Washington Heights Bridge

Washington Heights Bridge

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     This is a two hinged arch bridge. Its length is 2370 feet.  Its clearance is 134 feet

. It crosses the Harlem River. It connects 181 Street and Amsterdam Avenue in Washington Heights, Manhattan with University Avenue in Morris Heights, Bronx.

     It opened in 1888.  It carries 6 lanes of traffic and bilateral sidewalks. The bridge was designed by Charles Schneider and Wilhelm Hildebrand.

      It  was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on September 22, 1983

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