Henry Hudson Bridge
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Aerial view
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| Coordinates | 40°52′40″N 73°55′18″W / 40.877861°N 73.921777°WCoordinates: 40°52′40″N 73°55′18″W / 40.877861°N 73.921777°W |
| Carries | 7 lanes (3 upper, 4 lower) of  NY 9A, (Henry Hudson Parkway) |
| Crosses | Spuyten Duyvil Creek |
| Locale | Spuyten Duyvil, Bronx and Inwood, Manhattan, New York City |
| Official name | Henry Hudson Bridge |
| Maintained by | MTA Bridges and Tunnels |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | Double-decker arch bridge |
| Total length | 2,208 ft (673 m) |
| Width | 3 lanes (upper deck) 4 lanes (lower deck) |
| Longest span | 841 ft (256 m) |
| Clearance above | 12 ft (4 m) |
| Clearance below | 143 ft (44 m) |
| History | |
| Designer | David B. Steinman |
| Opened | December 12, 1936 |
| Statistics | |
| Daily traffic | 63,434 (2012) |
| Toll | As of March 22, 2015, $5.50 (mail); $2.54 (New York State E-ZPass) (cashless tolls) |
 Henry Hudson Bridge
Location in New York City
Henry Hudson Bridge
Location in New York City
Henry Hudson Bridge
Location in New York City
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The Henry Hudson Bridge is a steel arch toll bridge in New York City across the Spuyten Duyvil Creek. It connects Spuyten Duyvil in the Bronx with Inwood in Manhattan to the south, via the Henry Hudson Parkway (NY 9A). On the Manhattan side, the parkway goes into Inwood Hill Park. Commercial vehicles are not permitted on this bridge, since commercial vehicles are not accepted on the parkway in general.
The bridge was designed by David B. Steinman, drawing upon his 1911 Ph.D. thesis in civil engineering at Columbia University. Named to commemorate the voyage of Henry Hudson on the Half Moon, which anchored near the site in 1609, it was the longest plate girder arch and fixed arch bridge in the world when it opened in 1936.
The bridge has two roadway levels carrying an aggregate of seven traffic lanes and a pedestrian walkway and spans Spuyten Duyvil Creek just east of where the tidal strait meets the Hudson River. The bridge is part of the Henry Hudson Parkway designated as New York State Route 9A. To its west, at five feet above water level, is the Spuyten Duyvil Bridge, which is used by Amtrak trains heading to Albany, New York and other points north. The Spuyten Duyvil Metro-North station is located under the Henry Hudson Bridge on the Bronx side.
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