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Employees from MTA Bridges and Tunnels are pumping 43 million gallons of water out of each of the tubes of the Hugh L. Carey Tunnel (formerly the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel).
Photo: Metropolitan Transportation Authority / Patrick Cashin.
Officers gathered at the King Fook Funeral Home on Fort Hamilton Parkway in Brooklyn to mourn the passing of MTA Bridges and Tunnels Officer Thomas Choi, who was struck by a motorist while performing his duties at the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge Oct. 20, 2013. He succumbed to his injuries without ever regaining consciousness on Dec. 29, 2014. Officer Choi is the first MTA Bridges and Tunnels Officer to die in the line of duty in the history of the agency.
Photo: Metropolitan Transportation Authority / Patrick Cashin.
Employees from MTA Bridges and Tunnels are pumping 43 million gallons of water out of each of the tubes of the Hugh L. Carey Tunnel (formerly the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel).
Photo: Metropolitan Transportation Authority / Patrick Cashin.
Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel Norfolk, Va. Toll Plaza on Norfolk side and entrance to Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel Published by Bender Enterprises, Virginia Beach, Va.; printed by Colourpicter Publishers, Boston 30, Mass; "Plastichrome" card #P64393 (N-100), not postally used, dates from 1960s
From the CBBT website:
The Bridge-Tunnel project is a four-lane 20-mile-long vehicular toll crossing of the lower Chesapeake Bay. The facility carries US 13, the main north-south highway on Virginia's Eastern Shore, and provides the only direct link between Virginia's Eastern Shore and south Hampton Roads, Virginia. The crossing consists of a series of low-level trestles interrupted by two approximately one-mile-long tunnels beneath Thimble Shoals and Chesapeake navigation channels. The manmade islands, each approximately 5.25 acres in size, are located at each end of the two tunnels. There are also high level bridges over two other navigation channels: North Channel Bridge and Fisherman Inlet Bridge. Finally, between North Channel and Fisherman Inlet, the facility crosses at-grade over Fisherman Island, a barrier island which includes the Fisherman Island National Wildlife Refuge administered by the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Toll collection facilities are located at each end of the facility.
Official Name:
Lucius J. Kellam, Jr. Bridge-Tunnel
Operated by:
The Chesapeake Bay Bridge and Tunnel Commission
Route:
US 13 connecting Virginia Beach/Norfolk to Virginia's Eastern Shore
On Monday, October 22, 2012, the former Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel was renamed the Hugh L. Carey Tunnel in honor of New York State's 51st Governor.
The ceremony was attended by New York State Lieutenant Governor Robert J. Duffy, NYC Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, former Governor Mario Cuomo, former Governor and MTA Board member David A. Paterson, MTA Chairman and CEO Joseph J. Lhota, members of the Carey family, and staff of MTA Bridges and Tunnels.
Photo: Metropolitan Transportation Authority / Patrick Cashin.
IRT 'Low Voltage' Trailer 4902 (1917)
Manufacturer: Pullman Company, Pullman, Illinois (1917)
Service: 1917-1964
Routes: All IRT Lines
Like other subway cars, low voltage (or Lo-V) cars draw 600 voltes of direct electric current from the third rail for power, but they use a much lower current--32 volts coming from btteries--to operate the motor controller and door controls. By sending a lower voltage of electricity into the interior of the cars, the motorman was protected from electrocution. In addition, low voltage cars allowed for automatic car acceleration.
When the IRT subway first opened, it ran "composite" cars--wooden bodies sheathed in copper. These were eventually replaced by all-steel cars. The low voltage cars resembled the IRT standard all-steel car design developed in 2901 by George Gibbs.
The design, modified in 2904, was altered again in 1910 to include a center door. Car number 4902 was part of the second series of low-voltage motor and trailer cars delivered to the IRT in 1917. These cars had a few cosmetic alterations from the first series delivered in 1916. For example, car numbers once painted on the window glass now appeared on steel plates, and brass window sashes replaced wooden ones.
The New York Transit Museum, located in the decommissioned Court Street subway station at Boerum Place, was opened 1976 by the New York City Transit Authority and taken over in the mid-1990s by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA). The museum includes subway, bus, railway, bridge, and tunnel memorabilia; and other exhibits including vintage signage and in-vehicle advertisements; and models and dioramas of subway, bus, and other equipment.
