Sentence examples for operating the bridge from inspiring English sources

Sanna Holmquist, the head of media relations for the company operating the bridge, is herself a Swede who commutes daily to Copenhagen: "Twenty-thousand people cross in cars and trains every day," she says.

But the UK government said tolls can only be used to pay for building, maintaining and operating the bridge.

"This has been the case since 1992 and the legislation is clear that the tolls can only be used for the purpose of paying the costs of building, maintaining and operating the bridge.

There are four bridge tender houses: the northwest and southeast bridgehouses house the controls for operating the bridge; the northeast and southwest bridgehouses are purely decorative.

"We will have a sign with information about the bridge, saying, 'Leave us your dollar or yen, or whatever, we appreciate it,' " said Mary Currie, director of public information for the Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District, the agency that operates the bridge.

— Patrick C. O'Brien, Boston This just in from Ron Marsico, spokesman for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which operates the bridge.

The driver was not hurt, said Tiffany Townsend, a spokeswoman for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which operates the bridge.

But Tom Kelly, a spokesman for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, which operates the bridge, said the state bond act that finances the bridge requires the toll.

Cathy Sweeney, a spokeswoman with the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's department of bridges and tunnels, which operates the bridge, would not comment on the proposal.

Other parts were repainted in the 1980s, but the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, which operates the bridge, decided that a full rehab was necessary.

The Port Authority operates the bridge and tunnel crossings from New Jersey to New York as well as the three area airports, the port and the PATH commuter rail line.