#98 Manhattan Bridge

The Bowery Boys: New York City History

Tom Meyers

Society & Culture, History, Documentary, Places & Travel

4.8 • 3.6K Ratings

🗓️ 5 February 2010

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

I love the Manhattan Bridge, but there's no doubt it's had a rocky history. For one hundred years, it's withstood more than just comparisons to its far more iconic neighbor, the Brooklyn Bridge. Built to relieve pressure on the East River's best known bridge, the Manhattan Bridge went through two different engineers -- and a couple different ambitious designs -- before finally being completed by another architect who then went on in 1940 to design one of the WORST bridges in America. And what serious design flaw has afflicted the bridge for its entire history? Listen in and find something to appreciate in this seriously under appreciated marvel of the East River. www.boweryboyspodcast.com Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/boweryboys

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0:00.0	The Bowry Boys Episode 98, the melancholy tale of the Manhattan Bridge.
0:05.2	Hey, it's the Bowry Boys!
0:06.8	Hey!
0:07.8	The Bowry Boys is brought to you by urochipo.com.
0:11.6	Urochipo editors personally visit and review the best budget hotels in Europe.
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0:20.9	Hi there, welcome to the Bowry Boys.
0:22.3	This is Greg Young with another solo show for you this week.
0:25.5	I promise you that in the next few months,
0:27.8	we'll be devoting several shows to places that are actually located outside of the
0:31.6	borough of Manhattan.
0:32.6	I know we do lean heavily on it, borough, for obvious reasons,
0:36.8	but I couldn't let another day go by without celebrating what may possibly be.
0:41.0	One of New York's most under-appreciated landmarks.
0:44.1	I'm talking about the Manhattan Bridge.
0:46.3	The bridge just turned 100 years old over a month ago.
0:49.4	It opened for business on December 31, 1909.
0:52.7	On the Manhattan side, the bridge starts the foot of the Bowry,
0:56.1	stretching over the East River and sitting right next to the more famous,
0:59.7	more beloved Brooklyn Bridge and comes out of Flatbush Avenue in Brooklyn.
1:03.7	That's 6,855 feet of bridge, seven traffic lanes,
1:08.0	and four lanes for subway tracks would serve the NQB and D trains.
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