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3rd Street Over Gowanus Canal in New York: Brooklyn, New York, United States

Metal Variable Depth Deck Girder, Movable: Double Leaf Bascule (Rolling Lift) and Approach Spans: Metal Deck Girder, Fixed

Length: 106 ft. Main Span: 56 ft. Roadway: 30 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1905 By: Unknown and Scherzer Rolling Lift Bridge Company of Chicago, Illinois

This is one of two surviving rolling lift bascule bridges on this canal which are among the oldest such bridges in the country.

Carroll Street Bridge
HSR

Rough Distance: 0.1 Miles (0.2 Kilometers)

Carroll Street Over Gowanus Canal in New York: Brooklyn, New York, United States

Metal Through Girder, Movable: Retractile

Length: 107 ft. Main Span: 107 ft. Roadway: 17.7 ft. Main Spans: 2

Built 1889 By: New Jersey Steel and Iron Company of Trenton, New Jersey and Brooklyn Department of City Works

This is one of the only known operable retractile bridges in North America.

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Union Street Bridge
HSR

Rough Distance: 0.2 Miles (0.4 Kilometers)

Union Street Over Gowanus Canal in New York: Brooklyn, New York, United States

Metal Variable Depth Deck Girder, Movable: Double Leaf Bascule (Rolling Lift) and Approach Spans: Metal Deck Girder, Fixed

Length: 107 ft. Main Span: 56 ft. Roadway: 35 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1905 By: Unknown and Scherzer Rolling Lift Bridge Company of Chicago, Illinois

This is one of two surviving rolling lift bascule bridges on this canal which are among the oldest such bridges in the country.

Culver Viaduct 3rd Avenue Overpass
HSR

Rough Distance: 0.3 Miles (0.5 Kilometers)

Railroad (New York Subway, F Line and G Line) Over 3rd Avenue in New York: Brooklyn, New York, United States

Metal 6 Panel Rivet-Connected Warren Through Truss, Fixed

Main Span: 84 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1933 By: Unknown

This is one of the larger spans of this section of elevated railroad, which required a truss span.

4th Avenue 9th Street Station Bridge
HSR

Rough Distance: 0.4 Miles (0.6 Kilometers)

Railroad (New York Subway, F Line and G Line) Over 4th Avenue in New York: Brooklyn, New York, United States

Metal 7 Panel Rivet-Connected Camelback Through Truss, Fixed

Main Spans: 1

Built 1933 By: Unknown

This subway station is essentially also a large overpass bridge, and it features a beautiful arch-like facade that conceals the truss span within.

Culver Viaduct
HSR

Rough Distance: 0.4 Miles (0.7 Kilometers)

Railroad (New York Subway, F Line and G Line) Over Gowanus Canal and Various Roads in New York: Brooklyn, New York, United States

Metal 8 Panel Rivet-Connected Warren Through Truss, Fixed

Built 1933 By: Unknown

As an elevated section of an elevated section of the New York Subway, it is hard to define a start and end to this long, bridge-like structure.

Nethermead Arch
HSR

Rough Distance: 1.6 Miles (2.5 Kilometers)

Center Drive Over The Ambergill, Pedestrian Walkway in New York: Brooklyn, New York, United States

Stone and Brick Segmental Deck Arch, Fixed

Length: 119 ft. Main Span: 27 ft. Roadway: 34.5 ft. Main Spans: 3

Built 1870 By: Unknown

This stone arch bridge is buried in a wooded area, but is noted for its impressive brick underside that people walking under it can enjoy.

Terrace Bridge
HSR

Rough Distance: 1.8 Miles (2.8 Kilometers)

Hill Drive (Well House Drive) Over Prospect Park Lake in New York: Brooklyn, New York, United States

Metal Hingeless Deck Arch, Fixed and Approach Spans: Metal Stringer (Multi-Beam), Fixed

Length: 130 ft. Main Span: 71 ft. Roadway: 40 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1890 By: Unknown

This is a very ornately detailed and early surviving example of a riveted metal arch bridge.

