East 238th Street Bridge

Photos 

East 238th Street-Nereid Ave Bridge

looking northeast

Photo from Westchester County Historical Society

View this photo at westchester.pastperfectonline.com

BH Photo #444768

Map 

Street View 

Facts 

Overview

Concrete arch bridge over Bronx River, Bronx River Pkwy, Metro-North New Haven & Harlem Lines on E. 238th Street in Yonkers

Location

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

Status

Open to traffic

History

Built 1930

Builder

- Corbetta Concrete Corporation of New York City, New York

Railroads

- Metro-North Commuter Railroad (MNCW)
- New York Central Railroad (NYC)
- New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad (NH)
- Penn Central Railroad (PC)

Design

Closed-spandrel concrete arch

Dimensions

Length of largest span: 76.8 ft.
Total length: 769.7 ft.
Deck width: 59.7 ft.

Also called

Nereid Avenue Bridge

Approximate latitude, longitude

+40.90076, -73.86032   (decimal degrees)
40°54'03" N, 73°51'37" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

18/595973/4528342 (zone/easting/northing)

Quadrangle map:

Mount Vernon

Average daily traffic (as of 2016)

11,433

Inventory numbers

NY 1067150 (New York State bridge identification number)
BH 25755 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Inspection report (as of October 2017)

Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 69.8 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com

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Update Log 

• December 18, 2021: New photos from Patrick Gurwell
• March 14, 2020: New photo from Patrick Gurwell
• November 11, 2019: New photos from Geoff Hubbs
• August 29, 2019: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
• March 18, 2019: New photos from Geoff Hubbs
• July 26, 2015: New Street View added by Ian Martin

Sources 

• BridgesNYC
• Ian Martin
• Geoff Hubbs
• Patrick Gurwell - pgurwell [at] gmail [dot] com

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