Bow Bridge

The Bow Bridge is a cast iron bridge located in , , crossing over the Lake and used as a pedestrian walkway. It is decorated with an interlocking circles banister, with eight planting urns on top of decorative bas-relief panels.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: bridge in United States of America
  • Also known as: “Bow Bridge, Central Park”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Central Park and American Museum of Natural History.

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A vast green swath of open space in the heart of , is a district in its own right, neatly separating the from the , stretching from Midtown at the southern end to at the north.

Museum
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The is a natural history museum on the of in . Located in Theodore Roosevelt Park, across the street from , the museum complex comprises 21 interconnected buildings housing 45 permanent exhibition halls, in addition to a planetarium and a library. is situated 2,100 feet north of Bow Bridge.

Museum
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The is an art museum on the of in . It was established in 1935 to preserve the collection of the industrialist Henry Clay Frick. is situated 2,100 feet southeast of Bow Bridge.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lincoln Square and Upper West Side.

Neighborhood
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is the name of both a and the surrounding neighborhood on the of in . is centered on the intersection of Broadway and Columbus Avenue, between West 65th and 66th streets.

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The covers a large area in upper bounded by 59th Street on the south, 125th Street on the north, the Hudson River on the west, and and Morningside Park on the east.

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The of is one of the city's wealthiest districts. Spanning the stretch of island between 59th Street to 96th Street east of , the neighborhoods of Lenox Hill, Yorkville, and Carnegie Hill are full of luxurious townhouses and apartment buildings on some of the most affluent addresses in New York.

Bow Bridge

Latitude
40.77576° or 40° 46′ 33″ north
Longitude
-73.97177° or 73° 58′ 18″ west
Inception
1859
Open location code
87G8Q2GH+87
Open­Street­Map ID
way 580516390
Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­bridge
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Wiki­data ID
Q4950616
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Portuguese—“Bow Bridge” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Բաու կամուրջ”
  • Chinese: “弓橋”
  • Dutch: “Bow Bridge, Central Park”
  • Italian: “Bow Bridge”
  • Japanese: “ボウ橋”
  • Portuguese: “Bow Bridge (Central Park)”
  • Portuguese: “Bow Bridge”

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