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Re: More Warning Signs & Alarms Are Needed to Prevent Trucks From Slamming Into Low Train Overpasses |
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Posted by Mitch45 on Thu Aug 22 11:03:20 2019, in response to More Warning Signs & Alarms Are Needed to Prevent Trucks From Slamming Into Low Train Overpasses, posted by heypaul on Mon Aug 19 19:57:48 2019. Its not just train overpasses.When I was growing up in Kew Gardens Hills, the Van Wyck Expressway ran along the western border of the neighborhood (which it still does today). There was a children's park called the Mauro Playground on the near side of the Van Wyck, which I went to many times as a child. There was an overpass connecting the playground to the ballfields in the grassy area on the other side of the highway. We used to ride our bikes and hang out on the overpass to watch the traffic go by. In the '80s, the overpass over the southbound Van Wyck was struck twice by passing trucks. It was closed to all foot and bike traffic and eventually rebuilt with the section over the southbound lanes being raised higher than it had been before. You can still see the raised section today. Unfortunately, that spelled the end of the ballfield use. The MTA took over a large swath of the grassy area for an expanded Jamaica yard and the rest of it was turned into a natural reserve for migrating birds and such, since the grassy area is near the lake. Today its all overgrown. |
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