Railway Overpass: Arden Avenue – Staten Island NY

City:
Staten Island, NY

Site Type:
Infrastructure and Utilities, Roads, Bridges, and Tunnels, Mass Transportation

New Deal Agencies:
Public Works Administration (PWA), Public Works Funding

Description

The bridge carrying the the newly raised Staten Island Railway over Arden Avenue was built in the late 1930s, as one link in a large grade crossing removal project sponsored by the Public Works Administration (PWA). The bridge bears a 1938 date stamp.

Source notes

The New York Times: "$3,000,000 PWA JOB STARTS HERE TODAY: Work of Eliminating 15 Grade Crossings on Staten Island to Take 18 Months," July 13, 1938.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Staten_Island_Railway

Date stamp

Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on March 8, 2018.

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