The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1894-12-05
ANOTHER GREAT WORK.
Bridge To Be Erected Across the
Harlem River at New York.

Bridge To Be Erected Across the
Harlem River at New York.
New YoRK, Nov. 16.-The Harlem
river is becoming respectable rival
of the famous Thames in the num-
Der of its bridges. The English
river is spanned by fourteen bridges
and the Harlem has already eight,
and another is about to be built.
The board Of estimate aud appor-
tionment has approved the plans
submitted by Commissioner DAILY
and appropriated 100000 to pay for
the preliminary work of making sur
veys, maps, and drawings.
The new bridge, which is TO ex-
tend from One Hundred and Twen-
ty-fifth street and First avenue
across the river to Willis avenue, is
to be known as the Willis avenue
bridge, aud is designed to relieve
the crush OF traffic on the one at
Third avenue and provide better
facilities for reaching the extensive
Port Morris section Of the North
side.
The construction will cost, accord
ing to Commissioner Days esti-
mate, 81 663,OOO. In addition to
this, land for approaches will cost
more than 100000, and other tex
tras' will bring the total cost up to
S2,OOO,OOO.
The new structure will he a draw
bridge, and with its long approaches
will have total length of 300 feet,
almost half mile. 1t will thus
rank second in length only to the
great East river span among metro.
politan bridges. 1t will have total
width of seventy feet, Of which fifty
feet will he allotted for the roadway
and ten feet on each side for side
walks. The draw is to be 800 feet
long and will he placed near the
souther shore, to divert traffic to
that side Of the river, in order to
avoid the fleet OF floats and trans
ports which are continually going
and coming from the docks Of the
New York, New Haven n Hartford
railroad on the opposite side. There
will be twenty-six feet clear at high
tide under all parts Of the bridge
over the river.
The northern approach to the
bridge Is to he a viaduct Of iron aud
masonry, beginning at grade at the
| junction Of Willis avenue aud One
Hundred and Thirty-fourth street
aud running due south to the river
over the intervening low land occu-
pied 10y the New Haven railroad
yards. The entire superstructure
will be OF iron. From One Hundred
and Thirty.fourth street to the
Southern boulevard IL will be a
caIseway OF solid masonry, rising to
a height Of thirty-Dine feet. From
that point the roadbed will be car.
ried over iron supports to One
Hundred and Thirty. second street,
and thence on stone piers across the
railroad yards. At One Hundred
and Thirty. second street the struc.
ture will rise to a height Of forty.
one feet to cross ever an elevated
station Of the railroad. The south.
ern approach will start from the
northeast corner OF One Hundred
and Twenty fifth street and First
avenue and run diagonally through
the block and across Ono Hundred
aud Twenty-sixth street to tho river
Besides the large pier on which the
draw will rest the plans provide for
three other piers, resting on caissons
Junk in the river bed, two ON the
north side and one on the south side
OF the draw. The land on the line
Of the approaches has not yet been
acquired, and although Commission.
or DAILY will advertise for bids in a
few days il is not likely that the
actual work OF construction can be.
gin before next summer.