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  2. Taconic State Parkway - Wikipedia

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    The commission lowered the speed limit from 40 to 30 mph (65 to 50 km/h) to conserve fuel, limited maintenance to snow removal and mowing and kept streetlights off everywhere except the bridge throughout the war. [64] The speed limit on the section from Valhalla to Hawthorne was increased back to 40 mph until 1962. [65]

  3. Mackinac Bridge - Wikipedia

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    The bridge opened on November 1, 1957, [10] connecting two peninsulas linked for decades by ferries. At the time, the bridge was formally dedicated as the "world's longest suspension bridge between anchorages", allowing a superlative comparison to the Golden Gate Bridge, which has a longer center span between towers, and the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge, which has an anchorage in the middle.

  4. Interstate Highway standards - Wikipedia

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    The bridge was designed before the start of the Interstate Highway System, and it was grandfathered into the system. [7] Interstate 93 super two through Franconia Notch, New Hampshire. Interstate 93 through Franconia Notch, New Hampshire is also a notable exception, being a super two parkway with a speed limit of 45 mph (72 km/h).

  5. New state Route 16 bridge opens near Gig Harbor. The speed ...

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    The temporary lanes are gone and the speed limit is back to 60 for drivers from Port Orchard to Gig Harbor. Crews opened the new eastbound state Route 16 bridge in Purdy to traffic May 11, the ...

  6. Launching gantry - Wikipedia

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    A launching gantry (also called bridge building crane, and bridge-building machine) is a special-purpose mobile gantry crane used in bridge construction, specifically segmental bridges that use precast box girder bridge segments or precast girders in highway and high-speed rail bridge construction projects. The launching gantry is used to lift ...

  7. U.S. Route 301 in Maryland - Wikipedia

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    The exceptions include the Governor Harry W. Nice Bridge across the Potomac River and the Chesapeake Bay Bridge across the Chesapeake Bay and the respective bridges' approach roads and toll plazas, which are maintained by the Maryland Transportation Authority. [1] US 301 is a part of the National Highway System for its entire length. [1] [6]

  8. George Washington Bridge - Wikipedia

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    It has an upper level that carries four lanes in each direction and a lower level with three lanes in each direction, for a total of 14 lanes of travel. The speed limit on the bridge is 45 mph (72 km/h). The bridge's upper level also carries pedestrian and bicycle traffic.

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