One of the Works Progress Administration’s (WPA) most expensive endeavors, the Triborough Bridge serves as a key figure in the New Deal. Not only in price, but in sheer size, the bridge that connects Manhattan, Queens, the Bronx as well as Randalls and Wards Islands represents one of the New Deal’s largest structures erected. However, this was no simple undertaking with several massive hurdles delaying construction multiple times.
What is now known as the Robert F. Kennedy Bridge, was a long-planned project, with its initial announcement coming in 1916. It took nine more years before the project could gain funding even though city officials backed the project from inception. It would take an additional four years to begin construction in
What is now known as the Robert F. Kennedy Bridge, was a long-planned project, with its initial announcement coming in 1916. It took nine more years before the project could gain funding even though city officials backed the project from inception. It would take an additional four years to begin construction in