bridges are the best view of magic.
@@yankees29 how do you get to the outer lane? I can never find when I go.
@@Conrailfan2596 this was coming back over from Manhattan into Queens. It was late at night idk maybe it’s not always open
My first near-ground-level view of Manhattan as a new immigrant to America was from this Queensborough Bridge. My mother's peeve was how convoluted the approach to it was. We had arrived in JFK International Airport and we were then going to Morningside Heights. The "old-New-York" driver replied that it was done to avoid tolls.
A+. Interjecting the location maps was excellent idea.
As a native New Yorker, you nailed it! Thank you for sharing.
Awesome! Thank you!
Aha! You used the corrected, updated spelling of the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge, that is two Rs and two Zs.
3:01/ Fun fact, the Verrazano Narrows Bridge is officially longer than the Golden Gate Bridge by the length of a bicycle! 😎🇵🇷🇺🇸📽🗽🦂
60' is a pretty long bicycle
My favorite city but what about the tunnels?
Can't really show them in their best light. They're somewhat hidden under water.
you forgot three other bridges on Staten Island that connect to New Jersey
I think this video focuses only on bridges within NYC proper.
She mention only 13 out if 45 bridges in new York City
The GW goes to NJ. I was hoping to see the new Gothels
#1 - The Brooklyn bridge. I know what you’re thinking, the Brooklyn bridge
Lol, you caught that!
I love this. I love my city. You know Brooklyn had to come first though 🔥🔥
Awesome video. Love the comments here too. Let me share a personal story of the Williamsburg Bridge. I haven't drove on the Willy B in decades as I left NYC in 1985. Back in the early 80s when I first got my driver's license (actually leaner's permit at 16). The cars back then were fairly large compared to today's cars. I first learned to drive in a 76 Chevy Monte Carlo, pretty big size. When you drive on the Willy B, my car and another of the same or larger (Caddy's, Olds, etc...) When you are side by side with another car (and in the inside car lanes, not the outer lanes of the bridge), you have about maybe 6-8 inches of free space. I kid you not. Two cars driving parallel can basically be talking to one another, it was that close. You don't have room for mistakes. And you best keep your nerves with no sudden moves. At night time, you will see novice drivers taking up the middle lane because they are not used to it. I am sure with today's smaller size cars, there is adequate space. Miss NYC and driving on the Willy B. Thanks again for this video.
The Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge is also proof that the Earth isn't flat. The two towers are slightly farther apart at the top than at the bottom due to the curvature of the Earth.
True statement!
Cool fact!
1 5/8" difference between the TOP of the Towers and the base.
Makes sense. I believe the Golden Gate is 6 inches difference.
@@roadtoad7704 Golden Gate is about one inch. Not 6 inches! The main span is 60 feet shorter than Verrazzano.
So the Marine Parkway-Gil Hodges Memorial Bridge (which connect Marine Park, Brooklyn to The Rockaways, Queens) did not make the list. I say this because where I grew up in Brownsville, Brooklyn I was able to see not only the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge but the Marine Parkway-Gil Hodges Memorial Bridge as well from my 10th floor windows in the housing projects.
Honorable mention: The Bayonne Bridge.
That’s not in NYC.
@@Schneids71 That's Staten Island which is one of the five boroughs, spans from Staten Island (Port Richmond) to Bayonne NJ
@@gregggoldberg5058 We don't count Staten Island, Lol!! 😁
I would've included the Goethals and Bayonne bridges
Indeed, the Bayonne is a longer steel arch bridge. than the Sydney Harbor bridge.The nice, new Goethals Bridge is of the modern "cable stayed" type bridge.
@Stuart Aaron You are incorrect. The span length of the Bayonne bridge is 1673 feet and for the Sydney Harbor bridge, the span length is 1650 feet.
Both the Bayonne and the Sydney Harbour Bridge were modeled after the Hell Gate Bridge.
Visited New York a few years back (being Dutch) and rode a bike across Brooklyn Bridge and Manhattan Bridge. Loved it! Hope to be back one day!
