Rating:
53106
{87}%
6 votes
High Line Elevated Park
Description
Built by New York Central RR as West Side elevated freight line to eliminate street running
Facts
- Overview
- Park built on steel stringer bridges over city streets
- Location
- New York City, New York County, New York
- Status
- Open to pedestrians only
- History
- Built 1929-34; Abandoned in 1980; Faced threats of demolition in the mid-1980s and again during the Guliani administration; Conversion into a park began in 2006; Section I opened in 2009; Section II opened in 2011; Section III Opened 2014
- Builder
- - American Bridge Co. of New York
- Railroads
- - Conrail (CR)
- New York Central Railroad (NYC)
- Penn Central Railroad (PC)
- Design
- Steel stringer
- Dimensions
-
Total length: 7,656.0 ft. (1.4 mi.)
- Also called
- NYC - High Line
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +40.74726, -74.00523 (decimal degrees)
40°44'50" N, 74°00'19" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 18/583981/4511176 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Jersey City
- Inventory number
- BH 53106 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- October 23, 2020: New photo from Patrick Gurwell
- September 21, 2014: New Street View added by Ralph Demars
- September 21, 2014: Updated by Luke: Final section has been converted and opened.
- June 25, 2013: Photo imported by Dave King
- September 9, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Added category "First of its kind"
- August 10, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Updated future plans
- August 9, 2012: Added by Luke Harden
Sources
- Wikipedia
- High Line - Official website for the park
- Luke
- Dave King - DKinghawkfan [at] hotmail [dot] com
- Patrick Gurwell - pgurwell [at] gmail [dot] com
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