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ID: 700023987
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700023987
Record Type: Built Work
Images: 1
Manhattan Bridge (suspension bridge; designed by Leon Moisseiff; with portal and plaza by Carrère...; completed in 1909; rehabilitat...; New York (New York, United States, North and Central America...;)
Note: Located in: New York, New York, United States; suspension bridge that crosses the East River in New York City, connecting Lower Manhattan at Canal Street with Downtown Brooklyn at the Flatbush Avenue Extension
Titles:
Manhattan Bridge (preferred,C,U,English-P,,N)
Catalog Level: item
Work Types:
suspension bridge [300007868] (preferred)
..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by function>, transportation structures, <transportation structures by form>, bridges (built works), <bridges by construction>)

Classifications:
architecture (preferred)

Creation Date: completed in 1909; rehabilitation program 2018-2021

Creator Display:
designed by Leon Moisseiff; with portal and plaza by Carrère and Hasting; Hornbostel, Henry; Lindenthal, Gustav, engineer [preferred,BWR]
architects Carrère & Hastings (American architectural firm, 1885-1926) Extent: entrance [500033339]
designer Moisseiff, Leon S. (Latvian-American structural engineer, 1872-1943) Extent: primary work [500516790]
engineer Hornbostel, Henry (American architect, 1867-1961) [500062350]
engineer Lindenthal, Gustav (American engineer, 1850-1935) [500264937]
Locations:
Current: New York [7007567] (Geographic)
Display Materials: suspension construction
suspension construction (technique) [300418008]
.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <additive and joining processes and techniques>, assembling (additive and joining process), construction (built works technique), <construction technique by form or materials>)

Dimensions: Main span: 1,470 feet
General Subject:
architecture (preferred,isness,undetermined)

List/Hierarchical Position:
..... Built Works
.......... Built Works by class: fortifications, transportation, bridges, barriers, military, urban planning, and engineering works
Sources and Contributors:
Manhattan Bridge........ [BWR]
........ BWR database (2010-) BWR3725583
Subject: ....... [BWR,VP]
....................... BWR database (2010-) BWR3725583
....................... BWR-14 Data Reconciliation (2020-2021)
....................... BWR SSID (2010-) 3725583
....................... BWR DSSC ID (2010-) 63289
....................... Avery Index2: BWR Contribution (2010-) 668733
Note:
English ..... [BWR,VP]
..... BWR database (2010-) https://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/infrastructure/manhattan-bridge.shtml
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