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	Queensboro Bridge - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Queensboro Bridge is the only one of the four East River spans that carries a route number (excluding the Triborough Bridge): NY 25 terminates at the west (Manhattan) side of the bridge.
		Construction soon began but it would take until 1909 for the bridge to be completed due to delays from the collapse of an incomplete span during a windstorm and from labor unrest (including an attempt to dynamite one span).
		After years of decay and corrosion, an extensive renovation of the Queensboro Bridge was begun in 1987 and is still in progress, having cost over $300 million.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Queensboro_Bridge (762 words)

	Queensborough Bridge - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Queensborough Bridge is a highway bridge in New Westminster, British Columbia.
		The bridge spans over the north arm of the Fraser River for road access to the suburb of Queensborough at the east end of Lulu Island.
		Queensborough was a toll bridge until bought by the provincial government in November 1966.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Queensborough_Bridge (144 words)

	Queensboro Bridge: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The williamsburg bridge is a suspension bridge in new york city across the east river connecting manhattan at delancey st....
		The hell gate bridge (originally the new york connecting railroad bridge) is a 1,017-foot (310 m) steel arch span over a portion of the east river known...
		The henry hudson bridge is a toll bridge in new york city....
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/q/qu/queensboro_bridge.htm (1486 words)

	Queensboro Bridge (NY 25)
		"The structure of the bridge itself is an intricate mass of interlacing steelwork, seemingly incapable of architectural beauty because of the strict requirement imposed by the structural conditions in the design of compression and tension members.
		The two suspension bridges were to be linked by a cantilever bridge with a main span of 500 feet.
		Moreover, the collapse of an uncompleted section during a fierce windstorm, a lengthy steel strike and the placement of dynamite on the span by union saboteurs opposing the project's open-shop policy, added to the construction delays.
	www.nycroads.com /crossings/queensboro (2660 words)

	Queensboro (59th Street) Bridge - Wired New York Forum
		There were 235 applications from people who sought to be the first to jump from the bridge — 168 from professional bridge jumpers, 34 from inventors with devices to test, 9 would-be suicides and 24 unemployed men who thought the gesture would improve their chances of work.
		The bridge design provided for two decks, the upper with two outside footwalks and an interior double rail line to connect with the Second Avenue elevated, the lower with a vehicle roadway and four trolley tracks, including a special shuttle line that, in Manhattan, made a loop under the bridge's plaza on Second Avenue.
		The bridge is in the middle of a major rehabilitation that began in 1981.
	www.wirednewyork.com /forum/showthread.php?t=2877 (2367 words)

	[Attache Archive] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The pathways on all are spacious—between 10 and 20 feet wide—and, with the exception of the Brooklyn and the Williamsburg bridges, put you on the outer edge of the deck, where the views nearly scrape your chin.
		Most of these great bridges are the suspension type, where the roadways literally hang from overhead cables, their decks strengthened by trusses to keep everything from swinging too much.
		The George Washington is the youngest bridge of the lot—at 71.
	www.attachemag.com /archives/09-02/features/story1.htm (1547 words)

	NYCDOT - Bridges Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Many bridges not under DOT Jurisdiction are the responsibility of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority or the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.
		Swing Bridges are supported on a center pier in the middle of a waterway and are opened by rotating horizontally on wheels riding on a circular track.
		Vertical Lift Bridges are movable bridges having roadways which may be raised in a manner similar to a building elevator by supporting end cables attached to rotating drums in towers on the sides of the stream.
	www.nyc.gov /html/dot/html/motorist/bridges.html (1169 words)

	NYCDOT - Queensboro Bridge Rehabilitation Program (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The Queensboro Bridge is one of the major crossings of the East River, carrying 182,950 motorists and 800 bikers/pedestrians (2001 counts) between the boroughs of Manhattan and Queens and serving some of the busiest arteries in New York City.
		The bridge was constructed between 1901 and 1909 and was opened to the traffic on June 18, 1909.
		The length of the main bridge is 3,725 feet, the longest of the East River Bridges.
	www.nyc.gov /html/dot/html/motorist/qbrehab.html (1988 words)

	Queensboro Bridge - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Bridge (structure), structure designed to provide continuous passage over an obstacle.
		Bridge (game), one of several related card games played by four people with a deck of 52 cards.
		Bridge, The, German motion picture about a group of schoolboys defending a bridge during the last days of World War II (1939-1945), based on a novel...
	encarta.msn.com /encnet/refpages/search.aspx?q=Queensboro+Bridge (133 words)

	Bridge Tolls Advocacy Project
		Brooklyn crossings are the Williamsburg, Manhattan and Brooklyn Bridges and the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel.
		Queens crossings are the Queensboro and Triborough Bridges (Manhattan Plaza) and Queens Midtown Tunnel.
		Based on Census data for 2000, we estimated that 25% of westbound trips destined for the Brooklyn crossings originate in the "near" component, and the remaining 75% from the farther component; for the Queensboro Bridge, we used a split of 37% of westbound trips originating from the near zone, and 63% from the farther area.
	www.bridgetolls.org /thehours/thehours.htm (5348 words)

