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BEAR MOUNTAIN HUDSON RIVER BRIDGE, SHOWING HIGHLANDS OF THE HUDSON, LOOKING SOUTH
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THE BEAR MOUNTAIN BRIDGE, open to
traffic 24 hours daily throughout the year, saves
time
and miles for the motorist. Its central
suspended span is 1,632 feet long, the entire length
of the bridge being 2,257 feet. The huge cables,
18 inches in diameter, each contain 7,252 wires,
enough to reach from New York to San Francisco.
The roadway is 155 feet above the river.
It affords a convenient connection to Bear Mountain R
Park at its western end. A drive over the bridge U
highway, through the Park, over the Storm King B
Highway and a visit to West Point, provides the E
greatest scenic motor trip in the East.
THE RUBEN PUBLISHING CO., NEWBURGH, N. Y.
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