The Daily Alaska empire., 1936-03-03
Bv HOWARD ALLAwAY

NEW YORK, March 3.-Comple- ton by next July of the S64, ,000,0 Triborough Bridge to link Manhat- tan and Long Island with steel and concrete to the continent of North America is promised by Col. Paul Loeser, General Manager of the authority charged with it's con | struction. saae .f a f Called a bridge" the project is really a gigantic communications mechanism in which three bridges, yiaduct, three and one-half miles of elevated speedway and 15 miles of express highway will shuttle some of the worlds heaviest vehicu- lar traffic between New York City's lboroughs of Manhattan, Queens and the Bronx. ~ r
 It also will connect more than 100 miles of Long Island parkways with direct routes to New England
 Its design introduces new prin- ciple for expediting over-water pas sage through congested metropoli- tan areas. The old way, Colonel Loeser says, was simply to build a bridge. To the motorist was left the puzzle of how to get on and off it. Results: traffic tangles and loss of time
 Spider Web System
 The Triborough Bridge, he ex- plains, not only will span the wat erways which separate New York Citys three upper boroughs. It will complete the job by gathering and dispensing traffic in all directions from it's three approaches by a spider web-like system of converg- ing speedways.
 Heart of the machine is a T. shaped, railroad-type junction over Randall Island in the East River Traffic-two, three and four lanes wide bound in eight different direc- ltions-will automatically sort itself tWine through a knot of broad curved ramps and then speed on in the proper direction without ever meeting or crossing.
 From the junction great arms of elevated roadway will extend in three directions-over the Harlem River by a vertifical lift bridge to Manhattan, over the Bronx Hills by steel truss structure to the Bronx, and to Queens Borough by a viaduct over Little Hell Gate and Wards Island and thence across a half mile long span sus- . pended from 22-inch steel cables 135 feet above the East River at . Hell Gate.
 3 Feedsr Extend Seven Miles ,, In the towers of the Harlem Riv- = CT Bridge will be electric motors n to lift the roadway an additional t 65 feet above the water, permitting = ocean-going vessels to pass. The n structure over the Bronx Hills is t convertible into a lift bridge, and y the Hell Gate suspension span of fers sufficient clearance for passage e of steamers and warships. l, Approaches in all three boroughs $ will diverge along speedways ex- n tending as far as seven miles from n the bridge itself. These feeders are
 an integral part of the project and '- will be unobstructed for their en- e tire length. Only stops will be at y toll booths at the junction. e On the Manhattan side the speed d way will follow the East River wat l. erfront toward downtown New : York Old dwellings along the river y front for nearly two miles have ,- been demolished to clear the way l. The Bronx speedway extends north, y east to connect with the West j. chester cross-country parkway and r ultimately, with the Boston Pos e Road.
 -I Work Delayed Five Years S, In addition, the plans call fo
 Identification of the East Rive
 and Flushing Bay waterfronts ant
 landscaping for a city park ol