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List Of Crossings Of The Hudson River ...
This is a list of bridges and other crossings of the Hudson River, from its mouth at the Upper New York Bay upstream to its cartographic beginning at Henderson Lake in Newcomb, New York. Crossings The crossings are listed from south to north. See also *List of ferries across the Hudson River to New York City *List of fixed crossings of the East River *List of ferries across the East River References External links Hudson River Crossings (Roads of Metro New York) {{DEFAULTSORT:Crossings of the Hudson River Bridges in New York (state) * Hudson River Hudson River The Hudson River, historically the North River, is a river that flows from north to south largely through eastern New York (state), New York state. It originates in the Adirondack Mountains at Henderson Lake (New York), Henderson Lake in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holland Tunnel
The Holland Tunnel is a vehicular tunnel under the Hudson River that connects Hudson Square and Lower Manhattan in New York City in the east to Jersey City, New Jersey, in the west. The tunnel is operated by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and carries Interstate 78. The New Jersey side of the tunnel is the eastern terminus of New Jersey Route 139. The Holland Tunnel is one of three vehicular crossings between Manhattan and New Jersey; the two others are the Lincoln Tunnel and George Washington Bridge. Plans for a fixed vehicular crossing over the Hudson River were first devised in 1906. However, disagreements prolonged the planning process until 1919, when it was decided to build a tunnel under the river. Construction of the Holland Tunnel started in 1920, and it opened in 1927. At the time of its opening, it was the longest continuous underwater tunnel for vehicular traffic in the world. The Holland Tunnel was the world's first mechanically ventilated tu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lincoln Tunnel
The Lincoln Tunnel is an approximately tunnel under the Hudson River, connecting Weehawken, New Jersey, to the west with Midtown Manhattan in New York City to the east. It carries New Jersey Route 495 on the New Jersey side and the unsigned New York State Route 495 on the New York side. It was designed by Ole Singstad and named after Abraham Lincoln. The tunnel consists of three vehicular tubes of varying lengths, with two traffic lanes in each tube. The center tube contains reversible lanes, while the northern and southern tubes exclusively carry westbound and eastbound traffic, respectively. The Lincoln Tunnel was originally proposed in the late 1920s and early 1930s as the Midtown Hudson Tunnel. The tubes of the Lincoln Tunnel were constructed in stages between 1934 and 1957. Construction of the central tube, which originally lacked sufficient funding due to the Great Depression, started in 1934 and it opened in 1937. The northern tube started construction in 1936, was del ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Appalachian Trail
The Appalachian Trail, also called the A.T., is a hiking trail in the Eastern United States, extending almost between Springer Mountain in Georgia and Mount Katahdin in Maine, and passing through 14 states.Gailey, Chris (2006)"Appalachian Trail FAQs" Outdoors.org (accessed September 14, 2006) The Appalachian Trail Conservancy claims the Appalachian Trail to be the world's longest hiking-only trail. More than three million people hike segments of it each year. The trail was first proposed in 1921 and completed in 1937. Improvements and changes have continued since then. It became the Appalachian National Scenic Trail under the National Trails System, National Trails System Act of 1968. The trail is maintained by 31 trail clubs and multiple partnerships and managed by the National Park Service, United States Forest Service, and the nonprofit Appalachian Trail Conservancy. Most of the trail is in forest or wild lands, but some parts traverse towns, roads, and farms. From south t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bear Mountain Bridge
The Bear Mountain Bridge, ceremonially named the Purple Heart Veterans Memorial Bridge, is a toll suspension bridge in New York State. It carries U.S. Route 6 in New York, US 6 and U.S. Route 202 in New York, US 202 across the Hudson River between Bear Mountain State Park in Orange County, New York, Orange County and Cortlandt, New York, Cortlandt in Westchester County, New York, Westchester County. At completion in 1924 it was the List of longest suspension bridge spans, longest suspension bridge in the world until this record was surpassed 19 months later by the Benjamin Franklin Bridge between Philadelphia and Camden, New Jersey. Like the Williamsburg Bridge in New York City, the approach spans of the Bear Mountain Bridge are unsuspended; only its main span (between the towers) is suspended by cables. The span enables connections between the Palisades Interstate Parkway and U.S. Route 9W in New York, US 9W on the west bank near Bear Mountain (Hudson Highlands ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tappan Zee Bridge 2019c
Tappan may refer to: People * Tappan (Native Americans) * Arthur Tappan (1786–1865), abolitionist * Benjamin Tappan (1773–1857), Ohio senator * Clair S. Tappaan (1878–1932), California judge and Sierra Club president * Eli Todd Tappan (1824–1888), president of Kenyon College, 1868–1875 * Henry Philip Tappan (1805–1881), president, University of Michigan, 1852–1863 * James Camp Tappan (1825–1906), Confederate Army Brigadier General * Lewis Tappan (1788–1873), abolitionist, developer of credit reporting service * Lewis Northey Tappan (1831–1880), abolitionist, Western pioneer and a founder of Colorado City * Mary Tappan Wright (née Tappan; 1851–1916), writer * Mel Tappan (1933–1980), survivalist writer * Samuel F. Tappan (1831–1913), US Army officer, journalist, Native American advocate * Stacey Tappan (born 1973), American lyric soprano * Tappan Wright King (born 1950), editor * W. J. Tappan (fl. 1881), founder of the Ohio Valley Foundry Company, la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tappan Zee Bridge (2017–present)
