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[[Image:Broker | [[Image:Broker Bridge (GTA4).jpg|thumb|400px|right|Broker Bridge in GTA IV, as seen from [[Fishmarket North]], [[Algonquin]].]] | ||
The '''Broker Bridge''' is a bridge connecting the boroughs of [[Algonquin]] and [[Broker]] in [[Liberty City in GTA IV Era|Liberty City]] in [[Grand Theft Auto IV]], passing over the [[Humboldt River]]. It is based on the [[Wikipedia:Brooklyn Bridge|Brooklyn Bridge]] in [[Wikipedia:New York City|New York City]]. | The '''Broker Bridge''' is a bridge connecting the boroughs of [[Algonquin]] and [[Broker]] in [[Liberty City in GTA IV Era|Liberty City]] in [[Grand Theft Auto IV]], passing over the [[Humboldt River]]. It is based on the [[Wikipedia:Brooklyn Bridge|Brooklyn Bridge]] in [[Wikipedia:New York City|New York City]], although its approach arches on the Algonquin side are actually based on the approach arch of the [[wp:Manhattan Bridge|Manhattan Bridge]] (which is also replicated in game as the [[Algonquin Bridge]]). | ||
==Location== | ==Location and accessibility== | ||
The Broker Bridge begins from the [[Broker-Dukes Expressway]], near Masterson Street in the [[Hove Beach]] neighborhood in [[Broker]] and leads onto Diamond Street in the [[Chinatown, Algonquin|Chinatown]] neighborhood in [[Algonquin]]. It is the southernmost crossing of the [[Humboldt River]], south of the [[Algonquin Bridge]]. | The Broker Bridge begins from the [[Broker-Dukes Expressway]], near Masterson Street in the [[Hove Beach]] neighborhood in [[Broker]] and leads onto Diamond Street in the [[Chinatown, Algonquin|Chinatown]] neighborhood in [[Algonquin]]. It is the southernmost crossing of the [[Humboldt River]], south of the [[Algonquin Bridge]]. | ||
The Broker Bridge carries vehicles and pedestrians only. Vehicles access the bridge via the on-ramps on Masterson Street or directly from the [[Broker Bridge Approach|Broker Bridge Approach Expressway]], while pedestrians must climb up many flights of stairs on the massive stone foundations, accessible from Mohawk Avenue in [[Hove Beach]] at the Broker end, and just north of [[Pier 45]] in [[Fishmarket South]] at the Algonquin end. Vehicles occupy two dual-lanes of traffic, while pedestrians use an elevated walkway in the middle. | |||
The Broker Bridge carries vehicles and pedestrians only. Vehicles access the bridge via the on-ramps on Masterson | |||
==History== | ==History== | ||
According to an in-game TV special, the Broker Bridge was only created because there were wasn't a tall structure in which people could kill themselves, so the Broker Bridge was created for people who wanted to commit suicide. | |||
==Gallery== | |||
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Broker bridge close at sunset.JPG|Broker Bridge close at sunset, as seen from Hove Beach, Broker, GTA IV. | |||
Broker Bridge (GTA4) (deck design).jpg|The deck design of the bridge, with an elevated walkway and two dual-lane roadways, GTA IV. | |||
Broker Bridge (GTA4) (Algonquin approach arches).jpg|The bridge's Algonquin approach arches in [[Chinatown, Algonquin|Chinatown]], GTA IV. | |||
</gallery> | |||
</center> | |||
[[Category:Bridges]] | [[Category:Bridges]] | ||
[[Category:Bridges in GTA IV]] | [[Category:Bridges in GTA IV]] | ||
[[Category:Broker]] | [[Category:Broker]] | ||
[[Category:Algonquin]] | [[Category:Algonquin]] | ||