Finding the unexpected in the everyday.
January 8, 1908 New York City’s University Heights Bridge was officially opened to traffic. This bridge, which crosses the Harlem River, links West 207th Street in Manhattan’s Inwood neighborhood with West Fordham Road in the University Heights section of the Bronx. Construction on this steel-truss revolving swing bridge began in 1903. The fixed and swing spans of... Continue Reading →
December 22, 2012 A single-track tramway line in Oranjestad, the capital city of the Caribbean island country of Aruba, was officially dedicated. Aruba is a constituent country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands and -- along with the Netherlands’ special municipalities and other constituent countries in the Caribbean Sea -- it is part of those... Continue Reading →
November 17, 1913 The Eighth Street Bridge in Allentown, Pennsylvania, was formally opened to traffic. At the time of its debut, this 17-arch structure -- measuring 2,650 feet (810 meters) in length and 138 feet (42 meters) in height -- was the world’s longest and highest concrete bridge. This bridge came into existence because the Lehigh... Continue Reading →
Transportation History 