You forgot to mention that the Verrazano Narrows bridge is the longest suspension bridge in the US.
Only the Main span is the longest. The Longest suspension bridge under cables is the Mackinac Bridge in Michigan.
“Yea whatever, it’s just the Queensboro bridge to us!”
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It would have been cool to touch on the other three major Staten Island bridges: the Goethals Bridge, Bayonne Bridge, and Outerbridge Crossing. They connect Staten Island to New Jersey, and the Goethals is arguably more important to Staten Islanders than the Verrazano as it's faster to get from Staten Island to Manhattan through New Jersey than through Brooklyn.
While not as spectacular as the other bridges you covered, there is one of historical significance in Brooklyn over the Gowanus Canal. The Carroll Street Bridge, built in 1889, is a "retractable" drawbridge which pulls back diagonally from the channel it crosses. It is one of only four bridges of this type remaining in the United states (another one is in Queens on Borden Ave). While the canal at this location sees little use, the bridge is still an active drawbridge over navigable waters and can be opened within two hours of notification.
please do a part two that was very interesting
We have Kosciusko county here in Indiana and we pronounce it wrong . Oops. Great video thanks. NYC is my favorite USA city to visit and as an engineer I have always enjoyed bridges
I have been calling it Kos kee oss koe forever. ha ha. I got it wrong too.
Verrazano will always be my favorite 😍 😍
Queens & downtown & nj but first #1 queens is my favorite even though l,m from Washington heights & lived there!
It is a beautiful view on the Brooklyn Bridge I am so scared of heights but I must walk that bridge whenever I ever get to visit New York
You Forgot The Cross Bay Bridge And The Marine Park (Riis Beach) Bridge. Both In Queens
She Forgot The Broadway Bridge, Willis Ave Bridge, Macombs Dam Bridge, 135th Street Bridge, And The 145th Street Bridge. They Might Not Have The Look Like All The Other Bridges But They Have Lots Of History. Plus The Subway Bridges ("A" Train And "6" Train) Should Of Been Included As Well As The Tappen Zee. Just My Thoughts
@@j-krist8457 I agree but the Tap ain't in NYC. Can't forget the Third Ave Bridge. I must've cross the Broadway Bridge and 3rd Ave Bridge a million times going to the FDR
Nice bridges, but Delhi's Signature bridge is the best bridge ever built. It has beautiful led light show and a glass chamber for bird eye view.
Not better than Manhattan or hell gate
Brings back many childhood memories of trips to NY, very well done. I thing the number of cars that go over the GW is a little higher though ;) Keep the great videos coming.
Manhattan and Williamsburg Bridges carry subway Trains
Love ur videos. Haven’t seen one in a while. Great
Thank you. Glad you like them!
NYC has the most beautiful bridges
TOP 5 NYC Bridges
5.WilliamsBurg
4.Manhattan
3.Verrazzano-Narrows
2.Queenboro
1.Brooklyn
How😂 dare you make light of Edward Kochs name in this video you obviously don't know how much New York loved him
If you're crossing throgs neck bridge on the ramp going into the Bronx if you look west you'll see the Whitestone bridge and the Manhattan skyline the background you're looking at the Mets logo.
DUMBO - means: directly under the Manhattan bridge.
What’s the o?
@@kuerpotino8401 over pass
@@michaelhurley3171 that would be “dumb”.
What about the two bridges Cross Bay Bridge in the Rockaways?
You left out the Roosevelt Island Bridge one because you can’t awesome photo for the Triboro bride lighting at night plus can see the 59 street bridge
You really hit the hammer on the old nail with this video and as proud songwriter of the Manhattan Bridge song(which I will gladly share your way), I am very touched that you included the beloved MB in this video. Thank you for a wonderful show and tour!
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I think the new Goethals bridge looks way better than the Kosciusko bridge
When it comes to the Verrazano Narrows Bridge, you see it from even North from the Coney Island/Sea Gate area of Brooklyn.
It’s really beautiful from the side!
I used to live across the street from Inwood Hill Park. I took many pictures of the Henry Hudson Bridge.
