iSchool Engineering- Bridges of NYC Documentary Name:__________________________________ 1. Verrazano-Narrows Bridge : built in___________________ a. Before the Verrazano opened what was the only mode of transportation between Staten Island and Manhattan and Brooklyn?______________________________________________________________ b. ________________________, Chairman of Triborough Bridges and Tunnel Authority pushed for the construction of the Verrazano Bridge but did want mass transit on the on the bridge? c. Arthmar Aman was the ____________________ of the Verrazano bridge. d. The towers are built ______________ to the earth, not parallel to each other and are _________ inches further apart at the top of the towers which are _____________ feet tall. 2. Brooklyn Bridge : built in___________________ a. _____________________ made improvements in wire technology which made the Brooklyn bridge possible and was the man behind the bridge. b. Many workers became sick from changing air pressure which is now known as the _____________ Disease c. Workers hit bed rock on the Brooklyn side at 44 ft but scientists thought that bed rock would be approximately _______ feet down on the Manhattan side. d. The ________________ that make the suspension bridge are made up of a few thousand strands that are bound together to make a wire and 12 wires are together to make a cable which is encased. 3. Williamsburg Bridge: built in___________________ a. The second East River bridge connected Manhattan to Williamsburg which was a _____________________. b. The Williamsburg Bridge was constructed in _____________ years, less than ½ the time that it took for the Brooklyn Bridge to be built. c. The 4 cables are ______ inches in diameter and made up of 7,696 pencil thin wires that are each made up of 37 strands. 4. Manhattan Bridge: built in___________________ a. A third suspension bridge connecting _______________ street to __________________ avenue. b. Approximately ________________ people cross the bridge per day. c. ________________________ hang from the main cables to hold up the roadway. 5. Queensborough Bridge: built in___________________ a. The Queensborough Bridge is a _____________________ bridge that connects Manhattan and Queens and crosses over ____________________ island. b. 235 people applied to ________________________________________ but none were approved. c. Long Island City was ______________________________ before the bridge was built. 6. George Washington Bridge: built in___________________ a. Connects upper Manhattan and _________________________________________. b. Almost ______________________ million cars cross the GW each year. c. The GW uses the _____________________ Theory, which says that the bridge ___________________ itself. d. The GW is _______________________ feet long between towers. e. The Bridge was originally going to encased in ___________________ and have a ______________________ on top of the towers before it was decided to leave the steel frame exposed. 7. Triborough Bridge/ RFK : built in___________________ a. Connects ___________________________, ______________________ and _____________________. b. Built to increase access to ____________________ where Moses had added parks and beaches. c. Also designed by __________________________ who worked on the Verrazano and the GW. d. Sent_____________________ men back to work in concrete and steel factories. .