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