Dusk shot of
New York City's Queensboro Bridge, also known as the 59th Street Bridge (its Manhattan end is located between 59th and 60th streets) is officially titled the Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge after a former New York mayor. The cantilever bridge over the East River was completed in 1909. It connects the neighborhood of Long Island City in the borough of Queens with the neighborhood of the Upper East Side Manhattan, passing over Roosevelt Island. Photo by Carol Highsmith.