I have such memories of the GW. I used to go to Saturday school in Jersey and every weekend we would cross the bridge in the morning + evening. My family even refers to it as just "George". Also I wanted to mention that the views of Manhattan from the Throgs Neck and Whitestone bridges are unparalelled!
$10..57 each way is not a modest fee to cross the Whitestone Bridge! 15:04 15:06
The Robling bridge in Cincinatti was the first stone tower suspension bridge. Really the prototype for the Brooklyn bridge.
The GWB connects to I95, but it is actually part of I80
I think the Henry Hudson BR goes over the "Spitten Duval" creek, means "spit at the devil"
@@blue9multimediagroup I was referring to how I've heard Sputen Duyval pronounced. The name does mean "spit at the devil"
Spuyten Duyval means spinning Devil.
@@cliffpadilla5871 Spitting Devil.
@scharkalvin GWB carries I-95. I-80 starts a few miles west in NJ. I think Roebling also built the first railroad suspension bridge across the Niagara River, before the Brooklyn Bridge.
The Hell Gate is also similar to the Arrigoni (formerly Middletown-Portland) Bridge in Middletown CT
Exactly what I used to think when I was a kid with the whitestone( it looks just like the Verrazano bridge just half the size.) Used to take it to Shea stadium. Throgsneck bridge New York's version of the Walt Whitman.
I just wish there were more bridges between NY and NJ.
Their are 2 not mentioned, the Goethals Bridges between Staten Island, and New Jersey, and the newly rebuilt Bayonne Bridge. Oh I forgot 1 other, The Outerbridge Crossing between New Jersey and South Staten Island.
There should have been several more built from years ago
@@timothyokane9710 that Bayonne Bridge is interesting
Excellent coverage of the NYC bridges! You forgot to mention the three Staten Island bridges that connect to New Jersey. The are; the Bayonne Bridge, the Goethals Bridge and the Outerbridge crossing. You might want to include them in your next video. Again, thanks for such a great video!
Thank you. Good call!
Thank you! So much for such an awesome video. Look forward to the other bridges you'll have on your next video.
In 2009 went with friends to NY and stayed in Manhattan 7 nights it was a Wonderful experience we went to 8 different places in the subway we also walked on the Brooklyn bridge 🌉 was so very awesome. Would love to go again and visit more of NY we had a Great time there also watched Lion King live show.
The Gil Hodges Bridge from Brooklyn to the Rockaways
Its Marine Parkway bridge. This gil hodges is just a add on.
I wish New York City wasn't such a damn expensive place to live. It's obviously the coolest city in America
My rent is $825/month
YOU FROGOT TO PUT IN THE MARINE PARKWAY BRIDGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Fascinating and informative. To truly know NYC, you have to know its bridges. You made a lot of tough choices, and managed to distill a ton of great information here. Thanks for your good work! BTW, did you know the East River is not really a river? It's actually an estuary (yeah, I know...potayto, potahto).
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for the tip!
Even more accurately, the East River is a tidal strait connecting the harbor (or Upper Bay) with Long Island Sound.
I think you're correct that it is an estuary, in that it is affected by tidal movement of water, but so is the Hudson from New York to Troy. Estuary is most commonly used to describe what the lower Hudson is: the mouth of a freshwater river that flows into a sea or ocean, leading to a zone of brackish water (not freshwater, but not as salty as seawater) where the two blend together. If not for the flow of freshwater into the NYC area waters, I think the East River would be entirely seawater. But as it is brackish and flows with the tides, it can be called an estuary.
Yes indeed. The Hudson River is fresh water that runs south into the NY Harbor and the East "River" is not a river at all because it's just a waterway that leads from the harbor into the Long Island Sound. There have indeed been porpoises seen in the East River as well as crabs and whatnot.
Great choice of bridges. I was fortunate, thanks to my US relative for having had the opportunity to visit the US and walked over your #1 bridge: The Brooklyn Bridge starting from the Dumbo. I highly agree it's NYC's most historic and iconic bridge and definitely among the world's most important bridges.
