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	Triborough Bridge (I-278) (via CobWeb/3.1 planet03.csc.ncsu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		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.
		In 1933, Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia appointed Moses as the chairman of the Triborough Bridge Authority.
		Triborough Bridge and I-278 shields by Ralph Herman.
	www.nycroads.com.cob-web.org:8888 /crossings/triborough (3694 words)

	Triborough Bridge - To Randall's Island across Harlem River - Wired New York Forum
		With the Triborough Bridge, which opened on this date in 1936 and is seen here during construction the year before, he achieved his ambition on an epic scale.
		The Triborough opened 70 years ago today, and the anniversary is prompting a reappraisal of Robert Moses, who, although he never learned to drive, rolled out a concrete carpet to the suburbs that changed the face of New York.
		Moses regarded the public authority created to build the Triborough as his most durable political base and the bridge itself as the nexus of a highway system that would first open the region’s parks and beaches to day-trippers and then flood the suburbs and remote parts of Queens and the Bronx with commuters.
	www.wirednewyork.com /forum/showthread.php?t=2884 (1028 words)

	Resin due
		The Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority (TBTA), part of the Metropolitan Transportation Agency, is responsible for the Queens Midtown Tunnel, as well as the Verrazano, Throgs Neck, Whitestone and Marine Parkway bridges--all means of access and egress between boroughs within the city.
		Both American Bridge and Koch have their own steel fabrication facilities, but for work of this complexity it was preferable to employ a company with broad experience in working with epoxies and other high-tech coatings.
		For improved drainage, the suspended span of the bridge is being elevated using the new orthotropic deck.
	www.roadsbridges.com /rb/index.cfm/powergrid/rfah=\|cfap=/CFID/78199/CFTOKEN/96979153/fuseaction/showArticle/articleID/4614 (1088 words)

	Bridges and Tunnels in New York and New Jersey in the United States
		All of its bridges did have non-motorized access, but it has become less friendly to non-motorists since the sidewalks on the Outerbridge Crossing and the Goethals Bridge are out and the sidewalk on the George WASHINGTON Bridge is closed overnight.
		The Henry HUDSON Bridge, the Marine Parkway Gil HODGES Memorial Bridge and the Cross Bay Veterans Memorial Bridge of the Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority should no longer be tolled.
		The Bronx-Whitestone Bridge, the Throgs Neck Bridge and the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge of the Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority and the Lincoln Tunnel, the Holland Tunnel, the Goethals Bridge and the Outerbridge Crossing of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey without non-motorized access pose substantial problems.
	www.geocities.com /jusjih/us-ny-nj-bridges-tunnels.html (5619 words)

	Big Apple History . Building the Big Apple . The Triborough Bridge \| PBS KIDS GO!
		Before Moses started work on it in the mid-1930s, the Triborough Bridge was known as "the Bridge to Nowhere" because for years a small but prominent part of it stood unfinished.
		The bridge required so much concrete that cement factories throughout the Eastern United States that closed as a result of the Great Depression were re-opened just to make the concrete for the bridge.
		The Triborough Bridge is a combination of roadways and bridges.
	pbskids.org /bigapplehistory/building/topic25.html (383 words)

	New York @ NorthEastRoads.com - Interstate 278 Triborough Bridge / Bruckner Expressway East
		The western branch of the Triborough Bridge consists of the Harlem River lift span between Randalls Island and Manhattan Island.
		Bridges over the Bronx Kill are low in height and not required to accommodate shipping traffic as the waterway is not navigable.
		New England and the Throgs Neck Bridge are signed as the destinations for the Interstate 278 connections with Interstate 95 north and Interstate 295 south at the Bruckner Interchange.
	www.northeastroads.com /i-278d_ny.html (2472 words)

	Triborough Bridge - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		TRIBOROUGH BRIDGE [Triborough Bridge] New York City, connecting the boroughs of Manhattan, the Bronx, and Queens.
		Completed in 1936, it comprises three separate sections—a bridge crossing the East River, a bridge spanning the Harlem River, and a fixed bridge across the Bronx Hills.
		Stelax Industries, Ltd. Announces NUOVINOX Grid Flooring Is Specified for Use By the Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority of New York City.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-triborou.html (235 words)

	Hell Gate Bridge (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		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.
		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.
		Since the bridge was deemed structurally sound by Amtrak president W. Graham Claytor, Jr., he saw little need for spending money for "cosmetic purposes." Buttressed by a 1991 article in The New Yorker on what Moynihan called "a great engineering miracle," Congress appropriated $55 million to repair and refurbish the Hell Gate Bridge.
	www.hellgatebridge.org (367 words)

