Willis Avenue Bridge
40.803764 - 73.929319Koordinaten: 40 ° 48 ' 13.6 "N, 73 ° 55' 45.5 " W
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The Willis Avenue Bridge is a bridge in New York City for the traffic from Manhattan to the Bronx over the Harlem River. The bridge is one-way, that is, only the traffic from the 1st Ave Manhattan, Bronx direction it can happen.
Was opened the bridge on 22 August in 1901 and is one of the oldest bridges in the city. Your construction costs amounted to 2,444,511 U.S. dollars. In 1916 she was reinforced to withstand the loads of the newly established tram the Union Railway Company can. The central part of the bridge is mounted on a central pillar 90 °, to provide a passage way for larger ships.
Every day about 75,000 vehicles use the bridge. 2006, the city provided the bridge for sale, as the annual operating costs of $ 1,100,000 were too high and the construction of a newer bridge was already being planned. The rotating part of the new Willis Avenue Bridge was also prepared in steel truss. He was taken in the second half of July 2010 at the waterways in place and mounted. The earlier is also made of steel truss fixed part on the side of the Bronx has been replaced by a conventional reinforced concrete bridge.