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The Hudson River is a 315-mile (507 km) river that flows from north to south primarily through eastern New York, United States.It originates in the Adirondack Mountains of upstate New York at Henderson Lake in the town of Newcomb, and flows southward through the Hudson Valley to the New York Harbor between New York City and Jersey City, eventually draining into the Atlantic Ocean at Upper New ...
Downtown Hudson Tubes: Port Authority Trans-Hudson: Jersey City – Manhattan: 1909 Holland Tunnel: I-78 / Route 139: 1927 $17.00 (eastbound) Uptown Hudson Tubes: Port Authority Trans-Hudson: 1908 North River Tunnels: Amtrak and NJ Transit: North Bergen – Manhattan: 1910
For crossings of the Hudson River, see: List of fixed crossings of the Hudson River (bridges and tunnels) List of ferries across the Hudson River to New York City
The Hudson River Railroad was chartered the next year as a continuation of the Troy and Greenbush south to New York City, and was completed in 1851. In 1866, the Hudson River Bridge opened over the river between Greenbush and Albany, enabling through traffic between the Hudson River Railroad and the New York Central Railroad west to Buffalo.
A 1781 map, developed during the Revolutionary War, that refers to the "North River or Hudson River", using both names interchangeably. In the early 17th century, the entire watercourse was named the North River (Dutch: Noort Rivier") by the Dutch colonial empire; by the early 18th century, the term fell out of general use for most of the river's 300+ mile course. [7]
The Hudson Waterfront is an urban area of northeastern New Jersey along the lower reaches of the Hudson River, the Upper New York Bay and the Kill van Kull.Though the term can specifically mean the shoreline, it is often used to mean the contiguous urban area between the Bayonne Bridge and the George Washington Bridge that is approximately 19 miles (31 km) long. [1]
A 2004 map with Lower New York Bay highlighted in pink Hudson River estuary waterways: 1. Hudson River, 2. East River, 3. Long Island Sound, 4. Newark Bay, 5. Upper New York Bay, 6.
Lower Patroon Island, formerly an island in the city of Albany, New York, was filled in by the construction of interchange of Interstate 90 (exit not numbered) and Interstate 787 (exit 5), Hudson River remains on east bank, is a part of the Corning Preserve, lends its name to the Patroon Island Bridge, which connects it to the city of ...