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Bear Mountain Bridge

The Bear Mountain Bridge, ceremonially named the Purple Heart Veterans Memorial Bridge, is a toll suspension bridge in New York State. It carries US 6 and US 202 across the between in and in .
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Photo: Mwanner, Public domain.
  • Type: Bridge
  • Description: bridge in United States of America
  • Also known as: “Purple Heart Veterans Memorial Bridge”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Anthony’s Nose and Bear Mountain Inn.

Peak
Photo: Juliancolton, Public domain.
Anthony's Nose is a 900+ ft peak in the Hudson Highlands along the east bank of the in the hamlet of . It lies at the extreme northwest end of , and serves as the east anchor of the Bear Mountain Bridge.

Hotel
Photo: Zeete, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is a 1915 hotel, restaurant and spa owned by the Palisades Interstate Park Commission and located in just south of the Bear Mountain Bridge in . is situated 3,000 feet southwest of Bear Mountain Bridge.

Island
Photo: Kafziel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a 556-acre island of the in the town of Stony Point, , on its west bank. The island is located approximately one mile south of the Bear Mountain Bridge and is separated from the Hudson's western shore by mudflats and freshwater tidal marshes.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Fort Montgomery and Jones Point.

Village
is a hamlet in , , United States. The population was 1,627 at the 2020 census. It is part of the ––, NY Metropolitan Statistical Area as well as the larger ––, NY--- .

Hamlet
is a former hamlet located in the town of in Rockland County in the state of , United States, located north of ; east of ; south of ; and west of the . is situated 2½ miles southeast of Bear Mountain Bridge.

Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.
is a city in in state. It is home to the United States Military Academy at West Point. includes the villages of Fort Montgomery and Falls.

Bear Mountain Bridge

Latitude
41.31993° or 41° 19′ 12″ north
Longitude
-73.9838° or 73° 59′ 2″ west
Inception
November 27th, 1924
Open location code
87H88298+XF
Open­Street­Map ID
way 561311023
Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­bridge
Geo­Names ID
5108299
Wiki­data ID
Q813002
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Wu Chinese—“Bear Mountain Bridge” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Bear Mendiaren Zubia”
  • Chinese: “熊山大桥”
  • Dutch: “Bear Mountain Bridge”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “كوبرى بير ماونتن”
  • French: “Bear Mountain Bridge”
  • French: “pont de Bear Mountain”
  • French: “Pont de Bear Mountain”
  • German: “Bear Mountain Bridge”
  • Hebrew: “גשר הר הדובים”
  • Japanese: “ベア・マウンテン橋”
  • Japanese: “ベアー・マウンテン・ブリッジ”
  • Japanese: “ベアー・マウンテン橋”
  • Korean: “베어마운틴교”
  • Tagalog: “Tulay ng Osong Bundok”
  • Wu Chinese: “熊山大桥”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Fort Clinton and Manitou.

Nearby Places

Explore places such as Pavillion and Fort Montgomery State Park Parking.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Bear Mountain Bridge”. Photo: Mwanner, Public domain.