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The Hell Gate Bridge's main span in front of the Robert F. Kennedy Bridge's suspension span. When the Triborough (now RFK) Bridge nearby was first proposed in 1920, Lindenthal suggested that the Hell Gate Bridge's main span could be retrofitted with an upper deck for vehicular and pedestrian use, [155] a proposal that he repeated in 1924. [156]
Officially known as the Robert F. Kennedy Bridge Hell Gate Bridge: 1916: 1,020 310: 3 rail tracks (2 of Northeast Corridor, 1 of New York Connecting Railroad) Rikers Island Bridge: 1966: 4,200.0 1,280.16: 2 lanes of roadway: Only connects Rikers Island to Queens Bronx–Whitestone Bridge: 1939: 3,770.0 1,149.10: 6 lanes of I-678 (Whitestone ...
This became the Hell Gate Bridge, which was dedicated March 9, 1917. [131] The Hell Gate Bridge includes plate girder spans across both islands, as well as a through arch bridge across Hell Gate to the southeast. [328] [329] The bridge also includes an inverted bowstring truss section, with four 300-foot (91 m) long spans, across Little Hell ...
He explained that the Hell Gate Bridge only had enough space for five lanes of roadway, so a new bridge would have to be constructed parallel to it. [53] Though two mayoral committees endorsed the Tri-Borough plan, [54] as did several merchants' associations, [55] construction was delayed for a year because of a lack of funds. [56]
The first portion of the line was built by the Harlem River and Port Chester ... Construction of the Hell Gate Bridge began on March 1, 1912 and ended on ...
[1]: 20 Although the PRR ultimately decided to build tunnels under the river rather than a bridge, the two companies continued their relationship. The PRR hired Lindenthal in 1904 to work on the New York Connecting Railroad and lead the Hell Gate Bridge project. The completed bridge was dedicated by Lindenthal and the PRR on March 9, 1917.
The name "Hell Gate" is a corruption of the Low German or Dutch phrase Hellegat which means “bright gate”. It first appeared on a Dutch map as Helle Gadt. [2] The name was originally applied to the entirety of the East River, by Dutch explorer Adriaen Block, the first European known to have navigated the strait, who bestowed the name sometime during his 1614–1616 voyage aboard the Onrust ...
Mohawk workers began to settle in New York City as early as 1916. The Hell Gate Bridge was one of the first construction projects Mohawk workers participated in. [4] [10] Almost every major construction project in New York City since has involved Mohawk workers.