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Early Addition
For the next four months, the 145th Street Bridge will be closed to traffic and pedestrians as the Department of Transportation reconstructs the bridge. And it is a total reconstruction - new bridge arrived on barge and is parked nearby. From the NY Sun:
Once the old bridge is disassembled and disposed of by the contractor, Kiewit/Pully, the new trusses will be floated in at high tide.The bridge was originally built in 1905, with improvements in 1957 and 1989. The DOT found it exhibited "the effects of age, weather and the continual daily usage by motor vehicles and pedestrians," hence the new $70 million reconstruction. Here's a brochure about the project (PDF).Over the next four months, deconstruction will occur in a few distinct phases. Today begins step one— the preparation of the center pier, which supports the bridge's three trusses. The new trusses are scheduled for installation in the refurbished center pier by mid-January.
This should be an interesting project to check out from time to time - it's not everyday a bridge is totally replaced. Forgotten NY has some photographs of the current (old) bridge.
Photograph by Kevin Walsh/Forgotten NY
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I'll miss the old bridge. It still has the "all persons must leave the draw when gong sounds" sign, and, when I shot it in 1999 the walkways were still illuminated by incandescent bulbs complete with radial-wave diffusers...
http://www.forgotten-ny.com
For months? Har-de-har-har. This is New York. Not Atlanta or Las Vegas. I predict that the work will be done sometime in 2014.
Four months? Har-dee-har-har. This is New York. Not Atlanta or Las Vegas. I predict the work will be done sometime in 2012.
Kevin,
I've seen your site in regards to my Mott Haven neighborhood, but I didn't see any photos of the apartment building on 138th with the stone likenesses of Teddy Roosevelt and Samuel Clemons, and I think Jane Addams. Have you seen that building? It's between Alexander and Willis. Do you know anything about the history of it?