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Re: The Manhattan Bridge |
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Posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Mon Jul 27 13:10:04 2009, in response to Re: The Manhattan Bridge, posted by Hank Eisenstein on Mon Jul 27 12:38:25 2009. depends though. For Railroad traffic it's the MANHATTAN bridge that has the worst design. Suspension bridges don't lend themselves well to rail traffic as it is, but if it's in the middle, as on the Williamsburg, it's not as bad as on the Manhattan Bridge where it's on the other edges. That combined with the Manhattan Bridge's one side always being much more heavily used than the other was and probably still is a recipe for disaster.Ironically, NY's one Cantilever Bridge, the Queensboro, which lends itself a little better than suspension bridges to rail traffic is the one that no longer has it..,... |
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