1 lane of Carroll Street for eastbound one-way vehicle traffic and 2 walkways
Crosses
Gowanus Canal
Locale
New York City (Brooklyn)
Maintained by
New York City Department of Transportation
Characteristics
Design
Retractable bridge
Total length
107 ft 6 in (32.8 m)[1]
Width
17.5 ft (5.3 m)[1]
Longest span
63 ft (19 m)[1]
History
Engineering design by
Brooklyn Department of City Works (Robert Van Buren, Chief Engineer; George Ingram, Engineer-in-Charge)[2]
Opened
1889; 135 years ago (1889)
Statistics
Daily traffic
1,142 (2016)[3]
Toll
Free
Location
The Carroll Street Bridge is a retractable bridge in New York City, crossing the Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn. It carries a single wooden-decked lane for eastbound vehicular traffic and two sidewalks. Completed in 1889, it is operated by the New York City Department of Transportation, with an average of about one thousand crossings each weekday. It is the oldest of the four remaining retractable bridges in the United States and is an official city landmark.
^ abc"Carroll Street Bridge". Bridgehunter.com. Archived from the original on July 1, 2018. Retrieved June 30, 2018.
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^"New York City Bridge Traffic Volumes" (PDF). New York City Department of Transportation. 2016. p. 10. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 11, 2018. Retrieved June 30, 2018.
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