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Posted by RedbirdR33 on Tue Oct 16 20:22:12 2007, in response to Re: 3rd ave el question, posted by randyo on Tue Oct 16 18:13:48 2007. BROADWAY LINE CONSTRUCTIONThe original Broadway Bridge over the Harlem River (Ship Canal) opened January 1, 1895. It was a single deck swing bridge. As the West Side Branch of the original subway was being built north to The Bronx it was realized that this bridge would not be adequate to handle the rapid transit trains so a new bridge with two levels was constructed on opened for service on June 16, 1906. Due to the delay in building the new bridge the IRT Broadway Line was opened in sections as follows; 157 Street to 221 Street (temporary station) on March 12, ,1906, to 225 Street on January 14, 1907, to 230 Street (temporary station) on January 27, 1907 and to 242 Street on August 1, 1908. When the line was extended from 221 Street to 225 Street the temporary platforms at 221 Street were dismantled and reassembled at 230 Street. When the line was extended to 242 Street the temporary platforms at 230 Street were dismantled. I read somewhere but I cannot verify it that the temporary platforms from the 230 Street Station were then reassembled as the side platforms at 242 Street. If you look at 242 Street today you will note that the center platform is about two car lengths longer than the side platforms. Two stations opened late. 207 Street was completed in 1906 but was in a sparsely populated area . It did not open until April 1, 1907. 191 Street was not part of the original construction. It did not open until January 14, 1911. Regarding the Fort Washington Tunnel; It was originally planned to curve west at its north end at Broadway. However this was changed to the present alignment whereby the tunnel portal is just south of the Dyckman Street Station. This change lengthened the tunnel by about 500 feet. Larry, RedbirdR33 |
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