Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge

The Queensboro, officially the Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge, but known by locals by one of two other names depending on the side, is a cantilever bridge over the in .
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  • Bridge
  • …lies at an elevation of 20 feet (6 metres)
  • …dates from 1909
  • …stands 131 feet (40 metres) tall
  • Description: bridge in New York City
  • Also known as
    “59th St Bridge”
    “59th Street Bridge”
    “Ed Koch Bridge”
    “Queensboro Bridge”
    “The 59th Street Bridge”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include United Nations Headquarters and Queensbridge Park.

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The headquarters of the United Nations… is situated 1 mile southwest of Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge.

Park
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, named for the nearby…

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is a historic house on in . is situated 1,800 feet north of Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Long Island City and Astoria and Lenox Hill.

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Long Island City is a neighborhood within the New York City borough of .

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood on the of in .

Neighborhood
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is an apartment complex on the East Side…

Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge

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Latitude
40.75549° or 40° 45′ 20″ north
Longitude
-73.95131° or 73° 57′ 5″ west
Open location code
87G8Q24X+5F
Open­Street­Map ID
way 500906008
Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­bridge
Geo­Names ID
5133274
Wiki­data ID
Q125157

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Thai—“Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “جسر كوينزبورو”
  • Armenian: “Քուինսբորո կամուրջ”
  • Balinese: “Kreteg Queensboro”
  • Basque: “Queensboro zubia”
  • Bulgarian: “Куинсборо мост”
  • Bulgarian: “Куинсбъро Бридж”
  • Catalan: “pont de Queensboro”
  • Catalan: “Pont de Queensboro”
  • Central Kurdish: “پردی کوینزبۆرۆ”
  • Chinese: “Queensboro橋”
  • Chinese: “昆斯博羅橋”
  • Chinese: “皇后區大橋”
  • Chinese: “皇后大桥”
  • Chinese: “皇后大橋”
  • Chinese: “紐約皇后區大橋”
  • Chinese: “纽约皇后区大桥”
  • Czech: “Queensboro Bridge”
  • Danish: “Queensboro Bridge”
  • Dutch: “Queensboro Bridge”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كوبرى كوينزبورو”
  • Esperanto: “Ponto Kvinzboro”
  • Finnish: “Queensboro Bridge”
  • French: “pont de Queensboro”
  • French: “Pont de Queensboro”
  • German: “Queensboro Bridge”
  • Hebrew: “גשר קווינסבורו”
  • Italian: “Ponte di Queensboro”
  • Japanese: “59丁目橋線”
  • Japanese: “クイーンズボロ橋”
  • Korean: “퀸즈버러교”
  • Latvian: “Kvīnsboro tilts”
  • Persian: “پل کوئینزبورو”
  • Portuguese: “Ponte do Queensboro”
  • Russian: “Мост Куинсборо”
  • Slovak: “Queensboro Bridge”
  • Slovenian: “Queensboro Bridge”
  • Spanish: “puente de Queensboro”
  • Spanish: “Puente de Queensboro”
  • Tagalog: “Tulay ng Queensboro”
  • Thai: “สะพานควีนส์โบโร”

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