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Mill Basin Bridge
The Mill Basin Bridge is a seven-lane, fixed girder bridge in Brooklyn. It is owned and maintained by the New York City Department of Transportation (NYCDOT) and spans Mill Basin inlet. Completed in February 2019, the span replaces a Bascule bridge originally constructed in 1940. The bridge carries passenger vehicles via the Belt Parkway and pedestrians and cyclists via the Jamaica Bay Greenway. History Background The need for a crossing above Mill Basin inlet was first identified by early 20th-century proposals to build a grade-separated circumferential parkway around the southern and eastern borders of Brooklyn and Queens. In October 1938, the project was finally made possible by a $12 million grant from the federal Public Works Administration. Plans for construction of the roadway were finalized and voted on by the New York City Department of Parks that same month, with Mill Basin being one of five waterways to be spanned along the western edge of Jamaica Bay by a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jamaica Bay Greenway
Jamaica (; ) is an island country situated in the Caribbean Sea. Spanning in area, it is the third-largest island of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean (after Cuba and Hispaniola). Jamaica lies about south of Cuba, and west of Hispaniola (the island containing the countries of Haiti and the Dominican Republic); the British Overseas Territory of the Cayman Islands lies some to the north-west. Originally inhabited by the indigenous Taíno peoples, the island came under Spanish Empire, Spanish rule following the arrival of Christopher Columbus in 1494. Many of the indigenous people either were killed or died of diseases, after which the Spanish brought large numbers of African slaves to Jamaica as labourers. The island remained a possession of Spain until 1655, when England (later Kingdom of Great Britain, Great Britain) conquered it, renaming it ''Jamaica''. Under British colonial rule Jamaica became a leading sugar exporter, with a plantation economy dependent on the Af ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |