The Manhattan Bridge is a suspension bridge that crosses the East River in New York City, connecting Lower Manhattan (at Canal Street) with Brooklyn (at Flatbush Avenue Extension). It was the last of the three suspension bridges built across the lower East River, following the Brooklyn and the Williamsburg bridges. The bridge (open) to traffic on December 31, 1909 and (design) by Leon Moisseiff, who later (design) the infamous original Tacoma Narrows Bridge that was opened in 1940 and (collapse) in the same year. It has four vehicle lanes on the upper level (split between two roadways). The lower level has three lanes, four subway tracks, a walkway and a bikeway. The upper level, originally used for streetcars, has two lanes in each direction, and the lower level is one-way and has three lanes in peak direction. It once (carry) New York State Route 27 and later (plan) to carry Interstate 478. No tolls (charge) for motor vehicles to use the Manhattan Bridge.
The original pedestrian walkway on the south side of the bridge (reopen) after forty years in June 2001. It (also use) by bicycles until late summer 2004, when a dedicated bicycle path (open) on the north side of the bridge, and again in 2007 while the bike lane (use) for truck access during repairs to the lower motor roadway.

(Source: “The Manhattan Bridge” Retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhattan_Bridge on August 11, 2010)