The Pulaski Skyway is a cantilever truss structure in New Jersey carrying U.S. Highways 1 and 9 between the far east side of Newark and Tonnelle Circle in Jersey City, passing through Kearny. The Skyway spans the Passaic River and Hackensack River, the New Jersey Turnpike, many local roads, and several railroads. It is named for General Kazimierz Pulaski, the Polish military leader who helped the United States in the Revolutionary War. It is known as a 'skyway' because it travels high (41.1 meters/135 feet at its highest point) above the meadows to avoid drawbridges across the two navigable rivers. The Skyway was opened in 1932 as the last part of the Route 1 Extension, considered by many to be the first "super highway" in the United States, and is still in use in its original form, with only minor changes.
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1845: The Raven, a popular poem by Edgar Allan Poe, was first published in the New York Evening Mirror. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Allan_Poe)
1856: The Victoria Cross was first awarded, recognizing acts of valour during the Crimean War. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_Cross)
1886: Carl Benz received a patent for the first successful gasoline-driven automobile. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Benz)
1959: The Disney animated film Sleeping Beauty was first released. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleeping_Beauty)
2002: In his State of the Union Address, U.S. President George W. Bush described Iraq, Iran and North Korea as "regimes that sponsor terror", forming an "Axis of Evil". (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axis_of_evil)
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