The Manhattan entrance to the Manhattan Bridge, across from which some popular Chinatown bus lines operate to Boston, Wilmington, and elsewhere.
Eastbound to Brooklyn, mixing in some southward views of the iconic Brooklyn Bridge, the longest suspension bridge in the world for twenty years. The diagonal cables were originally added because Washington Roebling (son of the world-famous engineer John) wasn't comfortable with a factor of safety of only 4. Nowadays, bridges are built with factors of safety of less than 3, and many structures are half that. (A factor of 1 would be designed to handle the maximum anticipated loads.)
Back west to Manhattan on the Upper Level.
You can also click here and drive west with a video instead of just photos.
There's one more way to drive the bridge, and that's on the secret lower level. It used to be a reversible roadway for rush hour peaks but is now inbound (WB) only. The Q-N lines are under the EB Upper Level and the D-B lines are under the WB Upper Level, so here I have bi-directional subway rail on both sides to hem me in, and you can see a train pass in a few of thee photos. The last photo is underneath a deck used for crossing over between Upper Level roadways in case one is closed for repairs.
