<P> In August 2016, after the renovation of the bridge had already been completed, the New York City Department of Transportation announced that it would conduct a seven - month, US $370,000 study to verify if the bridge could support a heavier upper deck that consisted of an expanded bicycle and pedestrian path . As of 2016, about 10,000 pedestrians and 3,500 bikers use the pathway on an average weekday . Work on the pedestrian entrance on the Brooklyn side was underway by 2017 . </P> <P> The Brooklyn Bridge originally carried horse - drawn and rail traffic, with a separate elevated walkway along the centerline for pedestrians and bicycles . Since 1950, the main roadway has carried six lanes of automobile traffic . Because of the roadway's height (11 ft (3.4 m) posted) and weight (6,000 lb (2,700 kg) posted) restrictions, commercial vehicles and buses are prohibited from using this bridge . The two inside traffic lanes once carried elevated trains of the BMT from Brooklyn points to a terminal at Park Row via Sands Street . Streetcars ran on what are now the two center lanes (shared with other traffic) until the elevated lines stopped using the bridge in 1944, when they moved to the protected center tracks . In 1950, the streetcars also stopped running, and the bridge was rebuilt to carry six lanes of automobile traffic . </P> <P> The Brooklyn Bridge is accessible to vehicles from the Brooklyn entrances of Tillary / Adams Streets, Sands / Pearl Streets, and Exit 28B of the eastbound Brooklyn - Queens Expressway . In Manhattan, cars can enter from either direction of the FDR Drive, Park Row, Chambers / Centre Streets, and Pearl / Frankfort Streets . Pedestrian and bicycle access to the bridge from the Brooklyn side is from either Tillary / Adams Streets (in between the vehicular entrance / exit) or a staircase on Prospect Street between Cadman Plaza East and West . In Manhattan, the pedestrian walkway is accessible from the end of Centre Street or through the unpaid south staircase of Brooklyn Bridge--City Hall / Chambers Street subway station complex . </P> <P> The Brooklyn Bridge has a wide walkway open to pedestrians and cyclists in the center of the bridge above the automobile lanes . In 1971, a center line was painted to separate cyclists from pedestrians, creating one of the city's first dedicated bike lanes . More than 4,000 pedestrians and 3,100 cyclists cross the Brooklyn Bridge each day . While the bridge has always permitted the passage of pedestrians across its span, its role in allowing thousands to cross takes on a special importance in times of difficulty when usual means of crossing the East River have become unavailable . </P>

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