It happened in New Jersey Wednesday afternoon, when the first of three giant steel arch bridge ... work on the Manhattan and New Jersey sides of the river. Portal North Bridge will carry Amtrak ...

There’s no doubt that bridges are among the most functional structures ever made; the bridges often symbolise human ...

Instead of pushing straight down, the weight of an arch bridge is carried outward along the curve of the arch to the supports at each end. These supports, called the abutments, carry the load and ...

On the Manhattan side, it starts at the Manhattan Bridge Arch and Colonnade and, from the Brooklyn side, at a small park (named on Google Maps “Manhattan Bridge Small Park”). The bridge is a ...