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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.
The Brooklyn Bridge, Williamsburg Bridge, George Washington Bridge, and Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge were the world's longest suspension bridges when opened in 1883, [2] 1903, [3] 1931, [4] and 1964 [5] respectively. There are 789 bridges and tunnels in New York.
The Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority (TBTA), doing business as MTA Bridges and Tunnels, is an affiliate agency of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority that operates seven toll bridges and two tunnels in New York City. The TBTA is the largest bridge and tunnel toll agency in the United States by traffic volume.
Opinion: New York lawmakers must invest in mental health services aimed at preventing suicide. Efforts on our bridges do not go far enough.
The consortium that built the Gov. Mario M. Cuomo Bridge sued the New York State Thruway Authority Friday, the latest salvo in a three-year legal battle over nearly $1 billion in disputed costs.
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.
About 8% of bridges in New York, or nearly 1,600, had the lowest condition rating of poor. That included 68 in Westchester County and 61 in Monroe County. By contrast, about 7% of bridges ...
To accommodate the new six-lane span, Nassau County and New York City spent $2.5 million for approach road rights-of-way. The new Atlantic Beach Bridge, designed by Hardesty & Hanover, opened to traffic on May 10, 1952, at a cost of $9.5 million. The new span is 1,173 feet (358 m) long with a 33-foot (10 m) vertical clearance. [2] [7] [8 ...