New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-03-20
BIG BRIDGE TO JERSEY
TO COST S42,OOO,OOO
Commission Tells Legislators
How to Relieve Traffic
Between Two Cities.
TWO TUBES FOR WAGONS
Vehicular Tunnels from Canal
Street to Cost $11, 00O,OO
Span Across Hudson
at 58th Street.

4 monster suspension bridge 10 span
the Hudson River from JSth street TO
Weehawken and two vehicular tunnels
10 run under the river from Canal street
"a Jersey City are the recommendations
which the New Jersey Interstate Bridge
and Tunnel Commission has made TO the
state Legislature.
The report aims at the solution OF the
traffic problem between this city ana 'ne
Jersey side Of the Hudson and VIII p'
followed in few weeks by "A similar re
.port presented 10 the New York l~eSislat-
urc 10y the New York Interstate Bridge
Commission.
Tho commission has divided its report
into two parts. the first dealing with the
construction Of the bridge, providing ior
a variety of methods of transit ana COST
in- approximately N2.0C0Op. and the wv
tunncls. one for cast-SOinG ana LOT west
going vehicles. at an estimated cos %
1l1 zoe COO Boiler. Hodge Il Bard "''ue'
engineers. at No. 40 Broadway. nave pre-
pared the plans and specifications io' '"'
bridge. and Jacobs y Davies. No. 81" NI'u' I'll
street. engineers Of the Hudson ana MIA"
haitian and tho Pennsylvania Kailrodu
tunnels. the estimates Cor the tunnels
Iono.st Single Span in World
According 10 the plans Of Boiler iiodSe
& Baird. which are preliminary ana SUI
400, IN thc recommendations of the Legs
,,,rrc and commission. the bridge VIII
havo the longest single span in the "or'u
o,d q greater capacity than any YET con-
structod il is proposed TO thio" II az. vs.
tho river with one end lying between '''"
and 5sth streets. Manhattan ana III"
o,b,r the Boulevard and 9th street "co
hawkcn. III. an
r,o MANS call for the New YORK aP-
-, ,bo bridge to begin at Sth ave
,,,e and 10 maintain a maximum slauo u
~ ,s nor cent. IT is proposed that '''e VIZ
49,. ,hc land from Ninth avenue 10 u'e
- he,veen 57th and 5sth streets wiz"
,,,a no the ground for the approao"
I'd tho section underneath the coihineH'o
ment of the bridge. ana deNo'e INC
.,o,.crounds school buildings or o'n''
municipal buildings &.
,r,,o suepcnsion portion Of the brldge j.
90 clear the surface of the river oS 1'V
Cos; which is 30 feet higher man aug
h-;doc over the East River. inc ilNe'
vii he crossed by single span -'o'V
,,c which with the approaches WI"
10 tho structure $3.50 feet in lengtn'
e., Ninth avenue to the top OF the All
,e. Tbc towers which will support
49, roodvav will be of steel and DO ice'
high. while the width OF the 'o"e'S "' wv
base will be 304 feet.
...,n -
THE capacity of the bridge VIII ne eis"
lines of traffic. Provision mas peen
,,ode for two subway lines, two eieVa'cu
lines and four trolley car lines TWO 'dO"
,.,. There will also be two drive"a!S
% foot IN width. allowing for the passage
~ four vehicles abreast. ana TWO s,ue
Wake 6 feet in width. NO provision hds
-, ,rade for steam traffic. All raNei
IN ha made on the one level. allowing
o. roodv transfer in case Of blockade
,rhe cite selected for the bridge has been
,,ada after a series of experimental DOT
incs 10 determine the proper iounoa',oii7'
and the cost of approaches has also oee"
considered. a time limit OF SIX years -
enc estimate for the completion Oh inc
work.
Call for Two Tunnels.
The tunnel plans call for the consuuc-
,ion OF two tunnels $3.50 feet from portal
IN mortal. with a roadway In each OF II
foot II IS proposed to make the entrance
of tho tunnels at Canal and NaricK
streets. extend the lines under Carid'
street TO the riverfront. thence across 10
Jersey City. with the terminal IN the
block bounded by 18th and 18th, provost
md Henderson streets, distance IN aIi
ri 40 feet including the approaches
The engineers call attention to the TACT
that Canal is the widest downtown street
and estimate the capacity OF the tunnels
st 100000 vehicles per annum, which is
anproximately the entire vehicular trafilc
now crossing the river by ferries. Three
wears is the time limit set for-the WORK
although the engineers call attention TO
the fact that the two tunnels done for the
PENNSYLVANIA were completed in eighteen
months
The New Jersey commission which has
recommended these improvements is COM
posed OF w II. Noyes, chairman: j. Hol-
lis Wells. De Witt Van Buskirk, George
Iimouze and John J. O'I.eary.
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