Queensboro Bridge Under Construction: From Blueprint to Reality in Early 20th Century New York City

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When it opened in 1909, the Queensboro Bridge featured the two longest steel cantilever spans globally at the time—spanning 1,182 feet from Manhattan to Blackwell’s Island and 984 feet from Blackwell’s Island to Queens. These impressive spans held the record as the longest cantilever spans in the world until the Quebec Bridge was completed in […]