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Oldest surviving bridge in New York City Alexander Hamilton Bridge: 1963: 2,375 724: 8 lanes of I-95 and US 1: Washington Bridge: 1888: 2,375 723.9: 6 lanes of roadway: University Heights Bridge: 1908: 269 82: 2 lanes of roadway: Broadway Bridge: 1962: 558.0 170.08: 4 lanes of Broadway/ US 9 and the train: Also known as Harlem Ship Canal Bridge ...
The Brooklyn Bridge is a cable-stayed suspension bridge in New York City, spanning the East River between the boroughs of Manhattan and Brooklyn.Opened on May 24, 1883, the Brooklyn Bridge was the first fixed crossing of the East River.
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.
This is a list of bridges and other crossings of the Hudson River, from its mouth at the Upper New York Bay upstream to its cartographic beginning at Henderson Lake in Newcomb, New York. This transport-related list is incomplete ; you can help by adding missing items .
New York: New York, Bronx: Holland Tunnel: 1920, 1927 1993-11-04 New York: New York: Cast iron subaqueous tunnel Hyde Hall Covered Bridge: 1825 1998-12-17 East Springfield: Otsego: IRT Broadway Line Viaduct: 1900, 1904 1983-09-15 New York
By the 1840s, members of the city's elite were publicly calling for the construction of a new large park in Manhattan. [3] At the time, Manhattan's seventeen squares comprised a combined 165 acres (67 ha) of land, [4] constituting less than one percent of Manhattan's total area. [5]
This article lists the 116 National Historic Landmarks in New York City. One of the New York City sites is also a national monument, and there are two more national monuments in New York City. In New York state, there are 276 National Historic Landmarks (NHLs), the most of any state.
New York City Manhattan–Brooklyn: New York [Note 10] [61] 26: John James Audubon Bridge: 482 m (1,581 ft) 3,927 m (12,884 ft) Cable-stayed Composite steel/concrete deck, concrete pylons 2x2 lanes 195+482+195