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Posted by MELLOW ONE on Wed Oct 26 15:39:23 2011, in response to Re: Lexington Ave. el & Pratt Institute campus, posted by randyo on Wed Oct 26 14:54:57 2011. Remember, the Bridge roadway and/or trackway is about 100 feet in elevation over the shorline, where the bridge tower is. Railways in particular need a gentle slope (1 ft rise per 100 ft distance) to reach a desired elevation. That is the reason that the Sands St terminal was located where it was. The original Bridge terminal on the Brooklyn side was a duplicate of the Park Row Terminal and was inline with the bridge. The original Brooklyn terminal became completely inadequete for the traffic that the bridge generated. The Park Row terminal could not be replaced. However, it was extended in length over Park Row into City Hall Park to increase the capacity. That extension was eventually removed as rapid transit el traffic decreased over the Brooklyn Bridge to the Park Row Terminal. |
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