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Huddlestone Arch

New York County, New York
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Huddlestone Arch

Viewed from the north in August of 2007

(c) 2007 by Michael Minn

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Overview
Stone arch bridge over Montayne's Rivulet on East Drive in New York
Location
New York City, New York County, New York
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1866 by Calvert Vaux and Jacob Wrey Mould
Builder
- Calvert Vaux of London, England, United Kingdom
Design
Stone arch
Dimensions
Span length: 21.0 ft.
Total length: 21.0 ft.
Deck width: 40.4 ft.
Recognition
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.79583, -73.95306   (decimal degrees)
40°47'45" N, 73°57'11" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/588321/4516620 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Central Park
Inventory numbers
NY 2246470 (New York State bridge identification number)
BH 26431 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 01/2014)
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 62.5 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2010)
3,884

Categories 

19th Century (6,086)
Arch (11,114)
Built 1866 (35)
Built during 1860s (382)
Calvert Vaux (9)
Central Park (23)
Deck arch (10,358)
NR-listed (2,839)
 New York (3,094)
New York City, New York (268)
New York County, New York (107)
Open (36,077)
Owned by city (4,434)
Span length under 25 feet (5,648)
Stone arch (2,631)
Total length under 25 feet (1,953)

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  • July 15, 2008: New photo from Michael Minn

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Huddlestone Arch
Posted December 16, 2012, by Tony Dillon (spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com)

This span looks like something out of the Flintstones... Yet was designed and built by the same guys responsible for the beautiful cast iron and stone bridges in Central Park.

Huddlestone Arch
Posted December 15, 2012, by Anonymous

I like the human included for scale.