	Triborough Bridge
		The Triborough Bridge, the authority's flagship facility, opened in 1936.
		It is actually three bridges, a viaduct, and 14 miles of approach roads connecting Manhattan, Queens, and the Bronx.
		The Manhattan branch is the Harlem River Lift Bridge, which links the Harlem River Drive, the FDR Drive, and 125th Street, Harlem's commercial and cultural center.
	www.mta.nyc.ny.us /bandt/html/triboro.htm (237 words)

	Bridge Marks 70 Years
		MTA Bridges and Tunnels, the city Department of Parks and Recreation, local officials, community leaders and children celebrated the 1936 joint opening of the bridge and Randall's Island Park, beginning with a parade of vintage cars from the foot of the bridge in Astoria Park at 10 a.m.
		The Triborough Bridge and the 14 miles of highway approaches that were built as part of its construction were at the heart of the city's emerging system of highways.
		The Triborough Bridge was originally to be a municipal project financed by New York City bonds or corporate stock and repaid by tolls.
	www.qgazette.com /news/2006/0712/Front_page (967 words)

	Triborough Bridge - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Triborough Bridge is a complex of three bridges connecting the New York City boroughs of the Bronx, Manhattan, and Queens, using what were two islands, Ward's Island and Randall's Island as intermediate rights-of-way between the water crossings.
		The bridges span the Hell Gate (a tidal channel of the East River), Harlem River, and Bronx Kill.
		The toll revenues from the Triborough Bridge and the other bridges operated by the Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority (TBTA) were and are enormous, amounting to USD$933.1 million in 2002.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Triborough_Bridge (758 words)

	Bicycle Blueprint - Usable Bridges With Stairway Obstacles
		Although the following bridges are open to cyclists, stairs impose a serious obstacle for riders who have trouble hoisting a bike, particularly those burdened with equipment — child carriers, heavy saddlebags, trailers.
		Unfortunately, TBTA regulations, in effect on the Triborough and all other Authority spans, require cyclists to walk the entire 2-mile passage (although this rule is rarely enforced).
		Stairs at the Queens entrance/exit and at each of the bridge's towers are not only inconvenient, but dangerous for descending cyclists unfamiliar with the bridge.
	transalt.org /blueprint/chapter5/chapter5d.html (342 words)

	Skanska dives into new job on Triborough Bridge Real Estate Weekly - Find Articles
		The assignment is primarily for the replacement of bridge deck on approximately 1,200 meters of the Randalls Island and Wards Island Approach Viaduct.
		The Triborough Bridge is actually comprised of three bridges, a viaduct and 23 kilometers of approach roads connecting Manhattan, Queens and the Bronx.
		The longest span of the Bridge is the East River suspension section to Queens, which connects with the Grand Central Parkway and the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, as well as the neighborhood of Astoria.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m3601/is_2_52/ai_n15379770 (339 words)

	NY1: Queens
		It was a marvel of architecture at the time it was built, and today, the Triborough Bridge turned 70.
		The Triborough was built during the years of the Great Depression at a cost of $60 million.
		Bridges prior to the Triborough were built to accommodate heavy use by trains as well as horses and carriages.
	www.ny1.com /ny1/content/index.jsp?stid=10&aid=60912 (452 words)

	Kane v Triborough Bridge & Tunnel Auth. (2004 NYSlipOp 04296)
		Triborough Bridge & Tunnel Authority, Appellant, et al., Defendants.
		As Wagner's vehicle entered the metal grating that comprises the lift span of the Marine Parkway-Gil Hodges Memorial Bridge, it skidded and crossed over the center line, where it was struck by an oncoming vehicle.
		appellant, the defendant Triborough Bridge & Tunnel Authority (hereinafter the TBTA) negligently maintained the bridge's metal grating in a worn and slippery condition.
	www.courts.state.ny.us /reporter/3dseries/2004/2004_04296.htm (778 words)

	Verrazzano Narrows Suspension Bridge
		In 1959 the Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority appointed Othmar Ammann to design the colossal Verrazzano Narrows Bridge.
		These distances are so high and far apart that in designing the bridge it was necessary to take into account the curvature of the earth.
		On November 21, 1964 the Verrazzano Narrows Bridge opened and held the claim as the longest suspension bridge in the world.
	bridgepros.com /projects/Verrazzano/Verrazzano.htm (370 words)

	Hell Gate Bridge (via CobWeb/3.1 planet03.csc.ncsu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Prior to the selection of the current design, three competing designs for a bridge with an 850-foot main span over the Hell Gate were considered: a stiffened suspension bridge with eyebar chains, a three-span continuous truss bridge, and a three-span cantilever bridge.
		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.
		Fortunately, the Hell Gate Bridge was evolved under such conditions, and therefore may be said to be one of the finest creations of engineering art of great size that this century has produced.
	www.nycroads.com.cob-web.org:8888 /crossings/hell-gate (1905 words)

