Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about High Bridge

Parks Department Closes Off Car-Free High Bridge With No Explanation [Updated]

By Brad Aaron | Jan 9, 2018 | 3 Comments

Like the Hudson River Greenway, the High Bridge is a piece of transportation infrastructure that the Parks Department treats like a recreational facility.

Citing FDNY Concerns, DOT Removes Two-Block Protected Bike Connection

By Brad Aaron | Mar 17, 2016 | 97 Comments

DOT has erased a short contraflow protected bikeway that linked the Highbridge neighborhood to the car-free High Bridge in response to FDNY concerns about the movement of emergency vehicles. The project was part of a package of biking and walking improvements in the Bronx and Upper Manhattan implemented last year, timed to coincide with the re-opening of the High Bridge to the […]

Eyes on the Street: A Better Bikeway Linking the High Bridge to Highbridge

By Ben Fried | Jun 22, 2015 | 11 Comments

Ten days ago, DOT broke ground on a nice set of new bike lanes linking Upper Manhattan to the reopened High Bridge. Meanwhile, bike access improvements on the Bronx side are already pretty far along. This is the new contraflow bike lane on 170th Street, leading east from the High Bridge. It’s part of a package […]

The Case for 24/7 Access to the High Bridge

By Ben Fried | Jun 22, 2015 | 18 Comments

Video of opening day on the High Bridge: Clarence Eckerson. New York City’s bike network would be a shell of its current self without the segments that run through parks. The most heavily traveled bike route in the city — the Hudson River Greenway — is in a park. Paths in Central Park, Prospect Park, and other public […]

The High Bridge Is Open and People Are Walking On It! Here’s Proof…

By Ben Fried | Jun 9, 2015 | 27 Comments

Following a much-anticipated restoration that got a huge boost from the Bloomberg administration in 2007, the High Bridge is open to the public today for the first time in 45 years, providing a walking and biking connection between Washington Heights and the Highbridge neighborhood in the Bronx. Of course, Clarence Eckerson would never miss such a momentous occasion. […]

After 45 Years, the Car-Free High Bridge Reopens to the Public Tomorrow

By Brad Aaron | Jun 8, 2015 | 4 Comments

The wait is just about over. Tomorrow the car-free High Bridge will be opened to the general public for the first time in 45 years. The High Bridge spans the Harlem River between Washington Heights and the Highbridge neighborhood in the Bronx. Built as part of the Croton Aqueduct in 1848, it is the city’s oldest bridge. […]

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