Used to live in whitestone and i could see the bridge from my window at night. I love this city i miss living there. Thank u for the video.
I’m a new Yorker and I have been on many bridges and roads
The Whitestone Bridge’s road, I - 678, begins at JFK, crosses into the Bronx and becomes the Hutchinson River Parkway, into Westchester, Connecticut, where it becomes the Merritt Parkway, the Wilbur Cross Parkway, 15, and ends in Hartford.
AWESOME VIDEO! When I first saw the Hell Gate Bridge here, I thought I was looking at the Bayonne Bridge because of the architectural likeness, and too as much as I had been through all five boroughs of New York City, I had never heard of the Hell Gate until now. Amazing find! Yet again, what a very awesome video that brought so much nostalgia to me growing up. THANK YOU FOR THE UPLOAD!
When I was a kid my friends and I use to climb up the Hells Gate Bridge at night. That bridge has a staircase inside the towers on both sides. But now you can't do that anymore because they have locked the doors with cameras looking at the entrance. But I'll tell you what. It's a long walk up to get to the top. Three different types of stairwells. First is a long concrete stairway that starts at the entrance goes up around three to four floors into the inside of the tower. The there a steel staircase that's around eight flights up. Then you have to cross a cat walk to the spiral staircase thats around a good five to six flights up takes you all the way to the top. There's also access to go on the arch. The inside looks something like mid evil times. Really scary at night.
Really good pronunciation of Kosciuszko albeit there was a typo: it’s “iu” not “ui”.
Polish is a damn hard language, I know. Greetings from Warsaw 👋🤓
Thank you for putting High bridge bridge and telling it story .. i knew this story for 17 years since i came to this country .. always good to hear about it ..and 155th Macombs Dam Bridge was a better option because of the polo grounds and yankee stadium conection.
14:17/ Fun fact: That triumphant archway had a mirror image archway on the Brooklyn side that was demolished in the 1960's. Like its sister gateway, the Brooklyn archway had 2 massive statutes flanked on both sides. The statues are preserved for all to see. Just head to the Brooklyn Museum of Art off of Eastern Parkway. You can't miss theme! 😊🇵🇷🇵🇷📽🦂🗽
I go to school across the koskusko bridge
Loved this video! I always learn something on this channel.
Brooklyn Bridge is nice but gets very crowded so biking and running over it can be a challenge, unless you go early or late.
My favorites are the GWB, Verrazano and Whitestone. Really beautiful views😍
Thank you and so true!
But no pedestrian
Snake jumped off the GW onto the oil tanker that held Metal Gear Ray
Thanks for the video very informative I love NYC
I cross over the Goethals and Verrazano frequently. I used to live near the Throgs Neck and I had a beautiful view of it. I still remember Method of Sections, Method of Joints, and the Free Body Diagram from Statics class (which is how bridges, among other structures, are analyzed); good times!
The bridge’s your saying is my favourite
@@muhammadghias9547 they’re beautiful, aren’t they?!?
Another cool fact.....NYC has the only suspension bridges in the world that carry heavy rail traffic.
The Bay Bridge once had the Key System interurban (San Francisco-East Bay) on the lower level.
You could add Styphen Duyvil bridge to this list
I have a real fascination with bridges. I have many pieces of art depicting them. To me, they are engineering marvels. It amazes me that the technology existed nearly 100 years ago.
Love it! I also like two pedestrian bridges, the green one over the Harlem River used in The Wiz, and the one near the Hudson tunnel, Manhattan side connecting to parts of tribeca- this led bride can be seen in Nelson Sullivan’s five Ninth Avenue UA-cam 1980s vlog in the club kid outlaw Party fashion show video. These places have a great deal of meaning to NYC residents- who often are pedestrians with little car ownership
I would’ve added the Bayonne bridge, it goes from Staten Island to Bayonne New Jersey and it is absolutely stunning. Otherwise I think you got all of the best bridges.