Lullwater Bridge
HSR

Rough Distance: 1.8 Miles (2.9 Kilometers)

Prospect Park Walkway Over Prospect Park Lake in New York: Brooklyn, New York, United States

Metal (Cast Iron) Deck Arch, Fixed

Length: 60 ft. Main Span: 60 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1889 By: McKim, Mead, and White of New York, New York

This unique bridge is noted for its extensive and beautiful cast iron ornamentation

Cleft Ridge Arch
HSR

Rough Distance: 1.9 Miles (3 Kilometers)

Well House Drive Over Pedestrian Walkway in New York: Brooklyn, New York, United States

Stone Semicircular Deck Arch, Fixed

Main Spans: 1

Built 1872 By: Unknown and Calvert Vaux

This ancient stone arch bridge is also noted for its very ornamental details.

Brooklyn Bridge
HSR

Rough Distance: 1.9 Miles (3 Kilometers)

Adams Street Over East River in New York: Brooklyn, New York and Manhattan, New York, United States

Metal Through Truss Stiffening Wire Cable Suspension, Fixed and Approach Spans: Stone Semicircular Deck Arch, Fixed

Length: 5,989 ft. Main Span: 1,596 ft. Roadway: 59.7 ft. Main Spans: 3

Built 1883 By: New York Bridge Company, Edge Moor Iron Company, J. Lloyd Haigh, and Others and Washington Augustus Roebling, John Augustus Roebling, and Others

This stunning bridge has been called the most influential bridge in U.S. history.

Manhattan Bridge
HSR

Rough Distance: 1.9 Miles (3.1 Kilometers)

Flatbush Avenue and New York City Subway Over East River and Various Roads in New York: Brooklyn, New York and Manhattan, New York, United States

Metal Pony Truss Stiffening Wire Cable Suspension, Fixed and Approach Spans: Metal Rivet-Connected Warren Deck Truss, Fixed

Length: 6,855 ft. Main Span: 1,470 ft. Roadway: 46 ft. Main Spans: 3

Built 1909 By: Ryan-Parker Construction Company of New York, New York and Gustav Lindenthal, Othniel Foster Nichols, and Leon Moisseiff

The companion bridge to Brooklyn Bridge, but in its own right one of the most beautiful and impressive bridges in the country.

Williamsburg Bridge
HSR

Rough Distance: 2.6 Miles (4.2 Kilometers)

Delancey Street and New York City Subway Over East River in New York: Brooklyn, New York and Manhattan, New York, United States

Metal Through Truss Stiffening Wire Cable Suspension, Fixed and Approach Spans: Metal Rivet-Connected Lattice (Quadruple Warren) Through Truss, Fixed

Length: 7,308 ft. Main Span: 1,600 ft. Roadway: 76 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1903 By: American Bridge Company of New York, New York and Leffert L. Buck

The largest of the three East River suspension bridges, and a nationally significant suspension bridge with an uncommon stiffening truss.

Park Avenue Viaduct
Pershing Square Viaduct, Grand Central Terminal Bridge
HSR

Rough Distance: 4.8 Miles (7.7 Kilometers)

Park Avenue Over 41st Street and 42nd Street in New York: Manhattan, New York, United States

Metal Hingeless Solid Ribbed Deck Arch, Fixed

Length: 658 ft. Main Span: 224 ft. Roadway: 35 ft. Main Spans: 3

Built 1919 By: Terry and Tench of New York, New York and Warren and Wetmore of New York, New York and Clifford M. Pinckney

This beautiful bridge was built as an integral part of the famous Grand Central Terminal.

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17th Avenue Bridge
HSR

Rough Distance: 4.8 Miles (7.8 Kilometers)

Pedestrian Walkway Over Belt Parkway (NY-907C) in New York: Brooklyn, New York, United States

Metal One-Hinged Solid Ribbed Deck Arch, Fixed

Length: 133 ft. Main Span: 130 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1941 By: Unknown

One of two beautiful art deco pedestrian overpasses of unusual design crossing this parkway.

