Macombs Dam Bridge

The Macombs Dam Bridge is a swing bridge across the in , connecting the boroughs of and . The bridge is operated and maintained by the New York City Department of Transportation.
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  • Type: Bridge
  • Description: bridge between Manhattan and the Bronx, New York
  • Also known as: “Macomb’s Dam Bridge”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Yankee Stadium and Rucker Park.

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 1,900 feet east of Macombs Dam Bridge.

Park
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Greg Marius Court at Holcombe is a at the border of and the section of neighborhoods of , at 155th Street and Frederick Douglass Boulevard.

Railway station
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is a commuter rail stop on the Metro-North Railroad's Hudson Line, serving in the Concourse and neighborhoods of , . is situated 1,200 feet southeast of Macombs Dam 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, Macombs Dam Bridge 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 neighborhood in the of in . It is the northernmost part of the West Harlem area, along with and Morningside Heights to its south, and it contains the sub-neighborhood and historic district of . lies to Hamilton Heights' north, and to its east is .

Macombs Dam Bridge

Latitude
40.82814° or 40° 49′ 41″ north
Longitude
-73.9331° or 73° 55′ 59″ west
Open location code
87G8R3H8+7Q
Open­Street­Map ID
way 395345273
Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­bridge
Geo­Names ID
6350285
Wiki­data ID
Q6724821
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Western Panjabi—“Macombs Dam Bridge” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “馬科姆斯水壩大橋”
  • Dutch: “Macombs Dam Bridge”
  • French: “Macombs Dam Bridge”
  • German: “Macombs Dam Bridge”
  • Hebrew: “גשר סכר מאקומבס”
  • Japanese: “マコームズ・ダム橋”
  • Urdu: “میکومبس ڈیم پل”
  • Western Panjabi: “میکومبس ڈیم پل”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Sugar Hill and Melrose.

Nearby Places

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