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Title: The Great north side, or, Borough of the Bronx, New York
Year: 1897 (1890s)
Authors: Durst, Seymour B., 1913-, former owner. NNC North Side Board of Trade (Bronx, New York, N.Y.)
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Publisher: New York : Knickerbocker Press
Contributing Library: Columbia University Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: The Durst Organization

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ecting link with Manhattan (aland. The total cost was $492,295. During the construction of the new Third Avenue Bridge,this structure has proved entirely inadequate to carry thetraffic, and now that the avenues leading to it on the southside have been improved by modern paving, and 138th Streeton the North Side is to be widened to 100 feet, the presentbridge should be removed and replaced by a better one,having well paved roadways and easier approaches. SEVENTH AVENUE BRIDGE. In 1886, it was decided to build a viaduct from Wash-ington Heights to connect vrith a bridge over the Harlem at155th Street. Work was commenced on the viaduct in 1890,under the direction of the Department of Public Works, andit was opened to the public in 1893. It has a total lengthof 1500 feet, and crosses over the elevated railroad, withwhich it is connected by stairways. The roadway, 40 feetwide, is paved with granite blocks laid in cement, and thesidewalks on each side, 10 feet wide, are also laid in cement.
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L52 The Great North Side. It was built at a cost of $789,000, one half the expense beingborne by the property benefited, and the other by the cityat large. The bi •idge proper, was authorized by Chapter 207, Lawsof 1890, which specifies that no surface railroad shall cross it.It was built by the Department of Public Parks, and is 731feet long, being made up of a swing draw 400 feet long, atruss 225 feet long over the N. Y. Central <fe Hudson RiverR. R. Companys tracks, and a viaduct 106 feet long connect-in- fche t wo. The draw span is 2f) feet on each side, when open.It weighs 2400 tons, and is the heaviest in the world. Itis supported on a circular granite pier, built on a steelcaisson, w hich rests on solid rock. It turns on 12S cast steelrollers arranged in two concentric rings and is opened orclosed by a <T5 horse-power engine in 1\ minutes. rl ne flooring is of steel buckle plates, paved with asphaltwhic

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