Officers gathered at the King Fook Funeral Home on Fort Hamilton Parkway in Brooklyn to mourn the passing of MTA Bridges and Tunnels Officer Thomas Choi, who was struck by a motorist while performing his duties at the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge Oct. 20, 2013. He succumbed to his injuries without ever regaining consciousness on Dec. 29, 2014. Officer Choi is the first MTA Bridges and Tunnels Officer to die in the line of duty in the history of the agency.
Photo: Metropolitan Transportation Authority / Patrick Cashin.
MTA Bridges and Tunnels wraps up installation of new environmentally friendly LED lights at the Bronx-Whitestone Bridge, the last of the agency’s four suspended spans to upgrade its “necklace” light fixtures that are part of the bridges’ architectural features. Photo: Metropolitan Transportation Authority / Patrick Cashin
After nearly 80 years in the salty sea-air, the Marine Parkway-Gil Hodges Memorial Bridge is getting major upgrades and repairs to its lift span mechanical and electrical systems, structural steel and grid-deck repairs, bridge painting, and new fire line system and hydrants. Photo: MTA Bridges and Tunnels
MT Brooklyn Union Elevated Car Number 1407 (1907)
Car Manufacturer: Jewett Car Company (Newark, Ohio), 1907
Service: 1908-1969
Routes: Brooklyn elevated lines, 1908-1938; as Q Car on Astoria and Flushing lines, 1939-1949; Third Avenue Elevated, Manhattan, 1950-1955
In 1907 the BRT ordered 100 cars similar to car number 1407, which was typical of the self-propelled cars ordered after the BRT electrified its elevated lines in 1900. Steam engines pulled elevated trains before 1900. Despite electrification, the car design remained the same–lightweight wooden body coaches (mounted on steel underframes) that passengers entered and exited via open-air vestibules at each end. A conductor manually opened and closed the gates and rang a ceiling-mounted bell when passengers were safely on board to signal the motorman to proceed.
This car, along with the other Brooklyn Union cars in the collection, had a surprisingly long career. After 30 years of service on Brooklyn elevated lines the cars were modernized into Q cars (1407 was renumbered 1622C) and placed into service on the Flushing line (today’s 7 train), where they carried passengers to and from the 1939 World’s Fair. They were refitted with side doors and painted in the World’s Fair blue and orange color scheme. The Coney Island Overhaul Shop restored car 1407 to its original appearance in 1979. The Brooklyn Union cars are the oldest passenger vehicles in the New York Transit Museum’s collection.
The New York Transit Museum, located in the decommissioned Court Street subway station at Boerum Place, was opened 1976 by the New York City Transit Authority and taken over in the mid-1990s by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA). The museum includes subway, bus, railway, bridge, and tunnel memorabilia; and other exhibits including vintage signage and in-vehicle advertisements; and models and dioramas of subway, bus, and other equipment.
At the 2013 Atlantic Antic in Brooklyn, MTA Bridges and Tunnels showcased a number of the trucks and heavy machinery it uses to maintain the MTA's vehicular bridges and tunnels.
Photo: MTA Bridges and Tunnels.
Work being done on the $109 million reconstruction and widening of the Bronx-Whitestone Bridge’s Queens approach by contractors E.E. Cruz and Tully Construction Co. Photo: Metropolitan Transportation Authority / Patrick Cashin.
Officers gathered at the King Fook Funeral Home on Fort Hamilton Parkway in Brooklyn to mourn the passing of MTA Bridges and Tunnels Officer Thomas Choi, who was struck by a motorist while performing his duties at the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge Oct. 20, 2013. He succumbed to his injuries without ever regaining consciousness on Dec. 29, 2014. Officer Choi is the first MTA Bridges and Tunnels Officer to die in the line of duty in the history of the agency.
Photo: Metropolitan Transportation Authority / Patrick Cashin.
On Monday, October 22, 2012, the former Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel was renamed the Hugh L. Carey Tunnel in honor of New York State's 51st Governor.
