NEW YORK'S TRAFFIC.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 708, 6 January 1910, Page 5

NEW YORK'S TRAFFIC.

MANHATTAN BRIDGE. COST riVE MILLIONS STERLING. By Telegraph-Press Assooiatioa -Copyriett ' (Roc. January 5, 830 p m.) New York, Januaiy i. Tho Manhattan Bridge, tho fourth over the East Ei\er, which has boon erected at a cost of ,£5,200,000, has been opened.

|l-Kf<NEW YORK:BRIDGES AND,; i,;":: jS : i ; f<il-i.«:iTUNNELS; ; ;\i;^;^:.;;3;A.:;i pThe-- ; Manhattaii ; 'S'ispensioii;Bndge, iitbe; oonfiwedY'-.'with ; vthe ! Bladkwell's': Island; bridge; ';} opened^: ; ;some nibnths; ago! - : ,The:.Queerisbbr.oughV ; Bridge to;-bertha:; largest 'iivpriii;vandi'.its;i Resign : and?generai?-,saf«ty ■were' ;r inuch-;crUioisedidiiringnv the ";con-; structibnaHperiod,'-;with;,the- result ; Various '.'alterations y were : made, - : -'il.-'■■■ Yγ-; [I ;

;f,'The Alength ;:bf Ythe,-" : - Manhattan' 'Bridge,. thet approaches/; i$J 2920 - feet, rthe; central span., being; ;1470i feet; between , ' Tyi:-piers.v--The width -of .the hridge -from : rail. to raili-is 120 feet.A-,The : i wayv : .'isTM""feet : i.wide,v'and;onv':«ach:.side; arc; railway;: ;'a Rl2,vfeet ;pathr;w.ayVVj;rThe.:; rail way ' are ;.on'Mtwo. yecks/'k-therer.ibeingr.eighty; lines ■.designe'd.(;fbr or/flnder-; aground -fe j'height-iof; the'£tw(D:;'steel' -towersv.is',2B6; (rises■:" 135;..feet''above>mean'--high•;;water; About ;Vtwo ; 'ahd Va -rttalf construction.; ,bf :,/the ; (bridge.-'Kfhe''first.-'pjece r ro£.'iteel ! r;ha'virig' .be'eri placed inipositipn'on.the'Manhattan; anc&prag*''on^jun^!:26i r ;-:?y; :

