About This Item

  • Title[Manhattan Bridge roadway construction]
  • Call NumberBRID_0216
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (BRID 0219), some of which may also be described in this new record; Two views of Manhattan Bridge roadway construction. 0216: aerial view: caption: "Menace going--WPA crews will construct a five-lane roadway addition at the Brooklyn end of the Manhattan Bridge over a portion of this park area bounded by Nassau and Jay Sts. The long sought improvement eliminates a hazardous reverse curve and a steep grade existing on the westerly upper roadway, originally a trolley bed." Both images show portions of several Downtown Brooklyn buildings in background; 0216 is an aerial view showing workmen, dump truck, and several parked automobiles.
  • Date1945
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description2 photographic prints : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genreaerial viewsgelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso of 0216: date stamped: Jul[y] 31, 1945. Title from caption on verso of 0216; supplied partially by cataloger.
  • SubjectRoad construction -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm] ; Roads -- Design and construction -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
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  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Downtown Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Manhattan Bridge (New York, N.Y.)
  • RightsCopyright restrictions apply to the use of this work. For more information or to obtain a reproduction of this work, contact the Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library.