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	Hell Gate Bridge - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The bridge was conceived in the early 1900s for the Pennsylvania Railroad to link New York to New England.
		The bridge and structure are owned by Amtrak, part of its Washington, D.C. to Boston electrified main line known as the Northeast Corridor.
		The bridge is also part of the New York Connecting Railroad, a rail line that links New York City and Long Island to the North American mainland.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hell_Gate_Bridge (534 words)

	Brooklyn Bridge Story
		Each new link after the first two is now made to incline forward to the bridge a little more than its predecessor, forming a regular curve, so adjusted as to bring the chain out near the opposite (upper) corner of the structure to that from which it started.
		A similar regulation is made on the New York tower to adjust the curve of the wire between the towers, and the same process is likewise repeated on the New York anchorage, until the fall of the wire off that point is also accurately located.
		The bridge itself will be a remarkable sight, as he looks from his central path of vantage down upon the broad outer roadways, each with its tide of weighted wagons and carriages of his wealthier but not wiser brethren, and nearer the centre the two iron paths upon which the trains move silently and swiftly.
	www.catskillarchive.com /rrextra/bbstory.Html (9137 words)

	New York Connecting Railroad - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The New York Connecting Railroad (AAR reporting mark NYCN) or NYCR is a rail line in the borough of Queens in New York City.
		A special train took the directors of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad over the line on March 25, 1917, and at that time it was turned over to the New Haven for operation, though the Southern Division (freight-only) was not completed yet.
		New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad subsidiaries
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/New_York_Connecting_Railroad (648 words)

	RAILROAD.NET - New York Central's 1934 West Side Improvement
		This West Side line is known as the "Life Line of New York." inasmuch as the city, to a considerable extent, depends on the transportation afforded by this line for its food and milk, and for merchandise, express and varied commodities.
		The elimination of railroad grade crossings at 105 streets, including the railroad's longitudinal occupation of several important north and south thoroughfares, freeing these avenues and streets from the congestion, hazards and traffic delays that were inevitable with train operation on the surface of the streets.
		The "West Side Line" of the New York Central is about 13 miles in length and extends from a junction with the Main Line at Spuyten Duyvil southerly to the new St. John's Park Freight Station, one of the largest freight stations in the country.
	www.railroad.net /articles/railfanning/westside/index.php (3198 words)

	New York Connecting Railroad Company 1945 - Hell Gate Bridge Vignette
		Under these auspices, Lindenthal was engaged in a project to connect the tracks of the Pennsylvania Railroad in New Jersey, the Long Island Rail Road in Queens, and the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad in the Bronx.
		Hell Gate Bridge was the main element in a project that linked the Pennsylvania Railroad and the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, allowing a direct route to New England.
		The 1,017-ft bridge is a two-hinged steel arch with a clear span from center to center of skewback hinges of 977.6 ft. Built to accommodate four railroad tracks, it was designed for a total live and dead load of 76,000 lb per lineal foot.
	www.scripophily.net /newyorconrai.html (1302 words)

	Painting the Town -- Museum of the City of New York
		The construction of the Pennsylvania Railroad tunnel under the Hudson River and into Pennsylvania Station replaced the time-consuming and expensive water route for New York -bound passengers and freight from New Jersey and points south.
		The longest, heaviest, strongest steel arch bridge in the world at that time and the only four-track long-span railroad bridge ever built, Hell Gate Bridge marks the apogee of American railroad power and prosperity.
		Lindenthal, who served in 1902 -1903 as Commissioner of Bridges, firmly believed that a bridge could be both technologically sound and aesthetically pleasing.
	www.mcny.org /collections/painting/pttcat64.htm (482 words)

	connecting
		EW YORK CITY is not a railroading town, certainly not in the league of Chicago or Denver, for example.
		Freight railroading is not completely absent in New York, however, and recently we got a unique look at the New York Connecting Railroad, a freight-only railroad running through the heart of Queens.
		A new bridge was built spanning the BQE in 2002.
	forgotten-ny.com /SUBWAYS/connectingrailroad/connectingrailroad.html (1179 words)

