h**l gate brigde pictures

I last saw this bridge twenty years ago while passing over it to New England.  I thought I recalled the bridge being pretty run down (appearance wise).  Anyone know what the color was then?  Possibly black?   

Nice pics! A couple or so years back, one of the regular posters on the 3 Rail Forum had some aerial shots of the Hellgate taken on a flight approaching NYC. They were very interesting!

Simon

I get to see the bridge from another perspective, on the water, as I regularly do boat deliveries up and down the East River. The Hellgate area is a fascinating place. At full flood or ebb tide there are standing waves at the bend in the river (seen under center span) where the Harlem River diverges. Not a place to be running against current with a small engine, and if you're with the current, hold on! It's like a Nantucket Sleighride!

nice photos.

I just purchased one from a forum member.

Thanks for the real pictures.

Larry

Great pics...thanks.

Spectacular!  Thank you!

Peter

thanks for looking folks.  One of our other forumites sent me some additional pictures, so for your viewing pleasure here is a few more He11gate pics. 

Thanks Mr. H

John Z,   You can find additional pictures of and information about **** Gate Bridge in a book called "The New York Connecting Railroad" by Robert C Sturm and William G Thom

Yeh, we've got one of those too.

Beautiful pictures and Dave....I didn't realize you guys had an almost identical bridge.  Can you tell us more about it....same engineers as **** Gate????

Alan

Fer CRYIN OUT LOUD!  Come on ,Yahoo, H*E*L*L ihas not been a "forbidden" word in over 50 years! 

Let's see if they censor GOD or ****.

(Interesting choice.)

I'll bet if the original poster had capitalized it in the title, it might have gone through, as it did (capitalized) in his description.

Alan, it's the Sydney Harbor Bridge. Opened in 1930, built by a British company, it's the largest single span steel arch bridge in the world. Traveling through Britain, you will see other smaller examples. It was obviously a popular design back then.

Thanks Dave....  I had seen the pictures of the Sydney bridge before but at different angles than what you posted.  For some reason it didn't register with me that it was very much like the **** Gate over here.  Sydney is certainly a beautiful city....I love the skyline and the architecture.  The bridge just puts the icing on the cake so to speak!!

Alan