The overall ceremony was attended by New York State Lieutenant Governor Robert J. Duffy, NYC Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, former Governor Mario Cuomo, former Governor and MTA Board member David A. Paterson, MTA Chairman and CEO Joseph J. Lhota, members of the Carey family, and staff of MTA Bridges and Tunnels.
Photo: Metropolitan Transportation Authority / Patrick Cashin.
On July 11, 2011, the MTA launched MTA App Quest, a competition challenging tech developers to create software applications that increase access to information and improve the travel experience for customers of New York’s subways, buses, railroads and bridges and tunnels. Photo by Metropolitan Transportation Authority / Patrick Cashin.
Officers gathered at the King Fook Funeral Home on Fort Hamilton Parkway in Brooklyn to mourn the passing of MTA Bridges and Tunnels Officer Thomas Choi, who was struck by a motorist while performing his duties at the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge Oct. 20, 2013. He succumbed to his injuries without ever regaining consciousness on Dec. 29, 2014. Officer Choi is the first MTA Bridges and Tunnels Officer to die in the line of duty in the history of the agency.
Photo: Metropolitan Transportation Authority / Patrick Cashin.
El desarrollo moderno de Odaiba comenzó después del éxito de la Expo '85 que tuvo lugar en Tsukuba. La economía japonesa de la década de 1980 estaba avanzando a grandes pasos, y Odaiba fue entonces conceptualizado como una vitrina para mostrar un estilo futurista de vida. Con una inversión de diez mil millones de dólares, se desarrolló la isla habitacional, la cual fue abierta en 1993, y sufrió unos primeros años de estancamiento urbano, ya que la crisis japonesa de la década de 1990 no permitió su rápida colonización.
En 1996, Odaiba fue replaneada como un área comercial y de entretenimiento, lo cual revitalizó a la isla. La apertura de hoteles y centros comerciales, fue seguida por la construcción de los estudios de televisión Fuji TV. Varias compañías mudaron sus casas matriz a la isla.
Odaiba se une a Tokio a través de varios puentes y túneles, incluyendo el puente colgante Rainbow Bridge. Sobre este último, corre el sistema de transporte automático Yurikamome. Adicionalmente, una línea de ferrys opera entre Odaiba y la ciudad.
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The modern development of Odaiba started after the success of Expo '85 held in Tsukuba. The Japanese economy of the 1980s was forging ahead, and Odaiba was then conceptualized as a showcase for futuristic style of life. With an investment of ten billion dollars, the island was developed housing, which was opened in 1993, and suffered some early urban stagnation, as the Japanese crisis of the 1990s did not allow its rapid colonization.
In 1996, Odaiba was replaneada as a shopping and entertainment area, which revitalized the island. The opening of hotels and shopping centers, was followed by the construction of television studios Fuji TV. Several companies moved their parent companies to the island.
Odaiba Tokyo joins through several bridges and tunnels, including the suspension bridge Rainbow Bridge. On the latter, you run the automatic transport system Yurikamome. Additionally, a line of ferries operating between the city and Odaiba.
The Seekonk River Drawbridge is a defunct Scherzer rolling lift railway bridge which spans the Seekonk River, connecting the city of Providence, Rhode Island, to the suburb of East Providence. Stuck in the open position since its abandonment in 1976, it is known to nearby residents as the "Stuck-Up Bridge" and has become somewhat of a local icon of urban decay.
On Wednesday, September 18, 2013, MTA Chairman Thomas F. Prendergast, third from left, awarded a commendation to members of MTA Bridges and Tunnels who had saved two people from a burning truck at the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge on July 22.
Left to right: Bridge and Tunnel Officer John Esposito, Executive Vice President and Chief of Operations James Fortunato, Chairman Prendergast and Bridge and Tunnel Officer Jimmy Moy.
BANDS LISTED OFF OF THE FEST WEBSITE/BANNER/POSTER:
A Love Dog
A Wilhelm Scream
ADD/C
A.N.S.
Able Baker Fox
Affirmative Action Jackson
Alligator
Amateur Party
American Cheeseburger
Ampere
Anchor Arms
Andrew Jackson Jihad
Ann Beretta (LAST SHOW EVER)
Antillectual
Antlers
Apeshit
Armalite
Assholeparade
Atom and His Package
Austin Lucas (& Bob Lucas)
Averkiou
Bang Bang
Banner Pilot
Battle!
