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Wikipedia: The Queensboro Bridge, also known as the 59th Street Bridge, is a cantilever bridge over the East River in New York City that was completed in 1909. 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 once carried NY 24 and NY 25A as well.
![[Bridgemarket grocery]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Bridgemartnort_s.jpg "Bridgemarket grocery")
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![[Trolley station entrance]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Qbbtrolleysta_s.jpg "Trolley station entrance")
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![[Bridge circa 1908]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Queensboro_Bridge_1908_LOC_3c00105u_s.jpg "Bridge circa 1908")
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![[Constructing the upper level, ca. 1907]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Blackwell_27s_Island_Bridge_2C_ca_1907_tif_s.jpg "Constructing the upper level, ca. 1907")
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![[One hundred years later]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/QBB_pinacle_5BBT_jeh_2_s.jpg "One hundred years later")
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![[Queensboro Bridge with Roosevelt Island Tramway in view. View is east.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/59thstbridge2007_s.jpg "Queensboro Bridge with Roosevelt Island Tramway in view. View is east.")
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![[Close-up the tower crown, with the Manhattan skyline behind]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Queensboro_bridge_crown_and_NYC_skyline_s.jpg "Close-up the tower crown, with the Manhattan skyline behind")
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