A black and white landscape photo of Williamsburg bridge taken from the Manhattan side looking out towards Brooklynn. New York


A black and white landscape photo of the bridge taken from the Manhattan side looking out towards Brooklynn Construction commenced in 1896 and took seven years to complete It has a total length of 7308 ft and cost in 1903 to complete 24 188 090 It was named after Colonel Jonathan williams a US engineer and great grand nephew to Ben Franklin It was the first all steel large scale suspension bridge It has two outer and inner roadways for vehicles two subway tracks two 17 feet wide foot walkways and i operates trolley cars It transports 140 000 vehicles per day and some 100 000 subway riders


Size: 9002px × 6166px
Photo credit: © Caroline Cortizo / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: america, construction, crossing, engineering, hudson, river, sky, transport, travel