	Early Rapid Transit in Brooklyn, 1878 to 1913
		As a result, they helped finance new steam railroads to the beach, but because each acted on his own, the steam railroads that "grew up" were disjointed, concentrated in the western and southern portions of Brooklyn, and really weren't built for the rapid transit that we know of today.
		New areas of the land would become accessible, and with trains running over the Brooklyn Bridge to Park Row as early as September 1883, now the commerce center of New York would be a shorter ride away for these Brooklynites.
		While steam railroads on the surface were being built to Coney Island for beachgoers, steam elevateds were being built to handle commuters into downtown Brooklyn and to steamboats into New York.
	www.nycsubway.org /bmt/history01.html (8698 words)

	New York Architecture Images-Hell Gate Bridge
		The Verrazano Narrows Bridge is a plain study in grace, with a 4300-foot central span.
		He also realized that this bridge, forming a conspicuous object that can be seen from both shores of the river and from almost every elevated point of the city, and will be observed daily by thousands of passengers, should be an impressive structure.
		While the nearby Triborough Bridge was constantly being maintained and repainted, the Hell Gate Bridge had not been painted since it opened in 1916, except by the skillful hands of graffiti artists.
	www.nyc-architecture.com /BRI/BRI005-HellGate.htm (2478 words)

	New York Central Railroad History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Harmon was a New York Central-created community and came into existence because it was a logical point to be the outer limit of the electric zone.
		The New Jersey Junction Railroad owned a railroad, connecting the CSX River Division (former West Shore Railroad) with the trunk lines terminating at and near Jersey City, extending from Weehawken to a junction with the former Pennsylvania Railroad at Jersey City, and a branch to a junction with same road near Harsimus Cove.
		The New York & Northern was part of a Bronx to Boston route with the New York & New England Railroad via Danbury and Hartford.
	www.lakemirabel.com /Railroad/indexNYC.html (1896 words)

	New York Architecture Images-Triborough Bridge
		The Triborough Bridge is not simply a single span, but rather is a complex comprised of three long-span bridges, a number of smaller bridges and viaducts, fourteen miles of approach highways and parkways, parks and recreational facilities, and administrative offices for the Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority.
		Plans for connecting Manhattan, Queens and the Bronx were first announced by Edward A. Byrne, chief engineer of the New York City Department of Plant and Structures, in 1916.
		We are going to build a bridge of steel, and spell steel "s-t-e-e-l" instead of "s-t-e-a-l." The people of the City of New York are going to pay for that bridge, and they are going to pay for it in tolls after its completion.
	www.nyc-architecture.com /BRI/BRI009-TriboroughBridge.htm (970 words)

	New York Central & Hudson River Railroad Company 1912
		Its predecessor, the New York and Ottawa Railroad Company, was formed October 28, 1897, by the consolidation of the New York and Ottawa Railroad Company (chartered July 22, 1897) and the Northern New York Railroad Company (incorporated May 27, 1895, and purchased by the New York and Ottawa Railroad Company in July, 1897).
		The Watertown and Rome Railroad Company was incorporated under an act of the legislature of the State of New York, passed April 17, 1832, chapter 173 of the laws of 1832, and its road opened September 18, 1851.
		The railroad of this company connecting the New York and Harlem Railroad with the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad was opened April 7, 1872; leased November 1, 1871, until December 31, 1970, at an annual cash rental of $79,120.
	www.scripophily.net /newyorcenhud.html (10255 words)

	NYCRR Trip
		Located both in New York (Ward's island) and Queens Counties (Astoria Park), it is considered to be one of the world's most beautiful bridges.
		The crowning achievement of late 19th century bridge designer Gustav Lindenthal, the span also was the world's heaviest and longest steel arch bridge, at that time, when completed in 1917.
		Hell Gate Bridge was the main element of the New York Connecting Railroad's (NYCRR) project that linked the Pennsylvania Railroad and the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, allowing a direct route to New England.
	www.trainsarefun.com /nycrr/nycrr.htm (655 words)

