Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The Bear Mountain Bridge, originally built by a private venture in 1924, was sold to the Authority in 1940. The Authority dedicated the Kingston-Rhinecliff Bridge in 1957, the first span of the Newburgh-Beacon Bridge in 1963 and the second span in 1980. The Bridge Authority charges an auto cash toll of $1.75 for eastbound traffic on all five ...
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.
New York State Bar Association; New York State Bridge Authority This page was last edited on 6 January 2023, at 03:24 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative ...
The New York State Constitution, Art.X, sec. 5, provides that public benefit corporations may only be created by special act of the legislature. In City of Rye v. MTA, 24 N.Y.2d 627 (1969), the court of appeals explained that "The debates of the 1938 Convention indicate that the proliferation of public authorities after 1927 was the reason for the enactment of section 5 of article X....
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.
What's happening with funding to replace the aging Canal bridges. Funding for the project has remained tenuous since the project hit a wall in 2022 when the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers learned it ...
New York features bridges of many lengths and types, carrying vehicular, bicycle, pedestrian, and subway traffic. The George Washington Bridge, spanning the Hudson River between New York City and Fort Lee, New Jersey, is the world's busiest bridge in terms of vehicular traffic.