1936 Print Robert Kennedy Bridge Triborough Galloway Architecture Manhattan FZ2 XEX9 500 Fifth Ave

500 Fifth Ave

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1936 Print Robert Kennedy Bridge Triborough Galloway Architecture Manhattan FZ2 XEX9 500 Fifth AveThis is an original 1936 halftone print of the Robert F. Kennedy Bridge (Triborough Bridge) which spanned the Harlem River, the Bronx Kill, and the Hell Gate. The bridge connects Manhattan, Queens and the Bronx. The construction of the bridge actually began on Black Friday in 1929, and and so building was halted in order to simplify the original lay out. Construction reconvened in the early 1930s with New Deal money. The bridge was opened in 1936. The