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GREAT LINK IS ACCLAIMED; People Demanding Such Up-to-Date Projects, Roosevelt Says. TALK SEEN AS CHALLENGE Ickes and Moses Praise Each Other as They Meet for the First Time. LEHMAN GRATEFUL TO U.S. Mayor Also Hails Government -- Olympic Stadium on Island Dedicated. VIEWS OF YESTERDAY'S CEREMONIES AT THE OPENING OF THE NEW $60,300,000 TRIBOROUGH BRIDGE ROOSEVELT OPENS TRIBOROUGH SPAN

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July 12, 1936, Page 1 The New York Times Archives

The new Triborough Bridge, a colossus of steel and concrete straddling Wards and Randalls Islands and flinging itself across the East and Harlem Rivers, Little Hell Gate and the Bronx Kills to link Queens, Manhattan and the Bronx in a Y-shaped sky highway, was opened officially to the public yesterday with elaborate ceremonies in a country-picnic etting.View Full Article in Timesmachine »

A version of this archives appears in print on July 12, 1936, on Page 1 of the New York edition with the headline: GREAT LINK IS ACCLAIMED; People Demanding Such Up-to-Date Projects, Roosevelt Says. TALK SEEN AS CHALLENGE Ickes and Moses Praise Each Other as They Meet for the First Time. LEHMAN GRATEFUL TO U.S. Mayor Also Hails Government -- Olympic Stadium on Island Dedicated. VIEWS OF YESTERDAY'S CEREMONIES AT THE OPENING OF THE NEW $60,300,000 TRIBOROUGH BRIDGE ROOSEVELT OPENS TRIBOROUGH SPAN. Order Reprints| Today's Paper|Subscribe