Belly Button
Benard
Billy Reese Peters
Bitchin Summer
Black Cobra
Black Tusk
Bomb the Music Industry!
Brainworms
Brazil UFO
Bridge and Tunnel
Broadway Calls
Brook Pridemore
Building The State
Cassette
Casting Out
Cheap Girls
Cheap Tragedies
Cheeky
Chillerton
Chinese Telephones
Chris Wollard & The Ship Thieves
City of Ships
Cloak/Dagger
Coalesce
Cobra Skulls
Colossus
Comadre
Crash/Burn/Repeat
Dan Padilla
Daniel Striped Tiger
Dead Friends
Dead to Me
Dear Landlord
Deep Sleep
Delay
Dillinger Four
Dirty Tactics
Drag the River
Drunken Boat
Dukes of Hillsborough
Dynamite Arrows
Environmental Youth Crunch
Eric Ayotte
Everybody Out!
FC Five
Fake Problems
Fin Fang Foom
Fiya
Forensics
Former Cell Mates
Foundation
Foundation / Rob Huddleston
Four Star Alarm
Gatorface
Get Bent
Ghastly City Sleep
Ghost Buffalo
Ghost Mice
Gimme Drugs
Good Luck
Government Warning
Grabass Charlestons
Halo Fauna
Hawks and Doves
Hi-Fi Handgrenades
Hour of the Wolf
In Defence
Iron Chic
Jammy Dodgers
Japanther
Jena Berlin
Josh Small
LaSalle
Landmines
Laura Stevenson and The Cans
Leatherface
Lemuria
Less Than Jake
Look Mexico
Madeline
Magruder
Maruta
Matt Kurz One
Matty Pop Chart
Mehkago N.T.
Mike Hale
Mose Giganticus
Mouthbreather
Municipal Waste
Nervous Dogs
New Bruises
New Mexican Disaster Squad
Ninja Gun
No More
No People
No Trigger
None More Black
North Lincoln
Nothington
O Pioneers!
OK Pilot
Off With Their Heads
Olehole
One Win Choice
Paint it Black
Party Garbage
Paul Baribeau
Pegasuses XL
Pink Razors
Polar Bear Club
Power Douglas
Pretty Boy Thorson and the Falling Angels
Rager
Ready the Jet
Rehasher
Religious as Fuck
Rest of Us
Ringers
Ruiner
Saw Wheel
Scouts Honor
Screaming Females
Shark Pants
Shellshag
Shinobu
Shook Ones
Shot Baker
Sinaloa
Sista Sekunden
Slingshot Dakota
Star Fucking Hipsters
Static Radio
Stressface
Strike Anywhere
Suicide Note
The American Etiquette
The Arrivals
The Blacklist Royals
The Bouncing Souls
The Brokedowns
The Copyrights
The Emotron
The Ergs!
The Falcon
The Flatliners
The Future Virgins
The Hidden Spots
The Holy Mountain
The Lawrence Arms
The Mae Shi
The Max Levine Ensemble
The Measure [SA]
The Menzingers
The Methadones
The Ones to Blame
The Pharmacy
The Riot Before
The Screaming Females
The Serious Geniuses
The Sidekicks
The Swellers
The Tim Version
The Underground Railroad To Candyland
The Wading Girl
This Bike is a Pipe Bomb
Thunderlip
Tiltwheel
Tin Armor
Toys That Kill
Triclops!
Tubers
Two Cow Garage
Umoja Orchestra
Used Kids
Vaginasore Jr.
Vena Cava
Virgins
Vultures United
We Versus the Shark
Whiskey & Co.
Worn in Red
X.O.X.O.
You, Me, and The Atom Bomb
Young Hearts
Young Livers
Young Widows
Zoroaster
BANDS THAT MIGHT BE PLAYING, BUT ARE NOT LISTED ON THE FEST WEBSITE/BANNER/POSTER*:
A Whiskey a Dance a Fight and a Kiss Goodnight
Algernon Cadwallader
Anchor Down
Capsule
Dirty Money
Gordon Gano's Army
In The Red
Jonesin'
M.O.D.
Radon
Ramming Speed
Sakes Alive!!
