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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]
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Because of complaints about maritime navigational clearance, the Department of War approved an increase in the Harlem River fixed bridge's height to 55 feet (17 m), as well as an increase in the length of the Hell Gate suspension bridge's main span from 1,100 to 1,380 feet (340 to 420 m).
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.
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 ...
Image credits: Campanile Fine Art, Inc. Artwork by Dario Campanile On October 2, 1932, The New York Herald-Tribune published an image that captured the curious eyes of millions of people. Many ...
Golden Gate Bridge: 1,280 m (4,200 ft) 2,737 m (8,980 ft) Suspension Steel truss deck, steel pylons 2x3 lanes 343+1280+343: ... Hell Gate. 1917: New York City
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 ...