Download or read book Bridge Across the Hudson River written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce and published by . This book was released on 1894 with total page 10 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Hudson River Bridges written by Kathryn W. Burke and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2007 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Hudson River Valley, an invaluable connection between New England and the rest of the colonies during the American Revolution, continues to be a major crossroads today. The Hudson River bridges were architectural marvels of their time. The Bear Mountain Bridge was the longest suspension bridge, while the Newburgh Beacon second span was built with a new type of weathering steel. The bridges were constructed during important times in history. The Bear Mountain Bridge was built as the automobile became an integral part in the country's development, and the Mid-Hudson Bridge was built during the Depression. Labor disputes helped develop labor laws, and world wars led to changes in activity on the bridges. Through historical photographs from sources including the New York State Bridge Authority and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, Hudson River Bridges documents how these structures remain beautiful testaments to cooperative efforts during trying times in America's history.
Download or read book Crossing the Hudson written by Donald Wolf and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2010-04-15 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fog, tide, ice, and human error--before the American Revolution those who ventured to cross the vast Hudson Valley waterway did so on ferryboats powered by humans, animals, and even fierce winds. Before that war, not a single Hudson River bridge or tunnel had been built. It wasn't until Americans looked to the land in the fight for independence that the importance of crossing the river efficiently became a subject of serious interest, especially militarily. Later, the needs of a new transportation system became critical--when steam railroads first rolled along there was no practical way to get them across the water without bridges. Crossing the Hudson continues this story soon after the end of the war, in 1805, when the first bridge was completed. Donald E. Wolf simultaneously tracks the founding of the towns and villages along the water's edge and the development of technologies such as steam and internal combustion that demanded new ways to cross the river. As a result, innovative engineering was created to provide for these resources. From hybrid, timber arch, and truss bridges on stone piers to long-span suspension and cantilevered bridges, railroad tunnels, and improvements in iron and steel technology, the construction feats that cross the Hudson represent technical elegance and physical beauty. Crossing the Hudson reveals their often multileveled stories--a history of where, why, when, and how these structures were built; the social, political, and commercial forces that influenced decisions to erect them; the personalities of the planners and builders; the unique connection between a builder and his bridge; and the design and construction techniques that turned mythical goals into structures of utility and beauty.
Download or read book Bridge Across Hudson River N Y written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 1 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Bridge Across the Hudson River at Poughkeepsie N Y written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 1 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Hudson River Bridges written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce and published by . This book was released on 1935 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Considers (74) S. 1645, (74) S. 3030.
Download or read book Bridge Across the Hudson River from Fifty seventh Street New York to New Jersey written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce and published by . This book was released on 1934 with total page 5 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Politics Across the Hudson written by Philip Mark Plotch and published by Rutgers University Press. This book was released on 2018-06-20 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the 2015 American Planning Association New York Metro Chapter Journalism Award The State of New York is now building one of the world’s longest, widest, and most expensive bridges—the new Tappan Zee Bridge—stretching more than three miles across the Hudson River, approximately thirteen miles north of New York City. In Politics Across the Hudson, urban planner Philip Plotch offers a behind-the-scenes look at three decades of contentious planning and politics centered around this bridge, recently renamed for Governor Mario M. Cuomo, the state's governor from 1983 to 1994. He reveals valuable lessons for those trying to tackle complex public policies while also confirming our worst fears about government dysfunction. Drawing on his extensive experience planning megaprojects, interviews with more than a hundred key figures—including governors, agency heads, engineers, civic advocates, and business leaders—and extraordinary access to internal government records, Plotch tells a compelling story of high-stakes battles between powerful players in the public, private, and civic sectors. He reveals how state officials abandoned viable options, squandered hundreds of millions of dollars, forfeited more than three billion dollars in federal funds, and missed out on important opportunities. Faced with the public’s unrealistic expectations, no one could identify a practical solution to a vexing problem, a dilemma that led three governors to study various alternatives rather than disappoint key constituencies. This revised and updated edition includes a new epilogue and more photographs, and continues where Robert Caro’s The Power Broker left off and illuminates the power struggles involved in building New York’s first major new bridge since the Robert Moses era. Plotch describes how one governor, Andrew Cuomo, shrewdly overcame the seemingly insurmountable obstacles of onerous environmental regulations, vehement community opposition, insufficient funding, interagency battles, and overly optimistic expectations...
Download or read book Bridges of the Mid Hudson Valley written by Kathryn W. Burke and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2020 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Hudson River bridges, iconic structures of the New York State Bridge Authority, are the cornerstone of the Mid-Hudson Valley. Opened in 1924, the Bear Mountain Bridge was the first vehicular crossing of the Hudson River, south of Albany. Twentieth-century growth in the Hudson Valley can be traced to each bridge opening, the result of grassroot efforts by local residents. The Mid-Hudson Bridge, named for the region these bridges span, was designated an "Engineering Epic" following the tipping of the east caisson that delayed construction for a year while engineers and laborers struggled to right that caisson in the waters of the Hudson River. The plan for the Rip Van Winkle Bridge required the creation of the New York State Bridge Authority, when funding was otherwise impossible during the Great Depression. Three more bridges were built connecting remaining areas of the Mid-Hudson region. The last crossing became the "twin spans" of the Newburgh-Beacon Bridge, the New York State Bridge Authority's most traveled span. In 2010, the New York State Bridge Authority gained ownership of the bridge structure of the Walkway Over the Hudson, a pedestrian walkway built on the old Poughkeepsie Bridge, which opened for trains in 1889.
Download or read book Bridge Across the Hudson River written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce and published by . This book was released on 1893 with total page 17 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book North River Bridge Co written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce and published by . This book was released on 1934 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book George Washington Bridge written by American Society of Civil Engineers and published by . This book was released on 1933 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Bridge Across Hudson River from Fifty seventh Street New York to New Jersey written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce and published by . This book was released on 1934 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Bridge Across the Hudson River at New York City written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Commerce and published by . This book was released on 1890 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Bridge Across the Hudson River at New York City written by United States War Department and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-10-10 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Bridge Across the Hudson River at New York City: March 21, 1890; Report Sec. 8. That the said North River Bridge Company shall maintain on the bridge, at its own expense, from sunset to sunrise, such lights or signals as the United States light-house Board shall prescribe. Sec. 9. Tha nothing in this act shall be held or construed to in any manner in volve the United States Government in any pecuniary obligations whatever, other than the payment of tolls over said bridge and approaches for troops and munitions of war, for which no higher charge per mile shall be made than the rate paid to rail roads connecting with said bridge; but Congress hereby reserves the right to alter, amend, or repeal this act as the contingencies of commerce or the public good may re quire, and said company shall further be subject to the provisions of the interstate commerce laws, and any amendments and supplements thereof. The bill is by this substitute amended so as to embrace substantially the recommendations of the Secretary of War. The committee have further provided by the new section, incorporated in the substitute as section 7, that the real and personal property of said company shall be subject to taxation in the States of New York and New Jersey the same as other real and personal property therein. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Bridge Across the Hudson River at Stillwater N Y written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce and published by . This book was released on 1930 with total page 2 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
