The George Washington Bridge : : Poetry in Steel /

The George Washington Bridge : : Poetry in Steel / / Michael Aaron Rockland.

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Since opening in 1931, the George Washington Bridge, linking New York and New Jersey, has become the busiest bridge in the world, with 103 million vehicles crossing it in 2016. Many people also consider it the most beautiful bridge in the world, yet remarkably little has been written about this maje...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2020 English
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Rockland, Michael Aaron,
Place / Publishing House:New Brunswick, NJ : : Rutgers University Press, , [2020]
©2020
Year of Publication:2020
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (324 p.) :; 5 color and 30 B-W illustrations
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • 1. Growing Up with the G.W.B.: An Introduction
  • 2. A Day on the George Washington Bridge
  • 3. The George and the Brooklyn
  • 4. Othmar Ammann
  • 5. Building the Bridge
  • 6. The Accidental Icon
  • 7. The “Martha”
  • 8. The George Washington Bridge in Literature
  • 9. The George Washington Bridge in the Other Arts
  • 10. Life Along the Walkways
  • 11. Dangers, Disasters, and Tragedies
  • 12. Bridgegate
  • 13. The G.W.B. and Me
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes
  • Selected Bibliography
  • Index
  • About the Author

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