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The Borden Avenue Bridge is a 
retractable bridge
A retractable bridge is a type of moveable bridge in which the deck can be rolled or slid backwards to open a gap while traffic crosses, usually a ship on a waterway. This type is sometimes referred to as a thrust bridge.
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in New York City
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, in the Long Island City
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neighborhood of Queens
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. It carries vehicular and pedestrian traffic across Dutch Kills, a tidal waterway that is a tributary of Newtown Creek
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. The main span is long, and it retracts by sliding on rails. It was last retracted to allow marine traffic to pass in 2005. It was designed by Edward Abraham Byrne
Edward Abraham Byrne (1864–1938) was an American civil engineer responsible for the construction of a number of bridges in the boroughs of New York. He was of Irish descent.
Biography
Byrne was born in New York, New York state, on January 27, ...
and opened on March 25, 1908.
The Borden Avenue bridge is one of four remaining retractable bridges in the United States
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, and one of two remaining in New York City, the other being the Carroll Street Bridge
The Carroll Street Bridge is a retractable bridge in New York City, crossing the Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn. It carries a single wooden-decked lane for one-way eastbound vehicular traffic and two walkways. Completed in 1889, it is operated by th ...
.
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