LC control no. | no2010013497 |
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Geographic heading | Roosevelt Island Bridge (New York, N.Y.) |
See also | Welfare Island Bridge (New York, N.Y.) |
Found in | Queens Borough Public Library. Long Island Division. Bridges, Welfare Island Bridge (Blackwells Is.) [vertical file] [New York City Program 1955], "A new traffic facility for New York City... Welfare Island Bridge will be dedicated and opened to traffic at noon, Wednesday, May 18, 1955." OCLC, January 25, 2010: (heading: Roosevelt Island Bridge (New York, N.Y.), Blackwell's Island Bridge; usage: Blackwells Island Bridge, Welfare Island Bridge) NYCDOT, viewed January 25, 2010: Roosevelt Island Bridge ("The Roosevelt Island Bridge is a tower drive, vertical lift, movable bridge across the East Channel of the East River between the borough of Queens and Roosevelt Island, New York City...It was known as the Welfare Island Bridge when it was first opened to traffic in 1955.") <http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/bridges/roos.shtml> Wikipedia, view January 26, 2010: Roosevelt Island Bridge ("It opened on May 18, 1955, as the Welfare Island Bridge. The name was changed to the Roosevelt Island Bridge in 1973.") <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roosevelt_Island_Bridge> Roosevelt Island, c2008: p. 59-60 (Blackwell's Island Bridge refers to the Queensboro Bridge, which had an elevator to Blackwell's Island) |