Broadway Bridge (New York)
Coordinates: 40 ° 52 ′ 25 ″ N , 73 ° 54 ′ 40 ″ W.
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| use | Road and rail bridge | |
| Crossing of | Harlem River | |
| place | New York City | |
| Entertained by | New York City Department of Transportation | |
| construction | Truss bridge | |
| Clear height | Max. 41 m | |
| building-costs | $ 13.4 million | |
| opening | July 1, 1962 | |
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The Broadway Bridge is a combined road and rail bridge that spans the Harlem River in New York City . There the US Route 9 (US 9) runs as Broadway and the subway IRT Broadway - Seventh Avenue Line from Manhattan to Bronx .
The steel truss lift bridge was opened to traffic on July 1, 1962. The construction cost was about $ 13.4 million. On the lower level there are four lanes for road traffic with a total width of 10.36 m for both directions and two sidewalks, each 1.83 m wide. On the upper level there are three tracks for the subway. The Marble Hill - 225th St stop is right at the end of the bridge.
The passage height under the bridge is 7.3 m with normal water level. The main part of the bridge can be pulled vertically upwards on the two side towers made of steel framework up to a maximum passage height of 41 m. The span of this main part is 92.6 m.
The New York City Department of Transportation , which is responsible for the maintenance and care of the bridge, counted an average of 33,266 vehicles per day in both directions in 2008.
The bridge is the only one over the Harlem River that connects two parts of the Manhattan borough . The Marble Hill district used to be on the island of Manhattan, but by relocating the riverbed it first became an island and later part of the mainland. The area remained in the Manhattan borough, so it is its only part on the mainland. Broadway forms the border with the Bronx.
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- ↑ a b Bridges in New York City (English) ( Memento of the original from July 13, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ New York City Bridge Traffic Volumes 2008 (PDF; 53.5 MB) New York City Department of Transportation. March 2010. Retrieved June 27, 2010.
