145th Street Bridge

145th Street Bridge
145th Street Bridge
	View from the Bronx
Coordinates	40°49′10″N 73°55′59″W / 40.819461°N 73.933053°W
Carries	4 lanes of East 145th Street
Crosses	Harlem River
Locale	Manhattan and the Bronx,; New York City
Owner	City of New York
Maintained by	NYCDOT
Preceded by	Macombs Dam Bridge
Followed by	Madison Avenue Bridge
Characteristics
Design	Swing bridge
Total length	1,602 feet (488.29 m)
Longest span	300 feet (91.44 m)
History
Construction cost	$85 million
Opened	August 4, 1905
Rebuilt	November 2006
Statistics
Daily traffic	29,315 (2016)
Location

The 145th Street Bridge is a four-lane swing bridge across the Harlem River in New York City, connecting West 145th Street and Lenox Avenue in Manhattan with East 149th Street and River Avenue in the Bronx. The bridge is operated and maintained by the New York City Department of Transportation.

Construction on the original 145th Street Bridge began on April 19, 1901, and the $2.75 million bridge was opened to traffic on August 24, 1905. The designer was Alfred Pancoast Boller. It once carried northbound New York State Route 22 and New York State Route 100. This bridge was also once named the "Lenox Avenue Bridge", though that name has fallen into disuse.

A new swing span for the bridge was assembled in the Port of Coeymans in Coeymans, New York, in southern Albany County. The span was replaced in early November 2006.^[3]

The 145th Street Bridge carries the Bx19 bus route operated by MTA New York City Transit.^[4]^[5] Between 2000 and 2014, the bridge opened for vessels 23 times.^[6]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Michael R. Bloomberg, City of New York (January 23, 2004). "New York City's Harlem River Bridges: The Reauthorization of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century" (PDF). Retrieved December 2, 2017.
^ "New York City Bridge Traffic Volumes" (PDF). New York City Department of Transportation. 2016. p. 9. Retrieved March 16, 2018.
^ "New 145th Street Bridge Arrives in the City Via Barge". The New York Sun. November 1, 2006. Retrieved January 5, 2020.
^ "Manhattan Bus Map" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. July 2019. Retrieved December 1, 2020.
^ "Bronx Bus Map" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. October 2018. Retrieved December 1, 2020.
^ "Bridges and Tunnels Annual Condition Report" (PDF). New York City Department of Transportation. 2014. p. 147. Retrieved March 31, 2021.

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[harlem-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Michael R. Bloomberg, City of New York (January 23, 2004). "New York City's Harlem River Bridges: The Reauthorization of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century" (PDF). Retrieved December 2, 2017.

[nycdot16-2] "New York City Bridge Traffic Volumes" (PDF). New York City Department of Transportation. 2016. p. 9. Retrieved March 16, 2018.

[3] "New 145th Street Bridge Arrives in the City Via Barge". The New York Sun. November 1, 2006. Retrieved January 5, 2020.

[4] "Manhattan Bus Map" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. July 2019. Retrieved December 1, 2020.

[5] "Bronx Bus Map" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. October 2018. Retrieved December 1, 2020.

[6] "Bridges and Tunnels Annual Condition Report" (PDF). New York City Department of Transportation. 2014. p. 147. Retrieved March 31, 2021.

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