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5 lanes of Third Avenue: Crosses: Harlem River: Locale: Manhattan and the Bronx, New York City: Other name(s) 3rd Avenue Bridge: Owner: City of New York: Maintained by: NYCDOT [1] Preceded by: Madison Avenue Bridge: Followed by: Willis Avenue Bridge: Characteristics; Design: Swing bridge: Total length: 2,800 feet (853.44 m) [1] Longest span ...
The IRT Third Avenue Line, commonly known as the Third Avenue Elevated, Third Avenue El, or Bronx El, was an elevated railway in Manhattan and the Bronx, New York City. Originally operated by the New York Elevated Railway, an independent railway company, it was acquired by the Interborough Rapid Transit Company (IRT) and eventually became part ...
Station is closed ( Details about time periods ) The Williamsbridge–210th Street station ( Gun Hill Road–210th Street at time of closure) was the penultimate station on the demolished IRT Third Avenue Line in the Bronx , New York City .
Third Avenue elevated: Bronx: October 4, 1920: April 28, 1973: Upper level for the subway opened March 3, 1917 as part of the Dual Contracts. The lower level for the elevated was built at the same time but not opened until October 4, 1920. The lower level was an island platform with two tracks. The Third Avenue elevated closed on April 28, 1973.
The last closure of the Brent Spence Bridge, by comparison, lasted 41 days. It closed Nov. 11, 2020, after a semi-truck crashed into a truck that had jackknifed on the Brent Spence and set off a fire.
A construction worker was killed and two people were taken to the hospital after a portion of a crane dropped onto the Southeast Third Avenue bridge over the New River in downtown Fort Lauderdale ...
[23] [26] [27] The conversion of the Willis Avenue Line occurred in 1941, as part of the conversion of the Third Avenue Bridge and Willis Avenue Bridge into one-way spans between the Bronx and Manhattan. The new traffic pattern was instituted on the morning of August 5, 1941, and bus service along the former streetcar route began that afternoon.
Third Avenue was unpaved like most urban streets until the late 19th century. In May 1861, according to a letter to the editor of The New York Times, the street was the scene of practice marching for the poorly equipped troops in the 7th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment: "The men were not in uniform, but very poorly dressed, — in many cases with flip-flap shoes.