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Washington Heights' Fort Washington Park runs from 155th Street to Dyckman Street along the Hudson River, meeting the George Washington Bridge at Jeffrey's Hook (around 178th Street). [206] The 184-acre park was originally designed in 1873 by Fredrick Law Olmsted along with Riverside Park and Morningside Park , [ 207 ] : 4 and most of the park ...
The Washington Bridge is a 2,375-foot (724 m)-long arch bridge over the Harlem River in New York City between the boroughs of Manhattan and the Bronx.The crossing, opened in 1888, connects 181st Street and Amsterdam Avenue in Washington Heights, Manhattan, with University Avenue in Morris Heights, Bronx.
The George Washington Bridge measures 4,760 feet (1,450 m) long, and its main span is 3,500 feet (1,100 m) long. It was the longest main bridge span in the world from its 1931 opening until the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco opened in 1937. The George Washington Bridge is an important travel corridor within the New York metropolitan area ...
Washington Bridge (Harlem River), an arch bridge between the Bronx and Manhattan in New York City; Washington Bridge (Connecticut), a drawbridge over the Housatonic River connecting Milford and Stratford, Connecticut; Washington Bridge (Washington, Missouri), a bridge over the Missouri River at Washington, Missouri
The George Washington Bridge Bus Station is a commuter bus terminal at the east end of the George Washington Bridge in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City. The bus station is owned and operated by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ). On a typical weekday, approximately 20,000 passengers on about ...
Washington Heights is also home to the city's only remaining independently owned children's bookstore — Rainbow Booksellers at 5704 W. Vliet St. The side of the building features a mural called ...
During construction, one advocacy group expressed concerns that the presence of the bridge's towers would degrade the quality of Fort Washington Park directly underneath. [19] [20] The bridge was opened in 1931 [21] and the connection to Fort Tryon Park opened four years later. [22] The Henry Hudson Parkway, running east of the park, opened in ...
The Bridge Apartments are four high-rise apartment buildings in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan, New York. Built between 1961 and 1964, they are notable for rising from concrete platforms directly above the Trans-Manhattan Expressway on its approach to the George Washington Bridge .