On Friday, November 21, 2014 2:15:43 PM UTC-5, Phil Kane wrote:   
      
   > Hard to believe that it's 50 years old.  In 1962 I commuted on the   
   > Belt Parkway and watched it being built.  I remember that well, as I   
   > do my then-fiancee who car-pooled with me.   
      
   Back in 1962, was the Belt Parkway a very slow road (heavy traffic) as it is   
   today?   
      
   I don't know what's worse--slogging along the Belt Pkwy or using local streets   
   in Brooklyn.  Unfortunately, some destinations in Queens and Long Island are   
   not near a train and driving is necessary.  Though one time I came over the   
   GWB and Throngs Neck    
   Br to Long Island and made good time; another time I used the Triborough and   
   GWB and also did well.   
      
   Returning to the bridge, I like the tower design of the Triborough much better   
   than the austere design of the Vz, ThNk, and BxWh bridges.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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