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The Hell Gate Bridge was originally known as the New York Connecting Railroad Bridge or as the East River Bridge Division. It consists of five spans, which connect the New York City boroughs of the Bronx to the north with Queens to the south.
- The Taming of The Hell Gate
- Building The Bridge Itself
- Planned Sabotage and Flawed Paint
- The Hell Gate Bridge in Modern Times
Ominous names can have innocent origins. The Hell Gate strait isn’t one of those cases. It comes from the Dutch name Hellegat, which people tend to translate as either “Bright Gate” or “Hell Gate.” Chances are good interested individuals can guess that the Hell Gate strait wasn’t the most pleasant part of the East River. That is particularly true w...
Speaking of which, the latter half of the 19th century was also when railroads became critical to U.S. transportation. That had a huge impact on a wide range of matters in a wide range of contexts. One example was the building of the Hell Gate Bridge, which was meant to connect the New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad with the Pennsylvania Ra...
For the most part, the Hell Gate Bridge’s existence has been uneventful. During World War II, its economic importance made it a target for the Nazis’ Operation Pastorius. However, that doesn’t come up much because the agents never managed to hit any of the targets. Instead, they set off a massive manhunt almost as soon as they landed because one of...
The Hell Gate Bridge remains an important piece of infrastructure in the present. Currently, just three of its four tracks are in use because one of its two freight tracks was abandoned in the mid-1970s. With that said, there is a somewhat well-known article from Discover that predicts that the Hell Gate Bridge could stand for another 1,000 years e...
- Michael John Adams
El puente, situado en la ciudad de Nueva York, cruza el Hell Gate, un estrecho del East River localizado entre Astoria en Queens y las islas Randalls y Wards en Manhattan. Es el más grande de los tres puentes que forman el complejo Hell Gate.
12 de mar. de 2024 · Hell Gate Bridge is a railroad bridge connecting the New York City boroughs of Manhattan and Queens. Completed in 1916, it was the world's longest steel arch bridge until 1931. The project was part of the Pennsylvania Railroad's sweeping upgrades through the greater New York City region during that era, culminating with the completion of ...
- March 1, 1912
- Gustav Lindenthal
- American Bridge Company
- March 9, 1917
8 de oct. de 2020 · El Hell Gate Bridge es un ferrocarril elevado que conecta Astoria y las islas Ward / Randall sobre una sección del East River de la ciudad de Nueva York. Es un puente de acero a través de arco , completado en 1917 por los famosos constructores de puentes de Nueva York Henry Hornbostel y Gustav Lindenthal .
19 de oct. de 2013 · Perhaps often overlooked by casual visitors, the Little Hell Gate Bridge, if considered its own bridge, is nevertheless one of the most unusual and rare bridges in the country. The Little Hell Gate waterway has been mostly filled in, and it is no longer used by boats.
3 de mar. de 2017 · One hundred years ago this month, Hell Gate Bridge joined the New York skyline as the longest steel arch bridge in the world. The engineering feat attracted the attention of news photographers, as high over the treacherous strait known as Hell Gate in the East River, …
