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Derek Jeter(notes) will be a free agent at the end of the 2010 season. Despite the fact he’ll be a 36-year-old shortstop destined to be a first baseman or DH, he’ll have the Yankees over the proverbial “give me a long contract or I’m going to go play for the Angels or — gasp! — the Red Sox” barrel.

So how do the fine citizens of the Bronx sweeten the pot and lock down the only player capable of making the Brett Favre coverage look like a mere blotter item for the rest of his career?

Why, they build him his own bridge near Yankee Stadium and slap his name on it, of course.

According to a report, there is serious consideration being paid to naming a future 512-foot bridge after the Yankees shortstop. The bridge would “span the Metro-North tracks that bisect East 153rd Street between Park Avenue and the Grand Concourse” and cost an estimated $87 million.

(Only $102 million less than the contract that Jeter signed in early 2001.)

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Derek Jeter has always provided structure to the New York Yankees’ lineup.

Now he may bring a structure to the city itself.

From the New York Post:

Bronx leaders have proposed naming the soon-to-be-built East 153rd Street bridge for the Yankee shortstop.

“There have been conversations at the community board, and I know the idea is being examined,” said Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr., a Bombers fan who confesses to a “man crush” on the Captain.

“It’s something I am ready to support. We’re moving on it.”

The 512-foot-long “Derek Jeter Bridge” would span the Metro-North tracks that bisect East 153rd Street between Park Avenue and the Grand Concourse. It will cost $87 million.

Community Board 4 District Manager José Rodriguez confirmed that the idea was being considered.

We always thought it was the bridge to Mariano.

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All city parking rules are in effect today and tomorrow.

Special alert for the northbound FDR Drive from Houston to 20th Sts.: All northbound lanes (yes, all) will be closed from 11:59 p.m. Friday to 8 a.m. Sunday as crews finish fixing up the roadway. The great news for drivers is all northbound lanes will reopen at 8 a.m. on Sunday (one northbound lane has been closed around the clock from 14th to 18th Sts. the past two months). Use First Ave. as the detour. The northbound entrances at South, Pearl and Montgomery Sts. as well as the Houston St. southbound entrance will also be closed.

The comeback kings continue their quest for their 27th World Series ring as the Yankees host Game 1 of the American League Championship Series versus the Angels at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Game 2 is at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday.

More than 50,000 fans, including scalpers, fans without tickets and ticket holders, will converge on the Bronx at the start of the afternoon peak period. The Major Deegan and Cross Bronx expressways, the Harlem River Drive, the Grand Concourse, Jerome Ave. and the various Manhattan-Bronx crossings serving Yankee Stadium will all be jammed. Leave the car at home unless you’re at the Stadium by 5 p.m. Read more..

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For whom the hike tolls: Drivers will have to pay 50 cents more to cross bridges and tunnels

Thank a driver today, straphangers.

More than 800,000 daily drivers have to dig deeper into their pockets and pay higher tolls to subsidize the bus, subway and commuter train system.

Tolls for most of the MTA’s major bridges and tunnels have been hiked 50 cents to $5.50 for those paying cash.

The E-ZPass toll is now $4.57, up from $4.15 for the major crossings: The Robert F. Kennedy Bridge, Bronx-Whitestone Bridge, Throgs Neck Bridge, Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel and the Queens Midtown Tunnel.

One-way tolls to use the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge are now $11 cash, up from $10. E-ZPass will set drivers back $9.14, up from $8.30.

“It’s outrageous,” said John Corlett, director of government affairs for Automobile Club of New York.

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It won’t be ready for the Yankees’ home opener on April 16, but Metro-North Railroad plans to open its station at Yankee Stadium about a month later, on May 23, the railroad announced yesterday.Bronx Bombers fans from the suburbs will first be able to ride Metro-North to a Saturday game against Philadelphia.

“They will have direct, fast, convenient and reliable service to Yankee games so that they don’t have to worry about traffic,” Metro-North President Howard Permut said yesterday, as he and other railroad officials showed the nearly complete stop to the media. “It will be much more comfortable. We think it will be basically a home run for the people of Westchester and Connecticut.” Read more..

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