Alexander Hamilton Bridge — Attraction in New York

The Alexander Hamilton Bridge is an eight-lane steel arch bridge that carries traffic over the Harlem River between Manhattan and the Bronx in New York City. It connects the Trans-Manhattan Expressway in the Washington Heights section of Manhattan and the Cross-Bronx Expressway, as part of Interstate 95 and U.S. 1. The bridge opened to traffic on January 15, 1963, when the Cross-Bronx Expressway was completed. For 2011, the New York City Department of Transportation, which operates and maintains the bridge, reported an average daily traffic volume in both directions of 182,174, having reached a peak ADT of 192,848 in 1990.

After the George Washington Bridge to New Jersey was completed in 1931, vehicles traveling between New Jersey and the Bronx would travel over the Washington Bridge, crossing the Harlem River just north of the present Alexander Hamilton Bridge. The Alexander Hamilton Bridge was planned in the mid-1950s to connect Robert Moses' proposed Trans-Manhattan and Cross-Bronx Expressways and accommodate the additional traffic resulting from the addition of the six-lane lower level of the George Washington Bridge. With the Interstate designation, 90% of the $21 million in construction costs were covered by the federal government. The bridge opened on April 14, 1963. The bridge underwent un 2009 a complete renovation at an estimated cost of $400 million. While the traffic jams created from the construction had not been as bad as local officials had anticipated, inbound delays at the Hudson River crossings increased after the project began. In July 2014, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced that the bridge renovation...

The Alexander Hamilton Bridge:

Construction Started and Opening Date: 1957 and January 15, 1963. Connection: Washington Heights in Manhattan with the Bronx over the Harlem River, part of the I-95 corridor. Length: 2,375 feet (724 meters). Pedestrian Walkways: No. Main Material: Steel. Type of Bridge: Steel arch bridge. Owner and Fees: Owned by the New York City Department of Transportation. No toll...

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