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Re: Question About The (8) Third Avenue El |
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Posted by Mellow One on Fri Mar 5 10:15:58 2010, in response to Re: Question About The (8) Third Avenue El, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Fri Mar 5 08:22:40 2010. You are probably right about the way to abandon El lines.If you back to the beginning of this thread, you will see the link to the rebuilding of the Bronx 3rd Ave El. It was rebuilt as was the Brooklyn Broadway El. It is strange that the Myrtle El did not get the same rebuilding. However, that is another story or thread. The 3rd Ave El in the Bronx could have been tied back into the IRT Subway System if a connection had been built on St Ann Ave from 161st St to Westchester Ave or a ramp down to the Pelham Bay line at 138th St from the El PROW there. The Webster Ave part of the El was built in 1918 and it was a heavy duty structure. At a minimum, it should have been retained so that a new heavy weight structure could have been built all the way down to Webster to 161st St to tie into the subway at Westchester Ave. Another plan of mine was to put an El structure over the NY Central Harlem Div / Metro North tracks all the way down to 149th St where the El could tie into the IRT Jerome and the Seventh Ave lines there. Going back 55 years, the lower part of the El and the bridge to Manhattan could have been retained to have El ramp down from the bridge at 129th St to the Fabled Second Ave Subway which was supposed to go to Fantasyland. |
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