Shang-A-Lang
Sharks Come Cruisin'
The Degenerics
The Serious Geniuses
The Scaries
The Takers
The Two Funerals
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Demolishing steel curb work on the Henry Hudson Bridge toll plaza lane as it progressed during a two-week period from March 24 to April 7, when the new wider toll lanes were reopened to traffic. Photo: MTA Bridges and Tunnels / Charles Passarella and David Caso.
NYC DEP Research scientist Chris Nadareski with falcon.Two baby boys and one baby girl peregrine falcons are banded atop the Brooklyn tower at the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge. Photo: Metropolitan Transportation Authority / Patrick Cashin
Placing removed section of existing center median on flatbed for trucking off site at Verrazano-Narrows Bridgeas part of upper deck replacement work. Photo: MTA Bridges and Tunnels / Tutor Perini
Persistent toll violator vehicles interdicted by TBTA at the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge.
(Marc A. Hermann / MTA)
At the 2013 Atlantic Antic in Brooklyn, MTA Bridges and Tunnels showcased a number of the trucks and heavy machinery it uses to maintain the MTA's vehicular bridges and tunnels.
Photo: MTA Bridges and Tunnels.
MTA Bridges and Tunnels wraps up installation of new environmentally friendly LED lights at the Bronx-Whitestone Bridge, the last of the agency’s four suspended spans to upgrade its “necklace” light fixtures that are part of the bridges’ architectural features. Photo: Metropolitan Transportation Authority / Patrick Cashin
On Monday, October 22, 2012, the former Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel was renamed the Hugh L. Carey Tunnel in honor of New York State's 51st Governor.
In this photo, Governor Carey's grandson, Hugh Carey, is at center, holding a new trailblazer sign.
The overall ceremony was attended by New York State Lieutenant Governor Robert J. Duffy, NYC Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, former Governor Mario Cuomo, former Governor and MTA Board member David A. Paterson, MTA Chairman and CEO Joseph J. Lhota, members of the Carey family, and staff of MTA Bridges and Tunnels.
Photo: Metropolitan Transportation Authority / Patrick Cashin.
MTA Bridges and Tunnels officials, Staten Island elected officials and family members of fallen MTA Bridge and Tunnel Officer Thomas Choi attended a solemn ceremony September 28, 2015 to rename a portion of Major Avenue in honor of Choi, who was critically injured at the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge in October 2013. Photo: Metropolitan Transportation Authority / Patrick Cashin
Street Near Verrazano-Narrows Bridge Renamed In Honor Of MTA Bridge and Tunnel Officer Thomas Choi
Photos I took during the taxi ride from LGA, where my flight from Toronto landed at 8:30AM, to Brooklyn Heights, where my cab driver dropped me off at the Mariott Hotel to wait until the bridges and tunnels reopened. Time stamps are approximate, since these were print photos that I scanned later.
Officers gathered at the King Fook Funeral Home on Fort Hamilton Parkway in Brooklyn to mourn the passing of MTA Bridges and Tunnels Officer Thomas Choi, who was struck by a motorist while performing his duties at the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge Oct. 20, 2013. He succumbed to his injuries without ever regaining consciousness on Dec. 29, 2014. Officer Choi is the first MTA Bridges and Tunnels Officer to die in the line of duty in the history of the agency.
Photo: Metropolitan Transportation Authority / Patrick Cashin.
Fellow "Flickr-holic" Bridges and Tunnels and I took our annual trip to Sydney's Northwest on 29 December 2015 to review progress on Metro Northwest (AKA the North West Rail Link).
Single file, the piers for the sky train approach Rouse Hill Town Centre on the eastern side of Windsor Road. The construction on the left will support the rail bridge over Windsor Road at this point as the line turns towards the west and Cudgegong Road station and the future train maintenance and storage facility.
Officers gathered at the King Fook Funeral Home on Fort Hamilton Parkway in Brooklyn to mourn the passing of MTA Bridges and Tunnels Officer Thomas Choi, who was struck by a motorist while performing his duties at the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge Oct. 20, 2013. He succumbed to his injuries without ever regaining consciousness on Dec. 29, 2014. Officer Choi is the first MTA Bridges and Tunnels Officer to die in the line of duty in the history of the agency.