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Kosciuszko Bridge
Meeker Avenue Bridge
HSR

Rough Distance: 5 Miles (8 Kilometers)

I-278 (Brooklyn - Queens Expressway) Over Newtown Creek and Various Streets in New York: Brooklyn, New York and Queens, New York, United States

Metal 12 Panel Rivet-Connected Polygonal Warren Through Truss, Fixed and Approach Spans: Metal 9 Panel Rivet-Connected Warren Deck Truss, Fixed

Length: 5,536 ft. Main Span: 300 ft. Roadway: 78.7 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1939 By: American Bridge Company of New York, New York and J. Frank Johnson

Perhaps the beauty and heritage of this iconic truss bridge was underappreciated because many people never checked it out from below.

Belt Parkway Bridge
HSR

Rough Distance: 5 Miles (8.1 Kilometers)

Belt Parkway (NY-907C) Over Bay Parkway in New York: Brooklyn, New York, United States

Metal Stringer (Multi-Beam), Fixed

Length: 88 ft. Main Span: 85 ft. Roadway: 68 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1941 By: Unknown

This bridge is a steel beam bridge with attractive arched beams.

26th Avenue Bridge
HSR

Rough Distance: 5.4 Miles (8.6 Kilometers)

Belt Parkway (NY-907C) Over 26th Avenue in New York: Brooklyn, New York, United States

Concrete (Stone Faced) Rigid-Frame, Fixed

Length: 81 ft. Main Span: 71 ft. Roadway: 68 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1941 By: Unknown

A representative example of a stone faced concrete rigid-frame bridge on the Belt Parkway, where this bridge type is less common.

Queensboro Bridge
59th Street Bridge, Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge, Blackwell's Island Bridge
HSR

Rough Distance: 5.5 Miles (8.8 Kilometers)

59th Street (NY-25) Over East River and Various Roads in New York: Manhattan, New York and Queens, New York, United States

Metal Cantilever 40 Panel Multiple-Type-Connected Baltimore Through Truss, Fixed and Approach Spans: Metal 6 Panel Rivet-Connected Warren Through Truss,

Length: 7,449 ft. Main Span: 1,182 ft. Roadway: 51 ft. Main Spans: 5

Built 1909 By: Pennsylvania Steel Company of Steelton, Pennsylvania and Gustav Lindenthal, Leffert L. Buck, and Other Engineers

Breaking American records when built, this is a famous double-deck cantilever through truss noted for its massive design, ornamental details, and unusual cantilever arrangement.

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27th Avenue Bridge
HSR

Rough Distance: 5.5 Miles (8.9 Kilometers)

Pedestrian Walkway Over Belt Parkway (NY-907C) in New York: Brooklyn, New York, United States

Metal One-Hinged Solid Ribbed Deck Arch, Fixed

Length: 133 ft. Main Span: 130 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1941 By: Unknown

One of two beautiful art deco pedestrian overpasses of unusual design crossing this parkway.

Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge
Verrazano-Narrows Bridge
HSR

Rough Distance: 5.5 Miles (8.9 Kilometers)

I-278 (Staten Island Expressway and Brooklyn - Queens Expressway) Over The Narrows in New York: Brooklyn, New York and Staten Island, New York, United States

Metal Deck Truss Stiffening Wire Cable Suspension, Fixed and Approach Spans: Metal Deck Girder, Fixed

Length: 7,934 ft. Main Span: 4,260 ft. Roadway: 73.8 ft. Main Spans: 3

Built 1961 By: American Bridge Company of New York, New York and Othmar Ammann

This enormous bridge had the longest suspension span in the world when completed.

Gapstow Bridge
Bridge 35
HSR

Rough Distance: 5.7 Miles (9.2 Kilometers)

Pedestrian Walkway Over The Pond in New York: Manhattan, New York, United States

Stone Deck Arch, Fixed

Main Span: 44 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1896 By: Unknown and Howard and Caudwell

This bridge is one of the younger stone arch bridges in the park, but remains a historic and beautiful bridge.

