Crossing the Hudson: Historic Bridges and Tunnels of the River

Index

Albany bridges. See Albany-Greenbush Bridge; Livingston Avenue Bridge; Maiden Lane Bridge Albany-Greenbush Bridge, 45–48 Alfred H. Smith Memorial Bridge. See Castleton Bridge Allen, Horatio, 50, 52–53 American Bridge Company (Chicago), 58, 60, 63, 65, 240n14 American Bridge Company (Pittsburgh): American Bridge Company (Chicago) and, 240n14; George Washington Bridge and, 247n24; KingstonRhinecli ¤ Bridge and, 254n14; MidHudson Bridge and, 158, 161–62, 164, 168, 224; Newburgh-Beacon bridges and, 220, 223–26; Tappan Zee Bridge and, 191–94, 224 American Revolution, 3–4, 7–8 Ammann, Othmar: background of, 130, 247n24; George Washington Bridge and, 108, 122, 135–46, 150–51, 171, 199–200; Hell Gate Bridge and, 130–31, 187; Hudson River Bridge and, 132, 134; Lincoln Tunnel and, 122; and Lindenthal, 130–37, 151; and Silzer, 135–37; and Steinman, 199; Tacoma Narrows Bridge commission and, 171 Anthony’s Nose. See Peekskill bridge Arden Farms, 96–98, 105 Arnold, Benedict, 4, 7 Arthur McMullen Company, 147 automobiles and trucks: Bear Mountain Bridge and, 5, 98, 104, 231–32; Berkshire Connector and, 229; ferries and, 98, 106, 128, 168, 198, 212, 246n2; George Washington Bridge and, 5, 104, 139–41, 149–50, 232; Green Island Bridge and, 29; Holland Tunnel and, 5, 120, 125–27, 163, 233; Hudson River Bridge and, 107–8, 128, 133–34, 139; impact of, 5, 106; Kingston-Rhinecli¤ Bridge and, 196, 210, 230; Lincoln Tunnel and, 5, 125–27, 233; Mid-Hudson Bridge and, 5, 104, 151–53, 163, 176, 198, 230; Newburgh-Beacon bridges and, 212, 216–17, 221–22, 227, 231; Parker Dunn Memorial Bridge and, 229; Patroon Island Bridge and, 229; railroads and, 91, 108, 128; Rip Van Winkle Bridge and, 165–67, 176, 198, 229; spread of, 98, 106, 167, 246n2; Tappan Zee Bridge and, 196, 232; tunnels and, 106–7, 109– 10, 113, 227 Averell, William, 94–95 259 index Baird, Howard Carter, 99–100, 104–5, 108, 128, 228, 243n15 Banks, A. Bleeker, 46 Bear Mountain Bridge: and Baird, 100, 104–5, 108, 128, 228; design and building of, 100–102, 104, 151, 243n17, 247n24; Harriman family and, 99–102, 104–6; impact of, 231; location of, 50, 98; NewburghBeacon bridges and, 211–12; New York State Bridge Authority and, 199; New York State purchase of, 105; opening of, 104; operation of, 104–5, 177; proposal for, 67, 98–99; revenues from, 104–5; and Tench, 98–102, 104, 106; vehicular traªc and, 5, 98, 104, 231–32 Bear Mountain Hudson River Bridge Company, 101 Bellows Falls Bridge, 10–11 Benjamin, Asher, 24 Berkshire Connector, 229 Bethlehem Steel Company: George Washington Bridge and, 247n24; Holland Tunnel and, 117; KingstonRhinecli ¤ Bridge and, 254n14; McClintic Marshall Company and, 69, 101, 131, 247n24; NewburghBeacon bridges and, 220–21; Staten Island Shipbuilding Company and, 159; Tappan Zee Bridge and, 191–92 Bishop, Gardner, 223 Blakeslee Rollins Construction Company, 158–60, 164 Boller, Alfred, 99, 128, 228 Boller, Hodge and Baird, 98, 108–9, 243n15 Booth and Flinn, 116 Boulton, Matthew, 18 Bridge Authority. See New York State Bridge Authority Bridge Company. See American Bridge Company (Pittsburgh) bridge design and construction: of Bear Mountain Bridge, 100–102, 104, 151, 247n24; of Bellows Falls Bridge, 10; of Castleton Bridge, 69– 70; deXection theory and, 141; by early builders, 12–13; of George Washington Bridge, 138–51, 247n24; of Green Island Bridge, 23–24, 26– 28; of Hell Gate Bridge, 130–32; of Hudson River Bridge, 79–81, 108, 127–30, 133–34, 138–40, 145; Kahwanake and, 206–7; of Kingston-Rhinecli¤ Bridge, 200– 201, 203–9, 252n13; of Livingston Avenue Bridge, 35–39, 44–45; of Lower Bridge, 45, 47–48; of Maiden Lane Bridge, 41–43; of Mid-Hudson Bridge, 154–62, 172, 249n12; of Newburgh-Beacon bridges, 212–26; of Poughkeepsie Railroad Bridge, 52–54, 56–57, 59–60, 63–67, 156; of Rip Van Winkle Bridge, 168–70, 172–76, 200, 204, 219; of Tappan Zee Bridge, 185–95, 204, 224; unemployment and, 166–67; of Waterford-Lansingburgh Bridge, 4, 11–12, 14–17 Broadway Bridge, 155 Brooklyn Bridge: cables for, 101, 145, 148; completion of, 61; pneumatic caisson and, 59; Roebling Company and, 101, 148; span of, 80, 91, 100 Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company, 99, 243n15 Brown, William H., 86 Buckley and Company, 223 Burr, Theodore, 12–17, 24 Burr, William H., 139 caisson disease, 89, 118 Canajoharie bridge, 13–14 cantilevering: Central Bridge Works and, 63; and Eads, 53; failure of, 169; falsework and, 53...