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Opened on July 11, 1936, at a cost of $60 million, New York City's Triborough Bridge carried approximately 30,000 vehicles per day between Queens, Manhattan, and the Bronx during its first year of operation. Today the bridge—actually a complex of three long-span bridges and related...
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Many bridge designers are turning back the clock to produce graceful reminders of the past, when timber bridges were often the main crossings over America's streams. City, county, and state officials are specifying more wood structures because of their aesthetic appeal, competitive cost, and the...
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The Pleasantville toll plaza near Atlantic City, N.J., spans 13 lanes of traffic, including four high-speed Express EZ-Pass lanes. With the toll plaza administration and parking area on one side of the expressway, it was unsafe for toll workers to cross without traffic-disrupting lane closures.