Driprock Arch
Bridge 2
HSR

Rough Distance: 5.8 Miles (9.4 Kilometers)

Center Drive Over Pedestrian Walkway (Former Bridle Path) in New York: Manhattan, New York, United States

Stone and Brick Elliptical Deck Arch, Fixed

Length: 80 ft. Main Span: 24 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1859 By: Unknown and Calvert Vaux and Jacob Wrey Mould

This arch bridge is noted for its prominent use of brick in its design.

Greyshot Arch
Bridge 13
HSR

Rough Distance: 5.8 Miles (9.4 Kilometers)

West Drive Over Pedestrian Walkway in New York: Manhattan, New York, United States

Stone and Brick Elliptical Deck Arch, Fixed

Length: 100 ft. Main Span: 31 ft. Roadway: 44.3 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1862 By: and Calvert Vaux and Jacob Wrey Mould

This bridge is one of many attractive stone arch bridges found in Central Park.

Pinebank Arch
Bridge 15
HSR

Rough Distance: 5.8 Miles (9.4 Kilometers)

Pedestrian Walkway Over Bridle Path in New York: Manhattan, New York, United States

Metal (Cast Iron) Hingeless Deck Arch, Fixed

Length: 85 ft. Main Span: 60 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1861 By: J. B. & W. W. Cornell Iron Works of New York, New York and Calvert Vaux and Jacob Wrey Mould

Noted for its shallow arch, this is one of the group of nationally significant cast iron arch bridges in Central Park.

Playmates Arch
Bridge 14
HSR

Rough Distance: 5.9 Miles (9.5 Kilometers)

Center Drive Over Pedestrian Walkway in New York: Manhattan, New York, United States

Stone Deck Arch, Fixed

Length: 63 ft. Main Span: 18 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1863 By: Unknown and Calvert Vaux and Jacob Wrey Mould

This arch bridge is noted for using three colors of stone and brick.

Roosevelt Island Bridge
Welfare Island Bridge
HSR

Rough Distance: 6.1 Miles (9.8 Kilometers)

36th Avenue Over East River in New York: Manhattan, New York and Queens, New York, United States

Metal 12 Panel Rivet-Connected Polygonal Warren Through Truss, Movable: Vertical Lift (Tower Drive) and Approach Spans: Metal Stringer (Multi-Beam), Fixed

Length: 958 ft. Main Span: 418 ft. Roadway: 34 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1955 By: Harris Structural Steel Company of New York, New York and Moore-Lopier Corporation and Knappen-Tippetts-Abbett-McCarthy of New York, New York

This vertical lift bridge provides the only direct vehicular access to Roosevelt Island.

Terrace Bridge
Bridge 1, Bethesda Terrace Bridge
HSR

Rough Distance: 6.2 Miles (9.9 Kilometers)

Center Drive (Terrace Drive) Over Pedestrian Plaza (The Mall) in New York: Manhattan, New York, United States

Metal Deck Girder, Fixed

Main Span: 29 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1863 By: Unknown and Calvert Vaux and Jacob Wrey Mould

This unique bridge is so extensively decorated, the underlying superstructure is completely hidden.

Trefoil Arch
HSR

Rough Distance: 6.3 Miles (10.1 Kilometers)

East Drive Over Pedestrian Walkway in New York: Manhattan, New York, United States

Stone Semicircular Deck Arch, Fixed

Length: 110 ft. Main Span: 16 ft. Roadway: 33 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1862 By: Unknown and Calvert Vaux and Jacob Wrey Mould

This bridge is noted for its unusual arch shape, which occurs only on the southeast side of the bridge.

Bow Bridge
Bridge 5
HSR

Rough Distance: 6.3 Miles (10.1 Kilometers)

Pedestrian Walkway Over The Lake in New York: Manhattan, New York, United States

Metal (Cast Iron) Hingeless Deck Arch, Fixed

Length: 142 ft. Main Span: 87 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1862 By: Janes, Kirtland and Company of New York, New York and Calvert Vaux and Jacob Wrey Mould

With its long, graceful span, this is the most famous of the nationally significant cast iron arch bridges in Central Park.

