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Posted by Elkeeper on Tue Mar 17 20:09:50 2015, in response to Re: Myrtle Avenue El, posted by Elkeeper on Tue Mar 17 19:41:41 2015. Their first attempt to get a bridge was in 1892, for a train bridge AND a bridge similar to the current WillyB. The train bridge would have been just north of the Williamsburg bridge. Despite the NY State charter given to them, opposition was strong, especially from the Manhattan Elevated's Jay Gould and his powerful political friends. In 1896, the BRT surrendered their charter, only to have the Cities of Brooklyn and New York build the WillyB, beginning in the same year. Halfway through construction, in 1898, Brooklyn became part of NYC and the structure, as well as the later subway extension in Manhattan to Chambers St, came under the NYC Dept of Bridges. |
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