	Protecting New York City's Bridge Assets, May/June 2005 Public Roads
		The Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queensboro, and Williamsburg Bridges are New York City's red carpets, ushering residents, commuters, and visitors alike in grand style to and from Manhattan, the nerve center of the city.
		The Brooklyn and Manhattan Bridges connect Brooklyn to Lower Manhattan, the Williamsburg Bridge connects Brooklyn to Downtown Manhattan, and the Queensboro Bridge connects Queens to Midtown Manhattan and the Upper East Side.
		Built over a period of 8 years, the Queensboro Bridge was officially opened to traffic on June 18, 1909, connecting Manhattan in the vicinity of 59th Street and the borough of Queens at Queensboro Plaza.
	www.tfhrc.gov /pubrds/05may/06.htm (3952 words)

	ABC News: NYC Bridge Partially Reopens After Fire (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The blaze, shooting fl smoke that could be seen for miles, appeared to have started in scaffolding and a tarp on the upper level of the bridge, which connects the boroughs of Manhattan and Queens.
		Part of the bridge reopened late Tuesday and the remainder was expected to open Wednesday, the Department of Transportation said.
		The fire on the Queensboro Bridge, which apparently started in scaffolding and a canvas tarp, produced heavy smoke that could be seen for miles.
	abcnews.go.com /US/wireStory?id=1228203&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312 (240 words)

	TRn: July 19 a day of mourning - tolls went down in NYC (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		This is an extraordinary gap in history given the importance to the life of a bridge of a dedicated revenue stream like tolls for its upkeep against the ravages of the weather, and of load stresses.
		As for tolling the Williamsburg bridge the same powers were given to the city as for the Brooklyn Bridge tolls under Chapter 612 of the (state) Laws of 1896, O'Keefe wrote.
		Bridge Commissioner O'Keefe favored abolition of tolls anyway, writing the mayor: "Please consider whether we should not cease to collect tolls on the (Brooklyn and Williamsburg) bridges also, either because we have no power to collect them or else because they should not any longer be levied as a matter of discretion...
	www.tollroadsnews.com /cgi-bin/a.cgi/XQo1wO3eEdmcEIJ61nsxIA (4745 words)

	DOC's Other bridge: Queensboro
		Instead of having to construct a challengingly long suspension bridge over a wide continuous expanse of water, the builders could more easily manage erecting and connecting, in effect, two shorter non-suspension bridges, using Blackwell's as the common ground for both.
		Bridges routed through Blackwell's Island had been recurring subjects of interest to newspapers, politicians and businessmen at least as far back as the 1830s.
		A Queensboro Bridge Railway began shuttle trolley service across the span in September, charging a fare of three cents one way and five cents round trip.
	www.correctionhistory.org /html/chronicl/nycdoc/html/qnsboro2.html (1236 words)

	Scaffolding collapse on Queensboro Bridge kills 1, injures 4
		The cause of the Monday afternoon accident beneath the west side of the bridge's roadway was being investigated.
		Giuliani and other city officials said the workers, hired by the city's Department of Transportation, were erecting a 60-foot-long section of scaffolding beneath the bridge's roadbed to prepare for the replacement of two outer roadways.
		The scaffolding platform allows workers to cross from the north to south sides of the bridge without crossing the inner roadways where traffic is moving.
	www.recordonline.com /1997/9-30-97/scaffold.htm (522 words)

	Welcome to HAKS Engineers and Land Surveyors, P.C.
		Construction of the Queensboro Bridge was completed in March of 1908 and its March 30, 1909 opening transformed Queens from a rural outpost into a densely populated borough.
		The main bridge itself is 3,726 feet long with cantilever spans of 1,182 feet and 984 feet in length over the west and east channels respectively.
		The width of the bridge is 100 feet and the tower height is 350 feet above mean high water.
	www.haks.net /CI-BP2NY230Queensboro.html (310 words)

	QUEENSBORO OVAL - Historical Sign
		The Queensboro Bridge, which provides both a ceiling and a name for this park, opened in 1909, connecting Manhattan and Queens by way of an intermediary link on Roosevelt Island, was once known as Welfare Island.
		The two-leveled steel bridge is one of eight New York City bridges that span the East River.
		Throughout the rest of the year, the Queensboro Tennis Club covers the park with an inflatable bubble, and converts the land into a tennis facility, which is run under a concession license.
	www.nycgovparks.org /sub_your_park/historical_signs/hs_historical_sign.php?id=7950 (524 words)