Greywacke Arch
Bridge 23
HSR

Rough Distance: 6.6 Miles (10.6 Kilometers)

East Drive Over Pedestrian Walkway in New York: Manhattan, New York, United States

Stone and Brick Deck Arch, Fixed

Length: 31 ft. Main Span: 18 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1862 By: Unknown and Calvert Vaux and Jacob Wrey Mould

This bridge is noted for its unique Saracenic pointed arch shape.

Southeast Reservoir Bridge
Bridge 24, South Gate House Bridge
HSR

Rough Distance: 6.8 Miles (10.9 Kilometers)

Pedestrian Walkway Over Bridle Path in New York: Manhattan, New York, United States

Metal (Cast Iron) Hingeless Deck Arch, Fixed

Main Span: 33 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1864 By: J. B. & W. W. Cornell Iron Works of New York, New York and Calvert Vaux and Jacob Wrey Mould

With its visually striking arch, this is one of the nationally significant cast iron bridges in Central Park.

Lower Hack Bridge
HSR

Rough Distance: 6.8 Miles (11 Kilometers)

Railroad (New Jersey Transit Morristown Line) Over Hackensack River in Kearny and Jersey City: Hudson County, New Jersey, United States

Metal 7 Panel Rivet-Connected Parker Through Truss, Movable: Vertical Lift (Span Drive) and Approach Spans: Metal Deck Girder, Fixed

Length: 1,480 ft. Main Span: 198 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1928 By: American Bridge Company of New York, New York and Waddell and Hardesty of New York, New York

This is one of several vertical lift bridges in this area.

Southwest Reservoir Bridge
Bridge 27
HSR

Rough Distance: 6.9 Miles (11.1 Kilometers)

Pedestrian Walkway Over Bridle Path in New York: Manhattan, New York, United States

Metal (Cast Iron) Hingeless Deck Arch, Fixed

Length: 74 ft. Main Span: 39 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1864 By: J. B. & W. W. Cornell Iron Works of New York, New York and Calvert Vaux and Jacob Wrey Mould

This is one of the beautiful and nationally significant cast iron arch bridges in Central Park.

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Wittpenn Bridge
HSR

Rough Distance: 6.9 Miles (11.2 Kilometers)

Newark Avenue (NJ-7) Over Hackensack River in Kearny and Jersey City: Hudson County, New Jersey, United States

Metal Rivet-Connected Pratt Through Truss, Movable: Vertical Lift (Span Drive) and Approach Spans: Metal Rivet-Connected Camelback Through Truss, Fixed

Length: 2,126 ft. Main Span: 206 ft. Roadway: 40 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1930 By: Strobel Steel Construction Company of Chicago, Illinois and Harrington, Howard, and Ash of Kansas City, Missouri and Sigvald Johannesson

This vertical lift bridge with its unique curved approach has been sentenced to the scrapyard despite its historic significance.

PATH Lift Bridge
HSR

Rough Distance: 7 Miles (11.2 Kilometers)

Railroad (Port Authority Trans-Hudson (PATH)) Over Hackensack River in Kearny and Jersey City: Hudson County, New Jersey, United States

Metal 10 Panel Rivet-Connected Parker Through Truss, Movable: Vertical Lift (Span Drive) and Approach Spans: Metal 7 Panel Rivet-Connected Pratt Through Truss, Fixed

Length: 3,015 ft. Main Span: 332 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1928 By: Unknown

This is one of a unique group of vertical lift bridges in this area.

Gothic Bridge
Bridge 28, Reservoir Bridge
HSR

Rough Distance: 7.2 Miles (11.6 Kilometers)

Pedestrian Walkway Over Bridle Path in New York: Manhattan, New York, United States

Metal (Cast Iron) Hingeless Deck Arch, Fixed

Length: 93 ft. Main Span: 15 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1864 By: J. B. & W. W. Cornell Iron Works of New York, New York and Calvert Vaux and Jacob Wrey Mould

By far the most unique of the nationally significant cast iron arch bridges of Central Park, this bridge is named after its Gothic style arches.

