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*aka ‘queensboro bridge’*
*official name* –> *the ‘ed koch’ queensboro bridge*
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*located between ’59th street’ + ’60th street’ in ‘manhattan’*
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“59th street bridge song”
(feeling groovy)
(‘simon’ + ‘garfunkel’)
(1967)
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*a ‘canti-lever bridge’ over the ‘east river’ in ‘new york city’ that was completed in 1909*
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(it connects the neighborhood of ‘Long Island City’ in the borough of ‘Queens’ with ‘Manhattan’, passing over ‘Roosevelt Island’)
(it carries ‘New York State Route 25’ and is the westernmost of the four ‘East River’ spans that carry a route number: NY 25 terminates at the west (Manhattan) side of the bridge, which once carried NY 24 and NY 25A as well)
(the 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)
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the 1st ‘entry point’ into ‘manhattan’ in the course of the ‘NYC marathon’…)
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(…and the last ‘exit point’ out of ‘manhattan’ in the ‘5 boro bike tour’)
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