High Bridge

The High Bridge is a steel arch bridge connecting and in , New York, United States. Rising 140 ft over the , it is the city's oldest major bridge, having opened as part of the Croton Aqueduct in 1848.
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  • Type: Bridge
  • Description: bridge in New York, New York
  • Also known as: “Aqueduct Bridge”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Yankee Stadium and Alexander Hamilton Bridge.

Stadium
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is a baseball stadium located in , New York City. It is the home field of Major League Baseball’s New York Yankees. The stadium opened in April 2009, replacing the original that operated from 1923 to 2008; it is situated in the Concourse neighborhood of the Bronx on the 24-acre former site of Macombs Dam Park, one block north of the original stadium's site. is situated 1 mile south of High Bridge.

Bridge
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The is an eight-lane steel arch bridge that carries traffic over the between the boroughs of and the Bronx in . is situated 1,200 feet north of High Bridge.

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The West 167th Street Stairs, colloquially known as the and also as the Shakespeare Steps, are a step street connecting Shakespeare and Anderson avenues at West 167th Street in the neighborhood of in . is situated 2,900 feet southeast of High Bridge.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Highbridge and Washington Heights.

Neighborhood
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is a residential neighborhood geographically located in the central-west section of , . Its boundaries, starting from the north and moving clockwise, are the Cross-Bronx Expressway to the north, Jerome Avenue to the east, to the south, and the to the west.

Quarter
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is a neighborhood in the northern part of the borough of in . It is named for Fort Washington, a fortification constructed at the on Manhattan by Continental Army troops to defend the area from the British forces during the American Revolutionary War.

Neighborhood
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is a residential neighborhood located in the West Bronx. Its boundaries, starting from the north and moving clockwise are: West Burnside Avenue to the north, Jerome Avenue to the east, the Cross Bronx Expressway to the south, and the to the west.

High Bridge

Latitude
40.84227° or 40° 50′ 32″ north
Longitude
-73.92948° or 73° 55′ 46″ west
Elevation
7 feet (2 metres)
Open location code
87G8R3RC+W6
Open­Street­Map ID
way 393767161
Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­bridge
Geo­Names ID
5120678
Wiki­data ID
Q5754953
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Satellite Map

Discover High Bridge from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Spanish—“High Bridge” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “高橋”
  • Dutch: “High Bridge (New York)”
  • Dutch: “High Bridge”
  • French: “High Bridge”
  • German: “High Bridge”
  • Hebrew: “הגשר הגבוה”
  • Hebrew: “היי ברידג’”
  • Japanese: “ハイ・ブリッジ”
  • Persian: “های بریج (نیویورک)”
  • Persian: “های بریج”
  • Portuguese: “Ponte Alta (Nova Iorque)”
  • Portuguese: “Ponte Alta”
  • Spanish: “High Bridge”

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