Photo: Metropolitan Transportation Authority / Patrick Cashin.
The Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel crosses under the East River at its mouth and connects the Brooklyn and Manhattan. It consists of twin tubes, carrying an aggregate of four traffic lanes, and at 9,117 feet (2,779 meters) is the longest underwater vehicular tunnel in North America and the longest continuous underwater vehicular tunnel in the world. It was opened to traffic in 1950. It currently carries the unsigned Interstate 478, and formerly carried New York State Route 27A.
Robert Moses, the chairman of the Triborough Bridge Authority, attempted to scuttle the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel proposal and have a bridge built in its place. Many objected to the proposed bridge on the grounds that it would spoil the dramatic view of the Manhattan skyline and reduce Battery Park to minuscule size. Moses remained adamant, and it was only an order from President Franklin D. Roosevelt, via military channels, which restored the tunnel project, on the grounds that a bridge built seaward of the Brooklyn Navy Yard would prove a hazard to national defense.
The tunnel was designed by Ole Singstad and partially completed when World War II brought a halt to construction. After the War, Moses's Triborough Bridge Authority was merged with the Tunnel Authority, allowing the new Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority to take over the project. Moses directed the tunnel be finished with a different method for finishing the tunnel walls. This resulted in leaking and the TBTA fixed the leaks by using a design almost identical to Singstad's original.
The Verrazano-Narrows Bridge connects Fort Hamilton in Brooklyn and Fort Wadsworth in Staten Island, across the Narrows--a tidal strait where the Hudson River empties in the Atlantic Ocean. Named after Italian explorer Giovanni da Verrazano, who, in 1524, was the first European explorer to sail into New York Harbor, it is referred to by locals as just the Verrazano Bridge. When it opened in 1964, its 4,260 center span made it the longest suspension bridge in the world--a distinction it held until 1981.
The last great public works project overseen by Robert Moses, the New York State Parks Commissioner and head of the Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority, it served as one of the final links of the New York City expressway system. It was also the final project by Chief Engineer Othmar Anmann, who also designed the George Washington Bridge, Bayonne Bridge, Whitestone Bridge, Triborough Bridge and Throgs Neck Bridge. Construction began on August 13, 1959 and the upper deck was opened on November 21, 1964 at a cost of over $320 million. New York City Mayor Robert F. Wagner cut the ribbon at the opening ceremony, which was attended by over 5,000 people. The lower deck opened on June 28, 1969.
The bridge is widely known by non New Yorkers as the starting point of the New York City Marathon. It also serves as the gateway to New York Harbor--all cruise ships and most container ships arriving at the Port of New York and New Jersey must pass underneath it.
The Verrazano–Narrows Bridge (sometimes called simply the Verrazano Bridge) is a double-decked suspension bridge in the U.S. state of New York that connects the New York City boroughs of Staten Island and Brooklyn. It spans the Narrows, a body of water connecting the relatively protected upper bay with the larger, wide open lower bay.
The bridge is named for the Florentine explorer Giovanni da Verrazzano, whose name is misspelled on the bridge, as well as for the Narrows. In 1524, while in the service of Francis I of France, Verrazzano became the first European to enter New York Harbor and the Hudson River. It has a central span of 4,260 feet (1,298 m) and was the longest suspension bridge in the world at the time of its completion in 1964, surpassing the Golden Gate Bridge by 60 feet, until it was in turn surpassed by 366 feet by the Humber Bridge in the United Kingdom in 1981. It has the eleventh longest main span in the world, while retaining its place as the longest bridge span in the Americas. Its massive towers can be seen throughout a good part of the New York metropolitan area, including from spots in all five boroughs of New York City and in New Jersey.
The bridge establishes a critical link in the local and regional highway system, and also marks the gateway to New York Harbor. All cruise ships and container ships arriving at the Port of New York and New Jersey must pass underneath the bridge and therefore must be built to accommodate the clearance under the bridge. Since 1976, the Staten Island end of the bridge has been the starting point of the New York City Marathon.
