During the 19th and 20th centuries, the City of New York took the initiative to improve inter-borough connectivity by building several bridges. Here's a collection of 15 vintage photographs showing different aspects of how the bridges were mid-construction.
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| Brooklyn Bridge (East River Bridge), c. 1872-1883 (Wikimedia Commons) |
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| Manhattan Bridge, 1909 (NYC Municipal Archives) |
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| Williamsburg Bridge, c. 1900-1906 (Library of Congress) |
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| Kosciuszko (Meeker Avenue) Bridge, 1939 (NYC Municipal Archives) |
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| Hamilton Avenue Bridge (Gowanus Canal), 1933 (Brooklyn Library) |
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| 155th Street Viaduct (The Riviera) |
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| Henry Hudson Bridge (Spuyten Duyvil Creek), 1936 (Wikimedia Commons) |
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| High Bridge (Harlem River), 1927 (Li Saltzman Architects) |
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| Outerbridge Crossing (Arthur Kill), 1927 (Port Authority Archive) |
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| Wards Island Bridge (Harlem River), c.1950 (The Daily News) |
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| Washington Bridge (Harlem River) (Historic Bridges) |
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| Queensboro Bridge (Blackwell’s Island Bridge), 1907 |
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| Hell’s Gate Bridge (Queens and Randall’s Island), 1915 (Library of Congress) |
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| Verrazano Bridge, 1963 |