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The Alexander Hamilton Bridge is an eight-lane steel arch bridge that carries traffic over the Harlem River between the boroughs of Manhattan and the Bronx in New York City. The bridge connects the Trans-Manhattan Expressway in the Washington Heights section of Manhattan with the Cross Bronx Expressway as part of Interstate 95 (I-95) and U.S ...
The High Bridge (originally the Aqueduct Bridge) is a steel arch bridge connecting the New York City boroughs of the Bronx and Manhattan.Rising 140 ft (43 m) over the Harlem River, it is the city's oldest bridge, having opened as part of the Croton Aqueduct in 1848.
The Hell Gate span was the world's longest steel arch bridge until the Bayonne Bridge, between New York and New Jersey, was completed in 1931. [ 136 ] [ 137 ] Its completion enabled passengers to travel the length of the Northeast Corridor without having to transfer to a ferry. [ 6 ]
The Henry Hudson Bridge is a double-deck steel arch toll bridge in New York City across the Spuyten Duyvil Creek. It connects Spuyten Duyvil in the Bronx with Inwood in Manhattan to the south, via the Henry Hudson Parkway . On the Manhattan side, the parkway goes into Inwood Hill Park. Commercial vehicles are not permitted on this bridge or on ...
Stone arch bridge Hervey Street Road Stone Arch Bridge: 1891 2008-01-09 Hervey Street: Greene: Stone arch bridge High Bridge Aqueduct and Water Tower: 1838, 1844, 1872 1972-12-04 New York: New York, Bronx: Holland Tunnel: 1920, 1927 1993-11-04
13 feet 6 inches (4.11 m) west arch, 18 feet (5.5 m) east arch Eaglevale Bridge is the only double-arch bridge in Central Park. A pedestrian walkway, formerly a branch of the Lake leading to the Ladies' Pond, runs under the eastern arch, while a bridle path runs under the western arch.
A well-known example of this type is the Sydney Harbour Bridge in Australia, which is based on the Hell Gate Bridge in New York City. [2] Other bridges include the Chaotianmen Bridge in China, the world's longest through arch bridge; [3] Tyne Bridge of Newcastle upon Tyne; the Bayonne Bridge that connects New York City to New Jersey, which is longer than the Sydney Harbour Bridge; the Ahwaz ...
Flatbush Avenue Extension and B and D N and Q trains of New York City Subway: East River: Brooklyn and Manhattan: Kings and New York: NY-128: Williamsburg Bridge: Extant Suspension: 1903 1983 Roadway and J and Z M trains of New York City Subway: East River