US-1/US-9 Truck Hackensack River Bridge
HSR

Rough Distance: 7.5 Miles (12 Kilometers)

US-1 and US-9 Truck Route Over Hackensack River in Kearny and Jersey City: Hudson County, New Jersey, United States

Metal Rivet-Connected Polygonal Warren Through Truss, Movable: Vertical Lift (Tower Drive) and Approach Spans: Metal Deck Girder, Fixed

Length: 1,480 ft. Main Span: 222 ft. Roadway: 73.5 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1954 By: Unknown

One of two vertical lift bridges on this stretch of roadway.

Triborough Bridge
Robert F. Kennedy Bridge
HSR

Rough Distance: 7.6 Miles (12.2 Kilometers)

I-278 Over East River, Harlem River, Bronx Kills, and Various Streets in New York: The Bronx, New York and Queens, New York and Manhattan, New York, United States

Metal Pony Truss Stiffening Wire Cable Suspension, Fixed and Approach Spans: Metal 12 Panel Rivet-Connected Polygonal Warren Through Truss, Movable: Vertical Lift (Tower Drive)

Length: 13,111 ft. Main Span: 1,380 ft. Roadway: 90.6 ft. Main Spans: 3

Built 1936 By: American Bridge Company of New York, New York and Othmar Ammann

This enormous and unique bridge is best thought of as three bridges combined into one giant Y-shaped bridge.

Hell Gate Bridge
New York Connecting Railroad Bridge
HSR

Rough Distance: 7.9 Miles (12.6 Kilometers)

Railroad (Amtrak Northeast Corridor, CSX, and Canadian Pacific) Over East River, Little Hell Gate, Bronx Kills, and Various Streets in New York: The Bronx, New York and Queens, New York and Manhattan, New York, United States

Metal 23 Panel Two-Hinged Braced Ribbed Through Arch, Fixed and Approach Spans: Metal 9 Panel Pin-Connected Inverted Bowstring Deck Truss, Fixed

Length: 17,846 ft. Main Span: 978 ft. Roadway: 60 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1916 By: American Bridge Company of New York, New York and Gustav Lindenthal

This iconic bridge had the longest arch span in the world when built, but its approach spans are also very noteworthy.

Pulaski Skyway
Including The Hoboken Avenue Viaduct
HSR

Rough Distance: 7.9 Miles (12.7 Kilometers)

US-1 and US-9 Over Passaic River, Hackensack River, and Various Roads and Railroads in Newark, Kearny, and Jersey City: Essex County, New Jersey and Hudson County, New Jersey, United States

Metal Cantilever Rivet-Connected Pratt Through Truss, Fixed and Approach Spans: Metal Cantilever 12 Panel Rivet-Connected Pratt Deck Truss, Fixed

Length: 14,907 ft. Main Span: 550 ft. Roadway: 47 ft. Main Spans: 6

Built 1932 By: Various Builders and Sigvald Johannesson

With award-winning aesthetics, this extremely long bridge is also noted for its exceedingly complex design.

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Newark Bay Bridge
Vincent R. Casciano Memorial Bridge, Turnpike Extension Bridge
HSR

Rough Distance: 8.3 Miles (13.3 Kilometers)

New Jersey Turnpike Extension (I-78) Over Newark Bay in Newark and Bayonne: Essex County, New Jersey and Hudson County, New Jersey, United States

Metal Continuous 18 Panel Rivet-Connected Braced Ribbed Through Arch, Fixed and Approach Spans: Metal Deck Girder, Fixed

Length: 6,170 ft. Main Span: 671 ft. Roadway: 77 ft. Main Spans: 3

Built 1955 By: Unknown

This large high level bridge is adds interest to this extension of the New Jersey Turnpike, which connects to Bayonne.

US-1/US-9 Truck Passaic River Bridge
HSR

Rough Distance: 8.7 Miles (13.9 Kilometers)

US-1 and US-9 Truck Route Over Passaic River in Newark and Kearny: Essex County, New Jersey and Hudson County, New Jersey, United States

Metal Rivet-Connected Polygonal Warren Through Truss, Movable: Vertical Lift (Tower Drive) and Approach Spans: Metal Deck Girder, Fixed

Length: 2,005 ft. Main Span: 333 ft. Roadway: 51 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1941 By: American Bridge Company of New York, New York and Ash, Howard, Needles, and Tammen of New York, New York

This is the older and more significant of two similar vertical lift bridges on this stretch of road.

