- 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
- Completed:
- 1940
Description
The bridge carrying Albee Avenue over the newly sunken Staten Island Railway was built in 1940, as one link in a large grade crossing removal project sponsored by the Public Works Administration (PWA).
Source notes
National Bridge Inventory data: https://bridgereports.com/ny/richmond/ (accessed Mar. 2018)
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
Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on March 8, 2018.
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