New York City's Bridges: Construction and Maintenance. A Snapshot There are thousands of bridges in New York City. All of this connecting has been going on for 200 years starting with foot bridges such as Highbridge, which joins Washington Heights to the Bronx, and continuing with giants such as the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge and the George Washington Bridge.
Documenting the construction and maintenance of these bridges has been part of the mission of The New York Public Library and the following is a snapshot of what can be found in the collections housed at the Science Industry and Business Library (SIBL).
OVERVIEW
Responsibility for management of the thousands of bridges is a complicated matter. The principal federal agency charged with monitoring national bridge safety is
The National Highway
Administration.
Major local supervision rests with
The New York City Department of Transportation or The Metropolitan Transportation Authority.
Each of the preceding agencies makes available an extensive Question and Answer page relating to bridges available on its website.
Dunker, Kenneth F.; Rabbat, Basile G. “Why America's Bridges Are Crumbling.” Scientific American. March 1993. vol.268. pp66-72.
NEW YORK CITY BRIDGE MAINTENANCE
Bridges and Tunnels, Annual Condition Report. 1989- . New York, N.Y. Dept. of Transportation.
Preventive Maintenance Management System for New York City Bridges: Final Report by the Consortium of Civil Engineering Departments of the New York City Colleges and Universities. 1990.
Sharif, Mo. “Protecting New York City's Bridge Assets.” Public Roads, May/June 2005. vol 68 no. 6
Weiman, Clark. The Age of New York City Infrastructure: Water Supply, Wastewater Disposal, Bridges, Transit, Streets. New York: Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art. {c1991}.
EAST RIVER BRIDGES
Farrington, E.F. Concise Description of the East River Bridge: With Full Details of Construction... 1881
Roebling, John Augustus. Report of John A. Roebling to the President and Directors of the New York Bridge Company on the Proposed East River Bridge. 1870.
Weigold, Marilyn E. Silent Builder: Emily Warren Roebling and the Brooklyn Bridge. 1984.
Manhattan Bridge.
New York (N.Y.).Dept. of Bridges. Contract Drawings for Furnishing the Metalwork for the Anchorages and Constructing the Towers, Cables, Suspenders and Suspended Superstructures of the Manhattan Bridge Over the East River Between the Boroughs of Manhattan and Brooklyn.... 1881
Queensboro Bridge.
New York (N.Y.).Dept. of Bridges. Contract Drawings for the Construction of the Steel Superstructure of the Blackwells' Island Bridge (no.4) Over the East River Between the Boroughs of Manhattan and Queens. 1903.
Kunz, F. C. Report on the Blackwell's Island Bridge (Queensboro Bridge). 1909.
New York (N.Y.). Borough of Queens. Bridges and Tunnel Committee. Tentative Report of Bridges & Tunnel Committee of the Borough Planning Commission of Queens. 1929.
HARLEM RIVER BRIDGES
George Washington Bridge: across the Hudson River at New York, N.Y. (1933?).
Stearns, Edward. W. Constructing the Hudson River Bridge at Fort Lee. 1930.
BRIDGES NEVER BUILT
The Liberty Bridge. The Liberty Bridge: A Petition / to the Board of Estimate and Apportionment of the City of New York from the Brooklyn Federation of Community Centers and Affiliated Organizations. 1926.
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