Pennsylvania Tunnel and Terminal R.R.

(New York :  [The railroad],  1910.)

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New York Connecting R. R.: (Projected)

The New York ConnectingR. R. will connect with the P. T. &T. R.
R. at east end of Sunnyside yard; crossing the East River on a four
track bridge, and will join the New York, New Haven & Hartford, at Mor-
risania. The completion of this link will establish the first all-rail service
between New England and the West and South by way of New York City.

Statistics—

Hellgate bridge, one 1,000 ft. riveted steel-arcli span, four
tracks.    Longest arch span in the world.

Lower chord of bridge, 135 ft. above water.

Steel viaduct across Wards Island, 5,000 ft.

Steel bridge acro.sH Little Hellgate.

Concrete and steel viaduct across Randalls Island.

Lift bridge across Bronx Kills, and steel viaduct connecting
with N. Y,, N, H, & H. R, R. at Morrisania.

Foundation, rock in most instances. Other places, founda¬
tion partly on rock and partly on hard incompressible gravel.

Cubic yds. of masonry, 350,000

Number of tons of steel, 75,000.

Steel bridge over Hellgate and approaches, approximately three
miles long.
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