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The result was: promoted by Bruxtontalk 04:22, 1 April 2024 (UTC)
... that a local newspaper hosted a beauty pageant to celebrate the opening of New York City's Queensboro Bridge? Source: "Queens History; How a Bridge Shaped a City Queensboro span key to population explosion". Newsday. March 27, 1994.
ALT1: ... that during a tour of the Queensboro Bridge in 1988, a transportation engineer peeled off part of one of the bridge's beams with one hand? Source: Rist, Curtis (December 3, 1989). "Manhattan a Bridge Too Far Commuters hit where they live". Newsday. p. 4