The Tappan Zee Bridge, officially named the Governor Mario M. Cuomo Bridge after the Mario Cuomo, former New York governor, is a twin cable-stayed bridge spanning the Tappan Zee section of the Hudson River between Tarrytown and Nyack, New York, Nyack in the U.S. state of New York (state), New York. It was built to replace the Tappan Zee Bridge (1955–2017), original Tappan Zee Bridge, which opened in 1955 and was located just to the south. The bridge's north span carries the northbound and westbound automobile traffic of the New York State Thruway, Interstate 87 (New York), Interstate 87 (I-87) and Interstate 287, I-287; it also carries a shared use path for bicycles and pedestrians. The south span carries southbound and eastbound automobile traffic. Although not as old as other bridges such as the George Washington Bridge, George Washington, the original Tappan Zee was built in the midst of a material shortage during the Korean War and was thus only designed to last for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tarrytown, New York
Tarrytown is a administrative divisions of New York#Village, village in the administrative divisions of New York#Town, town of Greenburgh, New York, Greenburgh in Westchester County, New York, Westchester County, New York (state), New York, United States. It is located on the eastern bank of the Hudson River, approximately north of Midtown Manhattan in New York City, and is served by a Tarrytown station, stop on the Metro-North Railroad, Metro-North Hudson Line (Metro-North), Hudson Line. To the north of Tarrytown is the village of Sleepy Hollow, New York, Sleepy Hollow (formerly "North Tarrytown"), to the south the village of Irvington, New York, Irvington and to the east unincorporated parts of Greenburgh. The Tappan Zee Bridge (2017–present), Tappan Zee Bridge crosses the Hudson River, Hudson at Tarrytown, carrying the New York State Thruway (Interstates Interstate 87 (New York), 87 and Interstate 287, 287) to South Nyack, New York, South Nyack, Rockland County, New York, Ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Nyack, New York
South Nyack is a hamlet and census-designated place in the town of Orangetown in Rockland County, New York, United States. It is located north of Grand View-on-Hudson, northeast of Orangeburg, east of Blauvelt State Park, south of Nyack and west of the Hudson River. The hamlet is the western terminus of the Tappan Zee Bridge. Its population was 3,510 at the 2010 census. The hamlet was formerly incorporated as a village from 1878 until 2022. History Following the extension of the Northern Branch of The New Jersey Railroad into the area in the mid-19th century, rapid growth ensued. Town government no longer being seen as an effective means of dealing with the area's needs, village incorporation was discussed. Fearing higher taxes, those in what would have become the northern part of Nyack village formed their own municipal corporation first, named Upper Nyack. The area of Nyack village was still incorporated, although without this northern portion. Residents in the souther ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tappan Zee Bridge (1955–2017)
The Governor Malcolm Wilson Tappan Zee Bridge, commonly known as the Tappan Zee Bridge, was a cantilever bridge in the U.S. state of New York (state), New York. It was built from 1952 to 1955 to cross the Hudson River at one of its widest points, north of Midtown Manhattan, from South Nyack, New York, South Nyack to Tarrytown, New York, Tarrytown. As an integral conduit within the New York Metropolitan Area, the bridge connected South Nyack, New York, South Nyack in Rockland County, New York, Rockland County with Tarrytown, New York, Tarrytown in Westchester County, New York, Westchester County in the Lower Hudson Valley. Opened on December 15, 1955, the Tappan Zee Bridge was one of the primary crossings of the Hudson River north of New York City; it carried much of the traffic between southern New England and points west of the Hudson. The bridge was the longest in New York State, a title retained by Tappan Zee Bridge (2017–present), its replacement. The total length of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Washington Bridge From New Jersey-edit
George may refer to: Names * George (given name) * George (surname) People * George (singer), American-Canadian singer George Nozuka, known by the mononym George * George Papagheorghe, also known as Jorge / GEØRGE * George, stage name of Giorgio Moroder * George, son of Andrew I of Hungary Places South Africa * George, South Africa, a city ** George Airport United States * George, Iowa, a city * George, Missouri, a ghost town * George, Washington, a city * George County, Mississippi * George Air Force Base, a former U.S. Air Force base located in California Computing * George (algebraic compiler) also known as 'Laning and Zierler system', an algebraic compiler by Laning and Zierler in 1952 * GEORGE (computer), early computer built by Argonne National Laboratory in 1957 * GEORGE (operating system), a range of operating systems (George 1–4) for the ICT 1900 range of computers in the 1960s * GEORGE (programming language), an autocode system invented by Charles Le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fort Lee, New Jersey
Fort Lee is a Borough (New Jersey), borough at the eastern border of Bergen County, New Jersey, Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, situated along the Hudson River atop The Palisades (Hudson River), The Palisades. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 40,191, an increase of 4,846 (+13.7%) from the 2010 United States census, 2010 census count of 35,345, which in turn reflected a decline of 116 (−0.3%) from the 35,461 counted in the 2000 United States census, 2000 census. Along with other communities in Bergen County, it is one of the largest and fastest-growing ethnic Koreans, Korean Ethnic enclave, enclaves outside of Korea. Fort Lee is named for the site of an American Revolutionary War Fortification, military encampment. At the turn of the 20th century it became the birthplace of the American film industry. In 1931, the borough became the western terminus of the George Washington Bridge, which crosses the Hudson River and connects to t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
