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MATERIAL AS FILMED·EXISTING BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD  \nReproductions may not be made without permisson trom Columbla Universlty Libraries.              \nRESTRICTIONS ON USE:  \nTECHNICAL MICROFORM DATA  \n35mmREDUCTION RATIO:            10:/  \nIMAGE PLACEMENT:IA  \nDATE FILMED:                    5-2-97INITIALS:         P  \nTRACKING\\#:                                                                                                23643  \nFILMED BY PRESERVATION RESOURCES,BETHLEHEM,PA.  \n308  \nBo*224  \n## THE LIBERTY BRIDGE\n\nA PETITION  \nTO THE BOARD OF ESTIMATE &APPORTIONMENTOF THE CITY OF NEW YORK  \n\n| THE LIBERTY  \u003Cbr>:  BRIDGE :   |  |  |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n|  | A PETITION  \u003Cbr>To The  \u003Cbr>Board of Estimate  \u003Cbr>and Apportionment  \u003Cbr>Of The  \u003Cbr>City of New York   |  |\n| From The-  \u003Cbr>Brooklyn Federation of Community  \u003Cbr>Centers and Affiliated Organizations  \u003Cbr>176 NASSAU STREET  \u003Cbr>BROOKLYN,N.Y.  \u003Cbr>1926   |  |  |\n\nRSGj千  \n2·99·27  \nPROPOSED LIBERTY BRIDGE  \nTo CoxNECT BRooKLYx WITH TATEN ISLAND AcRoss THE NARRows  \nNEW YORE  \n## THE LIBERTY BRIDGE\n\nA PETITION  \nTo THE BoARD OF EsTIMATE AND APPORTIONMENT OF THE CITYOF NEw YORK FROM THE BROOKLYN FEDERATION OFCoMMUNITY CENTERS AND AFPILIATEDORGANIZATIONs  \nTo the Honorable Board of Estimate and Apportionment of theCity of New York:  \nRecognizing the timeliness and community value of the pro-ject to connect Brooklyn and Staten Island with a monumentalhighway bridge,to span the narrows at the entrance to NewYork Harbor,the undersigned respectfully petition the Board ofEstimate and Apportionment of the City of New York to givethis proposal the earliest possible favorable consideration and toappropriate the funds needed for preliminary surveys and engi-neering studies.  \nNo one can intelligently argue for or against the bridge untilthese preliminary studies and borings are made.They are neces-sary to determine accurately whether or not the project is prac-tical.The result of the studies already made,however,is mostencouraging and certainly justifies a thorough study by themunicipal authorities.  \n## COMMUNITY ADVANTAGES\n\nThe Liberty Bridge,as this project is now popularly known,offers the following advantages to the inhabitants of this Metrop-olis and to its component communities:  \n### 1.Facilitating Commercial and Pleasure Trafic:\n\nThe Liberty Bridge will provide a direct highway route fromBrooklyn to Staten Island and over the new bridges to New Jerseyaffording highway connections to the West and South for com-mercial transportation and pleasure traffic.Likewise,it will pro-vide a direct route from the mainland to Brooklyn and otherLong Island points.For traffic in either direction,the present  \nDESTGN BY RoBINSON & STEINMAN, CoNSULTING ENGINEERS. 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