.Recbrtf?Pf?rTwe))ty-Six/Years!r;;:^ v^^ ! .|/rwenty-six vyeats.'ago ? there; *as''nb'\yay ■of;fcrossingyeither»the.;?Nprthi(Huds])n)' :River.";or-itno^-East.'River,, except .iby.'bpat:;. Passenge're> : jßropWynVoii , >tlife')bn'e;'side > and Jersey:" bn'=itheSother; ; ;were;:.cpmpelle'd*tb' prbssi , these |>ide'; stretohesv of fc wafer j fe ; rry-bpats^":ln^Sß3lthe.;Brppklyn : Bridge : ! , as :'a Vsplendid; type ;rof •" suspension;: bridgey-j : Shes^ew:;'YorK'-:ind":pf i< Bmoklyni; clpsei; to ;:;CityyEall fiPark; ■■-■ and; 'it '■ crosses;-JTajei'liver T .at.ione.,of; its natrow.- , - :^places,;: aM:/i5";7580 ■fe'e^lpnSi; ; i : lt;:isV j theref brey'-.the'' first /bridge. oneVpasses: un : '. 'der,-:whey;'coimngvup^tfo^ i"if y?herev:ar^ i about '■ io .,: sefe;;oi: tun-; ■rielsJ-cp'n.necting:iNew;^orksi ; :;arid;if;Lougi Island; ! ; ; and\Uhr«e':'sets : ','pf tunnels '.under,: the'SN6rth:;;(br vHuason) ;:Riv«r/: tftifNew 1 , :Je'rseyi r ,'-f.'.T.wo ■'.of:-'^these;. sets ;'off'.tunnels; connectjwith;? the; N«w.- ; ;Tork: subways;-at. Cprtland iStreet'andJFburteenthjS.treet ,rer. : Pennsylvania* - : Railway S system •'•• at 1-: their, \ ;new;i.statipn::at;;Thirty : third:SiHet: (These; 1 ; iatte"r. r :-tunnels,'■rorbssV;V ! 'aiide,jf'sv;.Maiinattan:j ':Isjaiiapp.aM : ;toeathVffi?;-East:.'Eivprii-tand;. l : thencev to: long i The ■ : JrstVtuhner - lower /end - of : : New: ,Tprk; ■ crbssijng 'pujider : i ; ih'e; : hed l Sf/ ; ■Brbpklyn|s^Thi s-i tunnel with;. ■,the:'suDw'aysr ; ■frpnijall]parts : 'ofvNew:;Ybrk;ip:)Brooklyn; , ■iity/.i'bf ■.■iiomes.;: Teaolv o ;j*j vlii^^'^: HEa^Ri.iw;:BHdgw!;|;: ! :i^ OTe'r the-InterbOrough'railway'tuiinel.-andi: ;underVthe:!:Brooklyn ; * ißridgeyjV Jbne'anext,; 'passes I ;imdef.'-.the'." graceful l : .Manhattan, of :'-yery:Aclosej !-Bridge. ! /JiSSUttle ;^igter:' : up'-;.bneSipasseSi ■:BridgeV"WUph%a!f>'open#\-in;'i.l9o3,=:topl£f ''seven':years;-:tb :-buildiv is 17275 ft. i. long,-and-:cosf I; JCi,opp,oop.::sThe;i>Newf ,^ork f endVof !tiis-Jbri'dge).'ia:vini the :ne'ighbp.urh'o.od>-:of. 'pfle^sses v :^verv^e^spacibiis! : :tunhels !: ;bfi : | ; the PennsylvaniaVraihvay,':.whicKicrossthe.! iriver jalmost.'di.dgbnallyi.'aiid -nine'iqu'ares -\ : ;furthery.ori,»^^ iTunn'elJ ;: fsoVnamed-sbecause;Jiti"TOs:(;.biiilt: :by.;the well-known capitalist' in:connectibn subway : S!i#;^ ! - ?.to,-Fifty-ninth :Street;;;thereSis;vthe: : N, Queetisbprough ! :aboyeiv.jvhich'» crosses-' ;the sriyer.'iatv'Blacfeell's .'-'tlandJV': and. , ' is ,: ; - 86fJV;:ind--it scpst : lwith : ;'a;VelearKheight-:.pf;:l3sffc .- the: /three, ispahs * 1182 ft: , :' ;630ft;;randi98Jft;, ; ting: across the -entire width;;of .-BlackweU'eV :i I sian'd;^;^heKspan^.bf:-the";Fbrtho;Bridge; i ■alone ;moreVth'an';.jhuce;that, : ;bridgeV-'A*K : /i>J-;;v'^*; : -^Viy ; ';;;i:^-:fsi;: , ;;-i;; 26. r year3.^■affer/,the' I ':firstVb'ridge'. ■ acroSith'e:;EastVßiyer ; ',wasi:.opeEed/-i there; i^eat'j-bridgeS^erfepdinß^JWmVtto/Ameii l : and ;;6'n-;theV other.': iiitqV'an-' .tryJicapable'lpf ■will'cost :;£l6,ooo,oooj''and ! thei .tunnels' prob'-; .ithS: ■jftem&'dous ; j;cqs^''ofA'd^lopijnß::i'i;ade-| ( iquate: , ; facilities -'/for:? bridge SandK tuiinel. i transport ;pblis]ii.'S : ' : *:y; r sf'^K);;S;^ : sK:Voi:^^^