1. The Hell Gate Bridge is Comprised of Three Bridges. The Hell Gate Bridge is actually a complex of three bridges: the well-known Steel Arch, an inverted bowstring arch that spans a former water ...

The Hell Gate Bridge immediately became essential to New York’s livelihood transporting people and goods. So essential was it that during World War II the Nazis planned for its destruction.

Division of Work and Industry Lantern Slide Collection / Series 1: Engineering / 1.5: Bridges -- Metal Arch / 1.5.7: Hell Gate Bridge -- Metal Arch Date circa 1915-1917 Container Box 22, Item 39 ...