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Willis Avenue Bridge
HSR

Rough Distance: 8.8 Miles (14.1 Kilometers)

Willis Avenue Over Harlem River in New York: The Bronx, New York and Manhattan, New York, United States

Metal Rivet-Connected Lattice (Quadruple Warren) Through Truss, Movable: Swing (Rim Bearing Center Pier)

Length: 3,212 ft. Main Span: 304 ft. Roadway: 42 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1901 By: Edge Moor Bridge Works of Wilmington, Delaware and Thomas Curtis Clarke

A unique bridge that truly gained its incredible beauty from its superstructure design alone.

Upper Hackensack Lift Bridge
HSR

Rough Distance: 8.9 Miles (14.3 Kilometers)

Railroad (New Jersey Transit) Over Hackensack River in Lyndhurst and Secaucus: Hudson County, New Jersey and Bergen County, New Jersey, United States

Metal 8 Panel Rivet-Connected Polygonal Warren Through Truss, Movable: Vertical Lift (Span Drive) and Approach Spans: Metal 8 Panel Rivet-Connected Polygonal Warren Through Truss, Fixed

Length: 723 ft. Main Span: 220 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1959 By: Unknown

This mid 20th century bridge is located in a difficult to access combination of swampland and industrial development.

Marine Parkway Bridge
Gil Hodges Memorial Bridge
HSR

Rough Distance: 9.1 Miles (14.7 Kilometers)

Marine Parkway Over Rockaway Inlet in New York: Queens, New York, United States

Metal 14 Panel Rivet-Connected Polygonal Warren Through Truss, Movable: Vertical Lift (Tower Drive) and Approach Spans: Metal 14 Panel Rivet-Connected Polygonal Warren Through Truss, Fixed

Length: 3,985 ft. Main Span: 540 ft. Roadway: 48 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1936 By: American Bridge Company of New York, New York and David Steinman of New York, New York

Madison Avenue Bridge
HSR

Rough Distance: 9.3 Miles (14.9 Kilometers)

Madison Avenue Over Harlem River in New York: The Bronx, New York and Manhattan, New York, United States

Metal Rivet-Connected Pratt Through Truss, Movable: Swing (Center Pier)

Length: 1,892 ft. Main Span: 300 ft. Roadway: 54 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1910 By: American Bridge Company of New York, New York

This beautiful swing bridge has been maintained and remains in good condition today.

Bayonne Bridge
HSR

Rough Distance: 9.7 Miles (15.5 Kilometers)

NY-440 and NJ-440 Over Kill Van Kull and Various Streets in Bayonne and New York: Hudson County, New Jersey and Staten Island, New York, United States

Metal Two-Hinged Braced Ribbed Through Arch, Fixed and Approach Spans: Metal Deck Girder, Fixed

Length: 6,695 ft. Main Span: 1,675 ft. Roadway: 40 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1931 By: American Bridge Company of New York, New York and Othmar Ammann

This magnificent bridge held the record for longest arch span in the world for decades.

Beach Channel Drive Overpass
HSR

Rough Distance: 9.9 Miles (16 Kilometers)

Beach Channel Drive (Westbound) Over Beach Channel Drive (Eastbound) in New York: Queens, New York, United States

Concrete (Stone Faced) Closed Spandrel Deck Arch, Fixed

Length: 80 ft. Main Span: 68 ft. Roadway: 34.8 ft. Main Spans: 1

Built 1950 By: Unknown

This bridge has a notable skew and is a later example of a stone-faced concrete overpass in the city.

Special Bridge Conditions Legend: R - Former location of relocated bridge. ! - At risk for demolition or destruction. X - Confirmed demolished or collapsed. S - Dismantled and/or in storage. L - Severe loss of historic integrity due to alteration.

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