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The New York State Bridge Authority (NYSBA) is a public benefit corporation in New York State, United States.The NYSBA was born out of the necessity to build a bridge over the Hudson River to link the city of Hudson and the village of Catskill.
Oldest surviving bridge in New York City Alexander Hamilton Bridge: 1963: 2,375 724: 8 lanes of I-95 and US 1: Washington Bridge: 1888: 2,375 723.9: 6 lanes of roadway: University Heights Bridge: 1908: 269 82: 2 lanes of roadway: Broadway Bridge: 1962: 558.0 170.08: 4 lanes of Broadway/ US 9 and the train: Also known as Harlem Ship Canal Bridge ...
The bridge, owned by the New York State Bridge Authority (NYSBA), carries two lanes of traffic and approximately 17,000 vehicles per day. It was designed by David B. Steinman and the builders were Harris Structural Steel and Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation, and is the second northernmost, and second newest, of the five bridges that NYSBA owns and operates.
Opinion: New York lawmakers must invest in mental health services aimed at preventing suicide. Efforts on our bridges do not go far enough.
After four suicide attempts and two known fatalities on Hudson Valley bridges this year, lawmakers are urging NYSBA to implement restriction fencing.
Caissons weighing 66,000 tons were sunk into the riverbed; dirt was removed by crews working in a pressurized environment. The 315-foot-tall (96 m) Gothic steel towers were constructed in April 1929. Three years after opening, ownership was transferred to the New York State Bridge Authority in 1933, shortly after the Authority was created.
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey started the process for a $1 toll increase at the Lincoln and Holland tunnels, as well as the George Washington, Bayonne and Goethals bridges and the ...
The bridge was built by the newly created New York State Bridge Authority, opening on July 2, 1935, at a cost of $2.4 million ($53,340,000 with inflation [2]). A fireworks display marked the 50th anniversary of the bridge's construction in 1985. [3] A multi-year repainting project was completed in 2009 which removed all lead-based paint.