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Mid-span taps are done here all the time, but they are usually very short and are slack spans to avoid placing any tension on the main span. It's very common in dense urban areas.

Yup. In sections of Queens, Brooklyn, Bronx & Staten Island; that's also the case.

Manhattan is the only section of New York City where you won't find any overhead wires. By law.

Part of the reason why they're constantly ripping up streets to replace cables (and also why you get electrified manhole covers after snow-storms). [Linked Image]