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Title: The Great north side, or, Borough of the Bronx, New York
Year: 1897 (1890s)
Authors: Durst, Seymour B., 1913-, former owner. NNC North Side Board of Trade (Bronx, New York, N.Y.)
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Publisher: New York : Knickerbocker Press
Contributing Library: Columbia University Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: The Durst Organization

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of tin1 Lexington Avenue approach. The efforts to secure the erection of an open w ork struc-ture on tin north side were successful, w hile those in behalfof an approach on the Southern Boulevard failed. The contract for building this bridge and approaches wasawarded to Mr. Isaac A. Hopper. It is expected that thebridge will be opened to travel about March 1, 1898. The estimated cost of the structure and approaches, exclu-sive of land values, is si,400,000. FOURTH A V EN I E ( RAILROAD ) BRIDGE. The new bridge, which is a four-track structure, is one ofthe few bridges in this country with that number of tracksplaced side by side. It has a total width of 61 feet. It \wisopened to traffic over two tracks on January 17, 1897, and onfour tracks September 20, 1897. The raising of the tracks at the bridge to the requiredheight involved a vast amount of construction both on thenorth and south sides. It is estimated that the total cost ofthe improvement was in the neighborhood of $3,000,000.
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I IQ 150 The (ii cat North Side. MADISON AVENUE BRIDGE. Madison Avenue Bridge was built under the direction oftht1 Commissioners of Public Parks, and was completed inlcSS4. It connects 188th Street on the east with MadisonAvenue on the west, and has a total length, including theapproaches, f 1163 feet. The draw, when open, gives a clearchannel, on each side, of 132 feet, and is 28 feet above highwater line. The roadway is 22 feet wide, and the sidewalks each 8feet w ide. The flooring of the draw is of plank, and the roadway fthe approaches of granite block pavement. The grades of the approaches are about 5 feet in lOofeet. It is crossed by the cars of the Union Electrie RailwayCompany, and the Madison Avenue horse line, and is of greatimportance as a connecting link with Manhattan (aland. The total cost was $492,295. During the construction of the new Third Avenue Bridge,this structure has proved entirely inadequate to carry thetraffic, and now that the avenues leading

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