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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 ...
By Shane O'Brien  Retail giant Target will celebrate its long-awaited Astoria grand opening on July 20 when it opens its ...
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 ...
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.
Today, San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge may be the world’s most photographed. Upon its completion, it became Earth’s longest suspension bridge and the Bay Area’s most famous attraction.
Workers completed the Golden Gate Bridge in 1937. When the immediate landmark opened to the public, few of the men who had built it attended the celebration. Most of them figured they had seen ...
Astoria residents say mail has repeatedly been stolen from same box 02:26. NEW YORK - Beneath the Hell Gate Bridge in Astoria, an uneasy feeling has settled over a close-knit community. "We have a ...