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...chairman of the New York State Thruway Authority, Bertram D. Tallamy can take credit for building one of the most scenic and safest superroads in the U.S. (2.8 deaths per hundred million vehicle miles). But if Tallamy had it to do all over again, the 427-mile Thruway from New York City to Buffalo would be even better; he says he would avoid all scenically dull stretches, make roadways at least 80 ft. apart, build them at different levels for greater safety and so that oncoming traffic would not spoil the view. Last week Highway Man Tallamy got his chance...
...million public-works program. Governor Thomas E. Dewey asked him to become deputy superintendent of public works in charge of coordinating all the various highway and building projects, quickly moved him up to superintendent of public works and in 1950 put him in charge of the New York State Thruway project...
...awesome shortage of highways, New York state last week opened a new, three-mile bridge across the Hudson River's Tappan Zee, 18 miles north of Manhattan, bringing near to completion the longest single express highway in the world, the 427-mile, $1 billion Buffalo-to-Manhattan thruway. Even the shortage of highways may some day be solved, impossible as that may seem...
...bonds by 1972, a good 20 years ahead of time. However, as in Pennsylvania, the turnpike revenue will probably be plowed back into more toll roads across Ohio. Two more pay-as-you-go projects are coming up next: a spur from Cleveland, connecting with the New York Thruway at Erie, Pa., and a major lateral across the state toward Cincinnati and St. Louis...
SHERATON CORP. will be the first big U.S. hotel chain to move in on the booming motel business. To its 30 hotels, Sheraton will add a $2,225,000 luxury motel near the Tarrytown exit of the New York State Thruway, some 25 miles north of the New York City line. To be called the Tarrytown Sheraton Inn, the new motel will have 156 rooms, a restaurant, bar and a drive-in registration desk...