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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 ...
Central Bridge is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) within the towns of Schoharie and Esperance in Schoharie County, New York, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 740. [3] Central Bridge is in northeastern Schoharie County, in the northwestern part of the town of Schoharie and the southwestern section of Esperance.
By the 1840s, members of the city's elite were publicly calling for the construction of a new large park in Manhattan. [3] At the time, Manhattan's seventeen squares comprised a combined 165 acres (67 ha) of land, [4] constituting less than one percent of Manhattan's total area. [5]
"The Rehabilitation of Bethesda Terrace: The Terrace Bridge and Landscape, Central Park, New York". Bulletin of the Association for Preservation Technology. 18 (3): 24– 38. doi:10.2307/1494116. JSTOR 1494116. Reynolds, Donald (1994). The Architecture of New York City: Histories and Views of Important Structures, Sites, and Symbols. J. Wiley.
The George Westinghouse Jr. Birthplace and Boyhood Home is a historic home located at Central Bridge in Schoharie County, New York.The property includes two 19th-century residences, two small barns, a well house and privy, as well as the site of a combined blacksmith shop and threshing machine works.
The Grand Central Parkway (GCP) is a 14.61-mile (23.51 km) controlled-access parkway that stretches from the Triborough Bridge in New York City to the Queens–Nassau County line on Long Island. At the Nassau County line, it becomes the Northern State Parkway , which runs across the northern part of Long Island into Suffolk County , where it ...
In 1929 the city, the state, and New York Central agreed on the West Side Improvement Project, [57] conceived by New York City park commissioner Robert Moses. [62] The 13-mile (21 km) project eliminated 105 street-level railroad crossings, added 32 acres (13 ha) to Riverside Park, and included construction of the West Side Elevated Highway. [63]
The Pond and Midtown Manhattan from Gapstow Bridge in 2019. The Pond and Hallett Nature Sanctuary are two connected features at the southeastern corner of Central Park in Manhattan, New York City. It is located near Grand Army Plaza, across Central Park South from the Plaza Hotel, and slightly west of Fifth Avenue. The Pond is one of seven ...