It is based off the Sydney Harbour Bridge
Thank you !!! You just reminded me of my childhood, now living in Pennsylvania! Thank you ❤️❤️❤️👍🏼
Lovely bridge's! 🌌
Fun fact: the Brooklyn Bridge was also supposed to have subway lines serve it like the Manhattan and Williamsburg Bridges, but such plans were axed because of funding issues
They should've of added it... would've been awesome.
Excellent work. Never disappointed by your videos.
The only Bridges we missed here are the Bayonne Bridge, Goethals Bridge and the Outerbridge Crossing which connects Staten Island to Jersey.
Plus the Cross Bay Bridge and the Marine Parkway-Gil Hodges Memorial Bridge.
Very well researched and presented... nicely narrated too...!! Thanks for sharing...!!
She made a few mistakes
Well done!! NYC has so many more interesting bridges!! The Harlem River Swing Bridges. The Jamaica Bay Lift Bridges. The Double Deck Broadway Bridge!!! Check out "The Bridges of New York" book by Sharon Reier!!!
Do a part 2 please
I 💕 New York ....cheers from Pennsylvania 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸👍👍👍
Before the Brooklyn Bridge was: The John A. Roebling Suspension Bridge (formerly the Cincinnati-Covington Bridge) is a suspension bridge that spans the Ohio River between Cincinnati, Ohio, and Covington, Kentucky. When opened on December 1, 1866, it was the longest suspension bridge in the world at 1,057 feet (322 m) main span,[3] which was later overtaken by John A. Roebling's most famous design of the 1883 Brooklyn Bridge at 1,595.5 feet (486.3 m).
Suggestion to producers: Stuff you left out: I am a new viewer and look forward to viewing ALL your great videos. I was born and raised in Brooklyn, but no one ever told me about Coney Island's name; a "coney" is a rabbit, but today no one knows what a coney is! The island must at one time been full of them. Have you ever stared at a NYC subway map on the wall of a subway train? You see strange names with "kill" in them - such as "Kill Van Kull". No one ever explained that "kill" is the Dutch name for "a body of water". On my last visit to New York, I observed my fellow Brooklyn subway riders. Having been raised in the city in the 1950s, I was surprised at how comparatively grungy they were! Then I realized two things - nobody cares how you dress and everyone was dressed most comfortably, fashion be damned!
Love All The New York Bridges!! Thank You!!
Shout out to all the city planners EXCEPT ROBERT MOSES AND THOSE WHO FOLLOW IN HIS FOOTSTEPS 🥺🥰
FACTS
Remove GWB from this list if the rebuilt Bayonne and Goethals bridges are not in this list. So you can completely ignore bridges from NYC to Jersey.
Excellent video well done.
I grew up 1/2 mile from the Verrazano bridge and watched them build it in 1964. I think I still have pics of the tower on the Brooklyn side going up. It was half finished. Couldn't ride my bike under the bridge because they had it blocked off due to the construction.
I've missed your fantastic videos - I didn't realize you had started posting again! Welcome back! This was amazing! So many great places to visit, when it's safe to visit again!!
Thank you so much!
What about the Marine Parkway-Gil Hodges Bridge spanning from Brooklyn to Rockaway Queens, The Cross Bay Bridge from Broad Channel Queens to Rockaway Queens, The Roosevelt Island Bridge from Roosevelt Island to Long Island City/Astoria Queens, and The City Island Bridge from City Island Bronx to Bronx mainland
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As a cyclist, most of the bridges are pretty terrible to ride over. The Williamsburg is by far the best followed by the Manhattan, which both have bike lanes that are completely separate from the pedestrian lanes. The Brooklyn bridge is basically impossible to ride over without almost crashing into oblivious tourists, since there’s no separation between the bike lane and the pedestrian lane. The 59th street bridge also has a single shared lane, but not as many tourists. However, the RFK is even worse since it’s only 6 feet wide for pedestrians and cyclists, compared to the Queensboro’s 8 feet, and the guard rails on the sides are less than 4 feet high. You could easily fall 100+ feet into the water below if you got into a crash. If you’re riding fast, it’s honestly not too bad to go in the car lane over some of those bridges. I know bike messengers who have grabbed onto cars and skitched the entire way over some of the East River bridges.