The bridge was the last great public works project in New York City overseen by Robert Moses, the New York State Parks Commissioner and head of the Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority. He had long desired the span as a means of completing the expressway system he had championed during his tenure. It was also the last project designed by Chief Engineer Othmar Ammann, who had designed most of the other major crossings into and within New York City, including the George Washington Bridge, the Bayonne Bridge, the Bronx Whitestone Bridge, the Triborough Bridge, and the Throgs Neck Bridge. The plans to build the bridge caused considerable controversy in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Bay Ridge, because many families had settled in homes in the area where the bridge now stands and were forced to relocate.
Construction on the bridge began August 13, 1959, and the upper deck was opened on November 21, 1964, at a cost of $320 million in 1964 dollars, equivalent to $2,433,000,000 in present dollars. Three men died building the bridge, including 58-year old Paul Bassett and 19-year-old Gerard McKee. The latter's death became the subject of a chapter of Gay Talese's book The Bridge.
Individuals involved in construction included:
Senior partner: Othmar Ammann
Chief engineer: Milton Brumer
Project engineers: Herb Rothman, Frank L. Stahl
Design engineer: Leopold H. Just
Engineer of construction: John West Kinney
Fort Lafayette, an island coastal fortification in New York Harbor, built next to Fort Hamilton at the southern tip of what is now Bay Ridge, was destroyed as part of the bridge's construction in 1960; the Brooklyn-side bridge pillars now occupy the fort's former foundation.
New York City Mayor Robert F. Wagner cut the ribbon at the opening ceremony, which was attended by over 5,000 people. He was the first person to be driven over the bridge. The lower deck opened on June 28, 1969. The bridge was the longest suspension bridge in the world (previously held by the Golden Gate Bridge) from 1964 until 1981, when it was surpassed by the Humber Bridge in England.
In 2009, all 262 of the mercury vapor fixtures in the bridge's necklace lighting were replaced with energy efficient light-emitting diodes, years before the rest of New York City started to get LED streetlights.
from Wikipedia
Officers gathered at the King Fook Funeral Home on Fort Hamilton Parkway in Brooklyn to mourn the passing of MTA Bridges and Tunnels Officer Thomas Choi, who was struck by a motorist while performing his duties at the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge Oct. 20, 2013. He succumbed to his injuries without ever regaining consciousness on Dec. 29, 2014. Officer Choi is the first MTA Bridges and Tunnels Officer to die in the line of duty in the history of the agency.
Photo: Metropolitan Transportation Authority / Patrick Cashin.
Photos I took during the taxi ride from LGA, where my flight from Toronto landed at 8:30AM, to Brooklyn Heights, where my cab driver dropped me off at the Mariott Hotel to wait until the bridges and tunnels reopened. Time stamps are approximate, since these were print photos that I scanned later.
Das Reduit (von franz. réduit) ist ein verstärkter Verteidigungsbau, der zum Rückzug für die Besatzung diente, falls der vorgelagerte Verteidigungswall vom Feind überwunden wurde. Das Reduit (das Kernwerk) liegt im Inneren eines Verteidigungswalls. Vermehrt zum Einsatz kamen sie bei den detachierten Werken der Neupreußischen/Neudeutschen Befestigungsmanier des 19. Jahrhunderts. Sie gehörten zu den stärksten Festungsanlagen und sollten eine hartnäckige Verteidigung gewährleisten. Die Zitadelle zum Beispiel ist das Reduit beziehungsweise Rückzugswerk innerhalb einer Festung.
A reduit is a fortified structure such as a citadel or a keep into which the defending troops can retreat when the out defences are breached. During and since World War II the term is also used to describe a area within the territory of a state which could be defended when the rest of the country was overrun.
During World War II, a reduit referred to the concept of a heavily defended, "untakeable" region of a country which provided a last hard spot of resistance, and hopefully a base for a counter-attack, should a large part of a country be invaded.
During the Battle of the Netherlands, the last province to resist invasion was Zeeland, which was the only part of the country not to surrender after the bombing of Rotterdam.
In France, when it became clear that the Battle of France could not be won against the Nazis, the idea of a reduit in Brittany was suggested as an alternative to letting the whole mainland France at the hands of the invaders.