	New York Daily News - Boroughs - 145th St. Bridge closes for rebuilding (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Bridge, while the 101-year-old swing span bridge is dismantled.
		The bridge will reopen one lane in each direction in March, and completely reopen in July, with the $70 million project winding up by September 2007.
		This is the first total reconstruction of the steel-frame swing bridge, which pivots on its central span to allow tall boats to pass.
	www.nydailynews.com /boroughs/story/467352p-393323c.html (383 words)

	Berenice Abbott: Tri-Borough Bridge (3) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Opened in July 1936, the Triborough Bridge was not a single bridge but a 17-mile network of bridges and roads connecting Manhattan, Queens, and the Bronx.
		Unlike the older Manhattan, Williamsburg, and Queensboro Bridges, which emptied directly into local traffic, the Triborough pioneered a new approach to automobile circulation, relying on cloverleafs and long stretches of highway to move traffic smoothly to the city's streets.
		The bridge was begun in 1929, shortly before the stock market crash, and languished until 1934, when Moses secured federal loans of $45 million.
	www.mcny.org /collections/abbott/a233.htm (371 words)

	NYCDOT - Grand Central Parkway Commercial Vehicles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Traffic congestion and high truck volumes in Astoria at the Triborough Bridge ramps, and along Astoria Boulevard between the bridge ramps and the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway (BQE), has been a concern to the community and to local and state agencies.
		These vehicles exiting the bridge intermingled with the traffic approaching the location on Hoyt Avenue South: 763 vehicles per hour during the AM peak, 572 per hour during the midday, and 856 per hour during the PM peak.
		Westbound vehicles traveling from the BQE to the Triborough Bridge were also required to exit onto Astoria Boulevard North and use the local street network to access the Bridge from the 29th Street ramp.
	www.nyc.gov /html/dot/html/motorist/gcpcommveh.html (1026 words)

	Triborough Bridge - Long Island New York
		The name Triborough Bridge is inappropriate for the large and complex network of approach roads and multiple spans that serve to inter-link the 3 boroughs.
		The Triborough Bridge that has such a central role in New York’s logistics today had a difficult gestation in the early part of the last century.
		The Triborough Bridge had run up a $ 60 million tab by the time it was ready for inauguration by President Roosevelt.
	www.longislandexchange.com /longisland/TriboroughBridge.html (539 words)

	Cross Harlem Expressway (unbuilt)
		by the Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority and the Port of New York Authority, was to have been an elevated expressway connecting the Triborough Bridge with a proposed "Hudson River Crossing" to Edgewater, New Jersey.
		The arrangements for the Narrows Bridge are one proof of this.
		To get the Narrows Bridge built, the Port Authority had to give up another bridge that it had been anxious to build; it had to allocate for the Narrows span the money it had been planning to spend on the 125th Street span, and formally agree to "defer" that span indefinitely.
	www.nycroads.com /roads/cross-harlem (444 words)

	..:: Queens Courier Online ::..
		Work on the bridge began in 1929, under Mayor Jimmy Walker, but was soon stalled until 1932 because of lack of funds, following the Great Depression.
		In 1933, the project was reborn when New York City Parks Commissioner and master builder, Robert Moses, became Chairman of the Triborough Bridge Authority and convinced then governor Al Smith to fund and resume construction.
		Moses, and distinguished bridge designer Walter Ammann, who at the time was the chief engineer at the Port of New York Authority, jumpstarted the bridge project's revival.
	www.queenscourier.com /articles/2006/07/14/news/news01.txt (365 words)

	Home (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Stay to the left on the bridge and follow the sign to the left towards Randall's Island/Downing Stadium.
		After going over the bridge, and prior to paying the toll, stay to the right towards Manhattan and Randalls Island.
		When entering bridge stay to right and be ready for a sharp right turn towards Manhattan and Randalls Island.
	www.columbia.edu /cu/wrugby/html/nfdir.html (399 words)

	Chas H. Sells, Inc. \| Bridge Inspection Services
		SELLS was first selected to provide biennial bridge inspection and miscellaneous repair design services to the TBTA in 1997, and is currently progressing their sixth contract for the Authority.
		The total length of the bridge and its approaches totals 10,839 feet long with a 1,800 foot long main suspension span flanked by two side spans each 555 feet long.
		Opened in 1936, the Triborough Bridge is the TBTA's Flagship facility, connecting the NYC boroughs of Manhattan, the Bronx, and the Queens.
	www.chashsells.com /Services/BridgeInsp/projects/TBTA.htm (584 words)

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