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The original Triborough Bridge Authority Act authorized the authority to build two bridges and their approaches.

Dwarkesh Patel · What I learned about power from LBJ and Robert Moses · 29 Oct 2026

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“And what could the authority build with all this money? Well, the original act let it build two bridges and their approaches.”
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