Roosevelt Island Historical Society To Receive Dial & Control Panel From Welfare (Roosevelt) Island Bridge
Received the following message from the Roosevelt Island Historical Society:
On Friday, June 11th, at 12 noon Judith Berdy, President of the Roosevelt Island Historical Society will accept a panel containing historic dials and controls from the former Welfare Island Bridge now the Roosevelt Island Bridge. The RIHS will preserve this important piece of island history in their archives.
The controls were recently replaced with new technology having been in services since 1957.
The Bridge is being completely restored, painted and a new lift system is being placed. This work is being performed by the New York City Department of Transportation.
Please join us for this historic presentation. The event will take place at the construction trailer at the Roosevelt Island side of the bridge.
Immediately following the presentation the control panel will be placed on public display at the window of 531 Main Street.
NYC Roads has more on the history of the Welfare (Roosevelt) Island Bridge and NYC Department of Transportation reports on current rehabilitation project.
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