Brooklyn-Queens Expressway triple cantilever structure

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The Brooklyn-Queens Expressway triple cantilever structure is a distinctive multi-level highway design in Brooklyn that stacks roadway decks beneath the Brooklyn Heights Promenade along the East River shoreline.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf cantilever bridge-like structure
highway structure
adjacentTo Brooklyn Heights Historic District
linked to: Brooklyn Heights
architect Robert Moses
associatedWith Brooklyn Heights Promenade
Brooklyn-Queens Expressway rehabilitation debates
carries Brooklyn-Queens Expressway mainline
interstate highway traffic
constructionStartDate 1940s
country United States
designer Robert Moses
engineeringSignificance iconic example of mid-20th-century urban highway design
function regional traffic corridor
hasAlternativeName BQE triple cantilever
Brooklyn Heights triple cantilever
hasNumberOfLevels 3
hasPart lower roadway deck
middle roadway deck
upper roadway deck
hasViewFromTop Brooklyn Heights Promenade
hasViewOf Lower Manhattan skyline
linked to: Manhattan skyline

New York Harbor
isBelow Brooklyn Heights Promenade
locatedIn Brooklyn
Brooklyn Heights
New York City
New York State
locatedOnShoreOf East River
maintainedBy New York City Department of Transportation
notableFor integration with urban promenade
triple-deck cantilever design
ownedBy New York City Department of Transportation
parallelTo East River shoreline
partOf Brooklyn-Queens Expressway
passesThrough Brooklyn Heights waterfront
linked to: Brooklyn Heights
purpose to carry expressway traffic along Brooklyn waterfront
runsBeneath Brooklyn Heights Promenade
separates Brooklyn Heights from Brooklyn waterfront
sitsAtBaseOf Brooklyn Heights bluff
linked to: Brooklyn Heights
structuralSystem reinforced concrete cantilever
subjectOf historic preservation debates
proposed reconstruction projects
suffersFrom structural deterioration
supports Brooklyn Heights Promenade
urbanContext densely built residential neighborhood
usedFor vehicular traffic

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Brooklyn Heights Promenade partOf Brooklyn-Queens Expressway triple cantilever structure
Brooklyn-Queens Expressway triple cantilever structure hasAlternativeName Brooklyn Heights triple cantilever
linked to: Brooklyn-Queens Expressway triple cantilever structure