Continuing last two posts of our Five Bridges Walk. Also went over two spans of the Triborough (RFK) Bridge.
East River and Randalls Island
The Queens span of the Triborough in the background. Also in the left background is part of the Hell Gate railroad bridge.
Triborough lamp post
These distinctive, Art Deco lamp posts adorn the Triborough and other Robert Moses’ projects. They have also been called “Moses lamp posts.”
closed pedestrian walkway
Approaching the Triborough from 125th Street in Manhattan, the normally-open north side walkway was locked up tight.
open walkway across Triborough Bridge
But, the authorities had opened the other walkway. 🙂
Willis Avenue Bridge
statue at Abraham Lincoln Houses
Metro North railroad bridge
Madison Avenue Bridge
One of the remaining, beautifully ornamented, century-old, Alfred Pancoast Boller bridges.