	OldNYC.com - Examining NYC's Transportation Infrastructure (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The Cross Harbor Railroad is an active freight railroad, and the railroad is unique in that it is one of the few railroads that continues to operate on New York City's surface streets.
		During this time, New York City's powerful arterial coordinator Robert Moses was in the mist of completing several highway projects, and he had several highway projects on the drawing board.
		Much like the freight railroad system that once served New York City, the ship industry experienced a massive decline after the Interstate Highway system was built, as industry utilized trucks to transport their goods and raw materials.
	www.oldnyc.com (2221 words)

	Verrazano-Narrows Bridge
		The ends of the bridge are at historic Fort Hamilton in Brooklyn and Fort Wadsworth in Staten Island, both of which guarded New York Harbor at the Narrows for over a century.
		Located at the mouth of upper New York Bay, the bridge not only connects Brooklyn with Staten Island but is also a major link in the interstate highway system, providing the shortest route between the middle Atlantic states and Long Island.
		In Brooklyn, the bridge connects to the Belt Parkway and the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway and to the largely residential community of Bay Ridge.
	www.mta.nyc.ny.us /bandt/html/veraz.htm (265 words)

	S. Berliner, III's Railroad Page
		The New York & Atlantic Railway is a small, privately-held, railroad operating company which has leased all freight operations from the Long Island Rail Road.
		Operating over Long Island Rail Road trackage, fitting freight traffic into the passenger schedules of the world's busiest commuter railroad (no mean feat but one that was done long before), the NYAR is in effect a "bridge" line, as is the New York Cross Harbor Railroad with which it connects at Bay Ridge.
		Ente reports (24 May 99) that New York City selected the NYA to run the yard and that initial plans are to use the yard for storage, switching, and intermodal service; there is a float bridge adjacent to the yard, but at this time it is not part of the agreement.
	home.att.net /~berliner-ultrasonics/nyar.html (1817 words)

	Schenectady, New York Railroad History
		Some of these pages link to photos of ALCO locomotives, and some are railroad newsletters which contain some mention of Schenectady.
		Extensive information on local railroads is available from the Mohawk and Hudson Chapter, National Railway Historical Society
		Bridge Line Historical Society: Historical Society for the Delaware and Hudson Railway Company
	www.schenectadyhistory.org /railroads/index.html (316 words)

	Slinkers - Interests (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		New York Connecting Railroad Bridge at Hell Gate c.
		New York - the City of Violent Contrasts
		New York: The Nation’s Metropolis by Peter Marcus
	newmanservices.com /slinkers/default.asp?PageId=16 (159 words)

	Hell Gate Bridge/New York Connecting Railroad Bridge
		The view of Hell Gate Bridge/New York Connecting Railroad Bridge from Triborough Bridge.
		The view of Hell Gate Bridge/New York Connecting Railroad Bridge from Queens.
		The view of Hell Gate Bridge/New York Connecting Railroad Bridge from Wards Island.
	www.wirednewyork.com /bridges/hell_gate_bridge/default.htm (364 words)

	Sydney Harbour Bridge
		The Sydney Harbour Bridge and the Hell Gate Bridge in New York are among only a few bridges throughout the world to have been built to a reverse spandrel arch design, in which the top chord of the arch terminates far above the deck, with the lower chord terminating at ground level.
		Gustav Lindethal, designer of the Hell Gate Bridge, was inspired by railway bridges crossing a river in Germany; these are thought to be the rail bridges at Koln.
		It is of interest to note that all of the above bridges were specifically designed to accommodate electrified railway tracks; hence, the substantial portals at each end of the arch.
	contrapunctus.net /league/photo/2003/sydbr.php (768 words)

	New York & Western
		Welcome to the New York and Western Railroad.
		Founded in 1951 as a Class 1 subsidiary bridge route for traffic linking the New England and Mid-Atlantic States, it is "...The Tri-State Gateway"
		Founded on the need to move freight traffic cost effectively around the New York City corridor, NYandW provides the link long sought around Manhattan Island and its associated delays, tariffs, and clearance requirements.
	www.nyandw.com (99 words)

	Wired New York - New York City Bridges
		Wired New York - New York City Bridges
		Dave Frieder - breathtaking photographs of New York City Bridges
		Fiboro Bridges - guide to NYC bridges for bicyclists and walkers
	www.wirednewyork.com /bridges (76 words)

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