History
Switzerland's Réduit strategy during World War II was essentially one of deterrence. The idea was to make clear to the Third Reich that an invasion would have a high cost. Simultaneously, economic concessions were made to Germany in the hope that the overall cost of a German invasion would be perceived as higher than the potential benefits. Despite this, it is clear that Hitler intended to invade eventually and that the Allied landing at Normandy as well as the difficulties faced in invading Russia were pivotal in merely delaying an invasion.
After Switzerland was surrounded by German and Italian forces, General Henri Guisan revealed on 25 July 1940 at the so-called Rütlirapport, a meeting of the Swiss army staff at the founding site of the Swiss confederation, that in case of attack the Swiss would only defend the high Alps including the important transalpine roads and rail links. As a last resort, the army would make these routes useless to the Axis by destroying key bridges and tunnels. This plan meant that the populated lowlands - including the economic centres of the country - would be effectively ceded to the Germans. The gold reserves of the Swiss National Bank in Zürich were moved farther away from the German border, to the Gotthard Pass and to Bern.
Many billions of Swiss Francs have been invested in building the fortifications in the mountains, which are partly still used by the army. The most important buildings of the Réduit were the fortifications of Sargans, St. Maurice (Valais) and the Gotthard region. The caverns of those time were equipped with the needed infrastructure, beside cannons and howitzers they consisted of dormitories, kitchens, field hospitals, rooms for the sick and bakeries; and they provided space enough to accommodate 100 to 600 soldiers for a timespan of up to several months. Because the tensions between the western countries and the USSR cooled down and bunkers became more or less obsolete because of newer weapon systems, a great number of the Réduit buildings were closed. Some of them have been reopened as museums and can be visited.
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Despite the rain, and even hail, we'd had a wonderful afternoon in Great Yarmouth, but we needed to pick up some things for tea. We made a conscious choice to stop at Asda on the way out to the Acle straight simply because of the views from the car park.
As if to reward us for our wise decision, the rain stopped, the clouds broke slightly to let the sinking sunset through and we were rewarded with a glorious lightshow. Unfortunately only had my mobile phone with me, so had to accept the flare - I hope you do too :-)
View of gantry crane equalizer / end truck assembly on Staten Island side of span. Photo: Tutor Perini /MTA Bridges and Tunnels. July 2014.
Dutch/ English
Dordrecht ligt op een eiland. Het eiland van Dordrecht. Ooit waren er alleen verbindingen per veerpont. In het begin roeiend, later gemotoriseerd. De meeste verbindingen zijn vervangen door bruggen en tunnels. Slechts twee veren voor voetgangers en één autoveer zijn nog over.
Dordrecht is located on an island. The island of Dordrecht. Once there were only connections by ferry. Initially rowing, later motorized. Most connections are replaced by bridges and tunnels. Only two ferries for pedestrians and one ferry for cars are left.
Leighton Asia
Hong Kong Boundary Crossing Facilities, HongKong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge
Hong Kong
[Image courtesy of Leighton Asia]
The Highways Department, Government of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, is building a 50-kilometer bridge linking Hong Kong, Zhuhai, and Macao. Crossing a series of bridges and tunnels, vehicles will enter/leave Hong Kong through boundary crossing facilities on a 130-hectare reclaimed island. The Leighton-Chun Wo Joint Venture is responsible for construction of the USD 4.6 billion 40,000-square-meter passenger clearance building and associated works.
The team made Bentley's BIM technology the common platform to facilitate communications, and to anticipate and rectify construction problems. Solving clashes before construction saved about 12 percent of the construction budget. The survey team compared 3D design models to point cloud models to avoid discrepancies on-site, then continuously updated the design model to create accurate as-built models, saving 15 percent of the survey budget.
Project Playbook: AECOsim Building Designer, Bentley LumenRT, ContextCapture, Bentley Descartes, MicroStation, Bentley Navigator, OpenRoads, ProjectWise
Officers gathered at the King Fook Funeral Home on Fort Hamilton Parkway in Brooklyn to mourn the passing of MTA Bridges and Tunnels Officer Thomas Choi, who was struck by a motorist while performing his duties at the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge Oct. 20, 2013. He succumbed to his injuries without ever regaining consciousness on Dec. 29, 2014. Officer Choi is the first MTA Bridges and Tunnels Officer to die in the line of duty in the history of the agency.
Photo: Metropolitan Transportation Authority / Patrick Cashin.