Riverside Drive Manhattan Valley Viaduct
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Riverside Drive Manhattan Valley Viaduct Looking south under the viaduct in October, 2007 (c) 2007 by Michael Minn |
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Manhattan Valley Viaduct Viewed from the southwest in October, 2007 (c) 2007 by Michael Minn |
Facts
- Overview
- Steel arch viaduct carrying Riverside Drive over 125th-134th Streets (Manhattan Valley)
- Location
- New York, New York County, New York
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1900; rehabilitated 1961 and 1988
- Builder
- - F. Stuart Williamson
- Design
- 26 steel arch spans carry Riverside Drive over Manhattan Valley, a natural fault line valley.
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 128.9 ft.
Total length: 1,808.8 ft.
Deck width: 59.7 ft.
- Also called
- Riverside Drive Viaduct
Riverside Drive Bridge - Approximate latitude, longitude
- +40.81861, -73.95972 (decimal degrees)
40°49'07" N, 73°57'35" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 18/587729/4519142 (zone/easting/northing)
- USGS topographic map
- Central Park
- Inventory numbers
- NY 2246660 (New York State bridge identification number)
BH 26439 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection (as of 08/2007)
- Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 92.2 (out of 100) - Average daily traffic (as of 2002)
- 12,408
Sources
- Michael Minn - bridgehunter2 [at] michaelminn [dot] com
- The Manhattan Valley Viaduct - 1897 NY Times article on debate surrounding the construction of the viaduct