MNCW - Park Avenue Lift Bridge

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Overview

Warren through truss vertical lift bridge over Harlem River on Metro North RR

Location

New York City, New York County, New York, and Bronx County, New York

Status

Open to traffic

History

Built 1954

Railroads

- Commuter Rail
- Metro-North Commuter Railroad (MNCW)
- New York Central Railroad (NYC)
- New York City Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA)
- Penn Central Railroad (PC)

Design

Warren through truss vertical lift

Dimensions

Length of largest span: 340.0 ft.

Also called

MNCW - Harlem River Lift Bridge

Approximate latitude, longitude

+40.81108, -73.93348   (decimal degrees)
40°48'40" N, 73°56'01" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

18/589952/4518332 (zone/easting/northing)

Quadrangle map:

Central Park

Inventory number

BH 61304 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

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Update Log 

• February 27, 2021: New photo from Patrick Gurwell
• April 4, 2019: New photos from Geoff Hubbs
• March 7, 2019: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
• March 2, 2019: New photos from Geoff Hubbs
• June 19, 2018: New Street View added by Luke
• May 13, 2016: Updated by Luke: Added photo + common name
• May 13, 2016: New photo from Douglas Butler
• November 29, 2014: New Street View added by Douglas Butler
• October 4, 2014: New photo from Douglas Butler
• June 10, 2014: Updated by Luke Harden: Mapped
• June 10, 2014: Added by Douglas Butler

Related Bridges 

• NYC - Harlem River Swing Bridge (1897) (Predecessor)

Sources 

• Douglas Butler
• Luke
• MTA - Article on cable replacement w/ an image
• Geoff Hubbs
• Patrick Gurwell - pgurwell [at] gmail [dot] com
• Engineering News-Record 1957-11-07: Vol 159 Iss 19

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