New York of to-day. . reets, Long Island City. The bridge is supported by six masonry piers with a clear height over channels of 135 feet. Longest span 1182feet. The entire structure is nearly 7700 feet in length—the longest bridge spanning the East River. It is provided with a roadway 53 feet wide, 4 trolley lines, 2railroad tracks and 2 promenades. The bridge was completed in 1908 at a cost of over $25,000,000. BROADWAY AT 32d STREET. At no other point in the city except perhaps at the entrance to Brooklyn Bridge is street traffic so congested from time totime as at this busy corner. Surface
New York of to-day. . reets, Long Island City. The bridge is supported by six masonry piers with a clear height over channels of 135 feet. Longest span 1182feet. The entire structure is nearly 7700 feet in length—the longest bridge spanning the East River. It is provided with a roadway 53 feet wide, 4 trolley lines, 2railroad tracks and 2 promenades. The bridge was completed in 1908 at a cost of over $25,000,000. BROADWAY AT 32d STREET. At no other point in the city except perhaps at the entrance to Brooklyn Bridge is street traffic so congested from time totime as at this busy corner. Surface cars moving in rapid succession on both Broadway and Sixth Avenue and the vast army of pedestrians and vehicles makethis one of the most difficult crossings in New York. The view shows a station of the elevated road with entrances and exits and separate platforms for up-townand down-town trains. The elevated roads are now operated by electricity and consists of four main double-track lines and a few short +* u aC O 1> j= O U > y O 3X u 33 o - ~ - 2 5 li i»£ * U CO V
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