	Long Island History: Roebling's First Dream: The Queensboro
		The Blackwells Island bridge was of particular interest to a series of top executives of the Long Island Rail Road, which hoped to run trains from its Sunnyside yard across the bridge, to link up with the New York Central tracks.
		In 1877, the bridge's most powerful backer, piano maker William Steinway, stepped down as chairman of the New York and Long Island Bridge Co., to be replaced by William Rainey, a steamship operator who agreed to invest $30,000.
		When the bridge opened, Queens' population was 275,000; it grew to 469,000 by 1920 and topped a million by 1930.
	www.newsday.com /community/guide/lihistory/ny-history-hs601b,0,6371262.story (1094 words)

	Painting the Town -- Museum of the City of New York
		"The city seen from the Queensboro Bridge is always the city seen for the first time, in its first wild promise of all the mystery and the beauty in the world.
		Campbell's painting, which presents the 1909 Queensboro Bridge as an entryway into a park-like waterfront and an immaculate, orderly cityscape, concretizes F. Scott Fitzgerald's description in The Great Gatsby (1925).
		Stylistically it clearly relates to its period, in the nearly Precisionist rendering of the elements of structures, boats, and vehicles, reflecting the efforts of an American painter to follow modernist trends.
	www.mcny.org /collections/painting/pttcat85.htm (261 words)

	East River - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Historically, the lower portion of the river (separating Manhattan from Brooklyn) was one of the busiest and most important channels in the world, particularly during the first three centuries of New York City's history.
		The Brooklyn Bridge, opened in 1883, was the first bridge to span the river, replacing frequent ferry service.
		Along the east of Ward's Island, at approximately the strait's midpoint, it narrows into a channel called Hell Gate, which is spanned by both the Triborough Bridge and the Hell Gate Bridge.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/East_River (433 words)

	wnbc.com - Traffic - Queensboro Bridge Closed By Scaffolding Fire (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		NEW YORK -- Part of the Queensboro Bridge was reopened Tuesday night after a smoky fire forced the hours-long closing of the entire two-tier span.
		The blaze apparently started in scaffolding and a tarp on the upper level of the bridge, which connects Queens and Manhattan, fire officials said.
		The steel bridge was completed in 1909 and spans the East River between 59th Street in Manhattan and Long Island City in Queens.
	www.wnbc.com /traffic/5117261/detail.html (280 words)

	Berenice Abbott: Queensboro Bridge I & II (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Opened in 1909, the cantilevered Queensboro Bridge spans from 60th Street in Manhattan to Crescent Street in Long Island City.
		Abbott made two views of the Queensboro Bridge, the first from the 63rd Street Pier in Manhattan, and a second two weeks later from the Long Island City waterfront.
		Abbott made two exposures of Queensboro Bridge II, a wide-angle version, which included a workman and two children in the foreground (variant image), and a tele-photo version, which foreshortened the distance between Abbott, the dock and the bridge.
	www.mcny.org /collections/abbott/a240-243.htm (270 words)

	Queensboro Bridge Path Delayed Till Aug 2000
		In March, we announced that full-time bicycle and pedestrian access to the North Outer Roadway of the Queensboro bridge would begin in late 1999.
		Bridge users must use the much-disliked shuttle bus on weekdays from 2:30-7:30 pm.
		On a less disappointing note, in late 1999 the DOT had a design consultant study the feasibility of building a fly-over ramp on the bridge that would connect the new bike path to Second Avenue, in addition to the existing connection to First Ave.
	www.transalt.org /campaigns/qbb/path_delay.html (368 words)

	New York Daily News - Breaking News - Queensboro Bridge closed by scaffolding fire (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		A fire on the Queensboro Bridge forced the closing of the entire two-tier span Tuesday afternoon.
		The bridge, one of the busiest arteries in New York City, carries about 185,000 motorists and 800 bikers and pedestrians each year.
		It is part of the sixth and final phase of total rehabilitation of the bridge, which began in 1981.
	www.nydailynews.com /front/breaking_news/story/356879p-304157c.html (328 words)

	QUEENSBRIDGE PARK - Historical Sign
		This park is named for the nearby Queensboro Bridge, which is also known as the Queensbridge or 59th Street Bridge.
		The bridge, planned with one ramp south to Brooklyn and another out to Long Island, was promoted as a catalyst for developing growth in Queens and as a railroad link to Long Island.
		In 1957, the last trolley trains crossed the Queensboro Bridge, and the bridge was reconfigured to allow for ten lanes of vehicular traffic.
	www.nycgovparks.org /sub_your_park/historical_signs/hs_historical_sign.php?id=12690 (575 words)

	Queensboro Bridge from 59th St
		Queensboro Bridge from 59th St oiloncanvas.net / 2005 / Queensboro Bridge
		The Queensboro Bridge (aka the 59th street bridge) offers some of the prettiest views of Manhattan, and is quite a looker itself.
		This is a late afternoon view looking east; in the background you can see a support tower for the cable car leading to Roosevelt Island, and further to the left smokestacks from one of the several power plants that line the East River.
	oiloncanvas.net /2005/queensboro_bridge.htm (87 words)

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