Broker Bridge

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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 Grand Theft Auto IV, passing over the Humboldt River. It is based on the Brooklyn Bridge in New York City, although its approach arches on the Algonquin side are actually based on the approach arch of the Manhattan Bridge (which is also replicated in game as the Algonquin Bridge).

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 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 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.

History

According to an in-game TV special, the Broker Bridge was 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, as seen from Hove Beach, Broker, GTA IV.

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The deck design of the bridge, with an elevated walkway and two dual-lane roadways, GTA IV.

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The bridge's Algonquin approach arches in Chinatown, GTA IV.