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Broadway Bridge (1960)

New York County, New York

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Photo taken by Arnoldius

License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike (CC BY-SA)

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Description 

Double deck lift span one deck of motor traffic one for train traffic.

Facts 

Overview
Baltimore through truss bridge over Harlem River on Broadway US 9 and IRT Subway
Location
New York City, New York County, New York
Status
Open to traffic
History
Rail deck opened 1960- Highway in 1962
Railroad
- New York City Transit Authority (NYCTA)
Design
Baltimore through truss vertical lift
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 304.0 ft.
Total length: 558.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.87360, -73.91095   (decimal degrees)
40°52'25" N, 73°54'39" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/591766/4525296 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Central Park
Inventory number
BH 62060 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Baltimore through truss (322)
Baltimore truss (352)
Built 1960 (331)
Built during 1960s (2,031)
County line crossing (533)
Harlem River (22)
Have street view (26,928)
Movable (2,970)
Navigable waterway (2,152)
New York (4,396)
New York City Transit Authority (25)
 New York City, New York (319)
New York County, New York (133)
Open (39,881)
Owned by city (5,396)
Span length 250-500 feet (1,196)
Through truss (15,054)
Total length 500-1000 feet (2,871)
Tower Drive Vertical Lift (64)
Truss (32,769)
Vertical lift (420)

Update Log 

  • September 5, 2019: New photos from Geoff Hubbs
  • April 16, 2019: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
  • March 2, 2019: New photos from Geoff Hubbs
  • October 20, 2015: New photo from Douglas Butler
  • October 19, 2015: New photo from Luke
  • July 29, 2014: New Street View added by Douglas Butler
  • July 28, 2014: Added by Douglas Butler

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