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==Transport== | ==Transport== | ||
Despite being very small, Liberty City's transport is very large in the city, mostly by bridges and tunnels that link to each island. Transport was more extensive before 2000 when there were still several important services like the ferry, which had the disadvantage of being very slow. Around the city there are four bridges (of which only two are those that connect to the islands), two expressways, an underground tunnel that goes under the city, another tunnel under construction in Shoreside Vale, as well as an airport and public transportation that can be used by the player and the [[pedestrians]]. | |||
===Bridges=== | ===Bridges=== | ||
[[File:Shoreside Lift Bridge.jpg|right|thumb|250px|The Shoreside Lift Bridge]] | [[File:Shoreside Lift Bridge.jpg|right|thumb|250px|The Shoreside Lift Bridge]] | ||
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The Shoreside Lift Bridge is a four lane lift bridge, most likely based off George Washington Bridge connecting Manhattan to the New Jersey. In 1998, [[Toni Cipriani]] has to wait for a strike to end before using the bridge, whilst in 2001 [[Claude]] is forced to wait until a mechanical problem is fixed. | The Shoreside Lift Bridge is a four lane lift bridge, most likely based off George Washington Bridge connecting Manhattan to the New Jersey. In 1998, [[Toni Cipriani]] has to wait for a strike to end before using the bridge, whilst in 2001 [[Claude]] is forced to wait until a mechanical problem is fixed. | ||
There are also two smaller but notable bridges: an [[Shoreside Vale Arch Bridge|unnamed bridge in Shoreside Vale]] connecting [[Pike Creek]] and [[Cedar Grove]], and an unnamed bridge on Staunton Island connecting [[Fort Staunton]] with [[Rockford]]. | There are also two smaller but notable bridges: an [[Shoreside Vale Arch Bridge|unnamed bridge in Shoreside Vale]] connecting [[Pike Creek]] and [[Cedar Grove]], and an unnamed little bridge on Staunton Island connecting [[Fort Staunton]] with [[Rockford]]. | ||
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File:CallahanBridge-GTA3.jpg|[[Callahan Bridge]], as viewed from [[Staunton Island]] | File:CallahanBridge-GTA3.jpg|[[Callahan Bridge]], as viewed from [[Staunton Island]] | ||
File:ShoresideArchBridge-GTALCS-view.jpg|The Shoreside Vale Arch Bridge. | File:ShoresideArchBridge-GTALCS-view.jpg|The Shoreside Vale Arch Bridge. | ||
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===Expressways=== | |||
[[File:Aspatria-BedfordPointexpressway-GTA3-southwards.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Aspatria-Bedford Point expressway, the longest road.]] | |||
Other transportation as favorable to the bridges, are the roads, which are a total of only tree expressways located in Staunton Island. The first expressway is the [[Aspatria - Bedford Point Expressway]], a four-lane highway located in the western part of the island. This is the biggest highway in the city, connecting Aspatria with Bedford Point, passing through Belleville Park and below the Shoreside Lift Bridge. | |||
The second highway called "[[Newport/Fort Staunton Expressway]]" is one that attaches to the east, Newport Fort Staunton, the only highway that separates the lanes on both sides (two on each side) that is filled with some posters . | |||
Another highway that links the Newport, Fort Staunton and Torrington along the east coast district, which is the only through which pass the pedestrian walk, because this is the form of a normal street, only very large. | |||
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File:Newport-FortStaunton-GTA3-Aerialview.jpg|The Newport/Fort Staunton Expressway. | |||
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{{main|Subway in GTA III}} | {{main|Subway in GTA III}} | ||
The inter-borough subway system is an underground system linking the three boroughs of the city. The subway stations are located at the border of the [[Red Light District]]/[[Chinatown, Portland|Chinatown]] in Portland, at [[Liberty Campus]] and [[Bedford Point]] in Staunton Island, and [[Francis International Airport, Shoreside Vale|Francis International Airport]] in Shoreside Vale. At some point, Liberty City had another subway system, which was abandoned after the construction of the new subway. [[Toni Cipriani]] uses an old subway entrance to destroy [[Fort Staunton]] in "[[Bringing the House Down]]." | The inter-borough subway system is an underground system linking the three boroughs of the city. The subway stations are located at the border of the [[Red Light District]]/[[Chinatown, Portland|Chinatown]] in Portland, at [[Liberty Campus]] and [[Bedford Point]] in Staunton Island, and [[Francis International Airport, Shoreside Vale|Francis International Airport]] in Shoreside Vale. At some point, Liberty City had another subway system, which was abandoned after the construction of the new subway. [[Toni Cipriani]] uses an old subway entrance to destroy [[Fort Staunton]] in "[[Bringing the House Down]]." | ||
===Taxis=== | |||
The public transport seen on the streets is a [[taxi]]. There are two types | |||
{{double image|center|Taxi-GTA3-front.jpg|260|Cabbie-GTA3-front.jpg|260|Comparison between the clssic taxi and the cabbie}} | |||
*Taxis: known way of example, have a more modern model in addition to being faster and lighter. | |||
*[[Cabbie]]: While others are more modern taxis, the cabbie is its counterpart, since these are slower, heavier and with an older design. | |||
These can be operated by [[Mean Street Taxis]], which is based in [[Trenton]] and also while working in Vice City, and [[Borgnine Taxis]] in [[Harwood]], the only companies that operate throughout the city | |||
[[File:Ferry.jpg|right|150px|thumb|The Ferry]] | [[File:Ferry.jpg|right|150px|thumb|The Ferry]] | ||
===Ferry Service=== | ===Ferry Service=== | ||
Liberty | The Liberty City´s [[ferry]] was the most used service until some time before [[2000]], which connected to Portland and Staunton Island with docks located in [[Harwood]] and [[Rockford]]. The ferry service was canceled by [[Miles O'Donovan]], despite his promise to maintain the service. In [[1998]], workers across the city went on strike to protect the ferry service, which only provoked the closure, leaving Portland off the rest of the city. Already for 2000, the ferry service had been replaced by the [[Callahan Bridge]] and [[Porter Tunnel]]. | ||
===Airport=== | |||
Liberty City's airport, which is called "[[Francis International Airport in GTA III Era|Francis International Airport]]", is the only airport in the city, located in Shoreside Vale. This means of transport is the most widely used by travelers since [[1953]], providing $ 69 to travel from different places like London, San Andreas, Vice City and Tokyo. Several airlines like Rockstar DMAir McAdam Airways and the best known, among others, operating in this airport, providing flights to domestic and international locations, as some mentioned. | |||
===Railroad=== | |||
{{main|Harwood Train Yard}} | |||
Very little is known about the Liberty City railroad, but the reason that once existed is that still there is a yard with some rusty rails. | |||
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