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Welfare Island Bridge

AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF STEEL CONSTRUCTION
 
ANNUAL AWARD OF MERIT
MOST BEAUTIFUL STEEL BRIDGE
CLASS IV 1955
 
CITY OF NEW YORK
ROBERT E. WAGNER
 
ABE STARK
PRESIDENT OF CITY COUNCIL

HULAN E. JACK
PRESIDENT BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN
 
LAWRENCE E. GEROSA
COMPTROLLER
 
JAMES A. LUNDY
PRESIDENT BOROUGH OF QUEENS
 
WELFARE ISLAND BRIDGE
1955
 
DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION UNDER SUPERVISION OF
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS

FREDERICK H. ZURMUHLEN, PE, R.A.
COMMISSIONER

J. FRANK JOHNSON, P.E.
DIRECTOR, DIVISION OF BRIDGES
 
KNAPPEN
 
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