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Planning for a bridge across Jamaica Bay, connecting Howard Beach with Rockaway Beach via Beach Channel, had begun by 1917. [3] Construction began in 1923. [4] [5] The bridge was intended to save travel time for people in Manhattan traveling to the Rockaways. [4] The bridge was designed by the engineering firm of Madigan-Hyland.
State Route 37 (SR 37) is a state highway in the U.S. state of California that runs 21 miles (34 km) along the northern shore of San Pablo Bay.It serves as a vital connection in the North Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area, running from U.S. Route 101 in Novato, through northeastern Marin County, and the southern tips of both Sonoma and Solano Counties to Interstate 80 in Vallejo.
The George Washington Memorial Parkway, colloquially the G.W. Parkway, [3] [4] is a 25-mile-long (40 km) limited-access parkway that runs along the south bank of the Potomac River from Mount Vernon, Virginia, northwest to McLean, Virginia, and is maintained by the National Park Service (NPS).
Runners begin the 47th Marine Corps Marathon in Arlington on Oct. 30, 2022. Packet pickup for the 48th Marine Corps Marathon takes place at National Harbor on Friday, Oct. 27 and Saturday, Oct. 28.
The 40th Marine Corps Marathon (MCM) and the MCM10K race will take place on Sunday, Oct. 25. The opening ceremonies for the 40th MCM begin at 6:30 a.m., with the wheelchair/hand cycle division ...
The bridge and the accompanying 8.8-mile (14.2 km) Pocahontas Parkway are toll facilities.They were built through a public-private partnership.Though the road had been planned for many years, sufficient state and federal construction funds were not available when the road was finally desired.
The original bridge was reconfigured to carry southbound traffic. The Fire Island Inlet span was completed in 1964. By 1985 a dual span was proposed to alleviate traffic, but it was never constructed. When first proposed in 1938, the span was to be a vertical-lift bridge with a design similar to that of the Marine Parkway–Gil Hodges Memorial ...
High Bridge was originally completed in 1848 with 16 individual stone arches. In 1928, the five that spanned the Harlem River were replaced by a single 450-foot (140 m) steel arch. The bridge was closed to all traffic from around 1970 until its restoration, which began in 2009. The bridge was reopened to pedestrians and bicycles on June 9, 2015.