ACT English Bridge Construction and Historical Context

When the gleaming Bear Mountain Bridge officially opened to traffic on Thanksgiving Day in 1924, it was known as the Harriman Bridge, after Edward H. Harriman, a wealthy philanthropist.

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• 1924; it

• 1924. 1924. It

• 1924 and it

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Before they were constructed, there were no bridges spanning the Hudson river south of Albany.

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• the bridges were

• it was

• it were

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The New York State Legislature had authorized a group of private investors led by Mary Harriman to build a bridge.

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• authorized

• was authorized

• would authorize

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The group, known as the Bear Mountain Hudson Bridge Company (BMHBC), was allotted thirty years to build, construct, and maintain the structure, at which time the span would be handed over to New York State.

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• build and construct and maintain

• construct and maintain

• construct, and maintain

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The (BMHBC) invested almost $4,500,000 into the suspension bridge and hired the world-renowned design team of Howard Baird and George Hodge as architects.

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• of Howard Baird, and George Hodge

• of Howard Baird and , George Hodge

• of, Howard Baird and George Hodge

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The purpose for including the cost of the bridge is to:

• provide a piece of information critical to the point of the essay.

• insert a necessary transition between the second and third paragraphs.

• add a detail contributing to the reader's understanding of the magnitude of the project.

• provide an explanation of how the group raised money to invest in the bridge.

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Therefore, the two main cables used in the suspension were 18 inches in diameter; and each contained 7,752 individual steel wires wrapped in 37 inch thick strands.

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• At the same time, the

• The

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The bridge links Bear Mountain on the western bank of the Hudson to Anthony's Nose on the eastern side, it lies so precisely on an east-west plane that one can check a compass by it.

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• side, lies

• side, lying

• side; and it lies

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In an attempt to recoup some of its investment after the bridge opened, the BMHBC charged an exorbitant toll of eighty cents per crossing.

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• opened the BMHBC charged

• opened: the BMHBC charged

• opened; the BMHBC

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Moreover, the Bear Mountain Bridge sees more than six million vehicles cross its concrete decks each year.

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• over

• even more than

• a higher amount than

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