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The Old Croton Aqueduct State Historic Park, running along the Old Croton Aqueduct, crosses the village between Broadway and the Hudson River. Its 26.2-mile (42.2 km) trail, following the aqueduct from the Croton Reservoir to New York City, is a popular bicycling and running path maintained by New York State.
On May 19, 2007, the first legal mountain bike trails and dirt jumps in New York City were opened in Highbridge Park. New York City Mountain Bike Association, working with NYC Parks & Recreation, and the International Mountain Bicycling Association (IMBA), worked to design and install the trails; the opening weekend featured a festival and ...
The Old Croton Aqueduct Trailway (1.1 miles (1.8 km), easy/moderate), [217] was created in 1968 when the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation had bought a 26.2-mile (42.2 km) stretch of the Old Croton Aqueduct, for use as a walking trail.
The Croton Aqueduct or Old Croton Aqueduct was a large and complex water distribution system constructed for New York City between 1837 and 1842. The great aqueducts , which were among the first in the United States , carried water by gravity 41 miles (66 km) from the Croton River in Westchester County to reservoirs in Manhattan .
Aqueduct Walk is a community park in The Bronx, New York City, located between Kingsbridge Road and West Tremont Avenue. It spans over two zip codes ( 10453 and 10468) and two Bronx community boards ( 5 and 7 ).
[1] [2] It connects through the Eastview parking lot to the Tarrytown Lakes Extension and Tarrytown Lakes Trail to the Old Croton Aqueduct and Tarrytown. [3] While primarily a dedicated multi-use path, trail users are directed by signs to use the shoulders of New York State Route 100 for two sections between Briarcliff Manor and Millwood.
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The Old Croton Aqueduct was the first of its kind ever constructed in the United States. The innovative system used a classic gravity feed, dropping 13 inches (330 mm) per mile, or about 1/4" per 100' (~0.02%) [ 5 ] and running 41 miles (66 km) into New York City through an enclosed masonry structure crossing ridges, valleys, and rivers.