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The High Bridge
A view that stops the walk · New York, United States
4.6★Rating
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Year-round, open 7am–10pm seven days a weekBest time
The experience
The oldest standing bridge in New York City, begun on 13 August 1839 and opened on 30 May 1848 to carry the Old Croton Aqueduct over the Harlem River and bring the city its first clean water. It runs 1,450 feet long and stands 140 feet above the water, with 114 feet of clearance at mean high water. Water stopped flowing through it in 1958, it was closed to pedestrians in the early 1970s, and after a long restoration it reopened on 9 June 2015 as a walking and cycling crossing between Manhattan and the Bronx. The deck itself is ADA-accessible.
Walk the 1848 aqueduct bridge that first watered New York, 140 feet above the Harlem River.
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Where it is
New York, United States · Highbridge Park, Washington Heights to Highbridge, the Bronx. Coordinates from the listing we sourced it from.
DirectionsWhat a membership adds.
Everything above is free: the name, the photo, the rating, the exact spot. What members get is the part you can't Google: the sourced insider tip for this place (what to order, when to go, what to skip), every day of your trips unlocked in full with the insider tip on every researched stop, and the concierge at full strength, answering with your own insider tips, no daily meter.
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