Brooklyn Bridge Built 1869-1883 Length: almost 6,000 ft (1.8 km) Tower height above high water: 276 ft (84 m) Foundation depth below high water: Brooklyn – 44 ft (13 m), Manhattan – 78 ft (24 m) Supports 6 lanes of vehicles and a shared pedestrian and bicycle path. Construction cost was $15.5 million 27 people…
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New York City Skyscrapers
Skyscrapers are defined as buildings over 150m/492ft tall “Supertall” skyscrapers are over 300m/984 ft Slender skyscraper is a building with a minimum width-to-height ratio of 1:10 Currently New York City has 297 skyscrapers (2nd to Hong Kong) Currently New York City has 17 “supertall” skyscrapers New York has a few slender skyscrapers and one slenderest skyscraper in the world…
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