sidewalk bridge

We understand that these sidewalk bridges are erected for the greater good of the public.

Kettler is also building a new bike path and sidewalk bridge.

"We've got a sidewalk bridge with waterproof plastic on top.

THE city now imposes no limit on how long the sidewalk bridges may remain in place.

The deteriorating building is surrounded by sidewalk bridges.

A sidewalk bridge still surrounds the building because restoration of some of its detail remains in progress.

A row of serious-looking angel faces on the facade seemed to stare down into the sidewalk bridge.

Many of them establish makeshift residences at such sites as soon as the so-called sidewalk bridges go up.

Once you get a sidewalk bridge in front of your property, your No. 1 priority is getting the contractor on the fast track," he said.

Sidewalk bridges protect pedestrians from errant showers of debris.

If approved, the changes would allow the department to force the removal of some sidewalk bridges, but would not set a time limit in all cases.

Vornado has erected a sidewalk bridge at the site and is ready to build, but the project has been delayed by a lawsuit.

In 1989, some stones fell from the church onto Lexington Avenue and the church immediately had to erect a sidewalk bridge for protection.

The sheds - or sidewalk bridges, as they are also called - are required at construction sites to protect pedestrians from falling debris.

A typical variance would be issued for assembling a tall crane, raising hoisting elevators or removing sidewalk bridges.

A sidewalk bridge went up in January and Mr. Bard says he is planning a long-range repair program.

The moving sidewalk bridge is complete and crosses Washington St. diagonally to the southwest onto the Sky Train station.

Under current policy, property owners performing work required by Local Law 10 are granted a building notice by the city that lets them erect sidewalk bridges.

Because large chunks of masonry are missing from the fifth-floor balcony, a sidewalk bridge has been erected on Seventh Avenue to protect pedestrians.

If the repairs are not completed by the end of the second year a sidewalk bridge is in place, property owners can be fined $250 a month under the proposal.

In 1997 the mall opened and the lamps and part of the carved stone railing of the overpass were used for a sidewalk bridge above the mall.

When the owners also elect to combine Local Law 10 repairs with other facade improvements, their work schedules are stretched out even further, and the sidewalk bridges usually remain standing.

Since the memo was written, board officials have said, the hazards have been addressed by emergency measures - including sidewalk bridges - and are no longer an immediate danger to students.

But the statement from the board said that safeguards, like sidewalk bridges or temporary repairs, would be made at each site before school opened "to insure the safety of students and staff."

Sidewalk sheds, also known as sidewalk scaffolding or sidewalk bridges, seem to have taken over the city, turning long stretches of streetscape into Erector Set tunnels.