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Washington Bridge
The
Washington Bridge
carries six lanes of traffic, as well as sidewalks on both sides, over the
Harlem River
in
New York City
between the boroughs of
Manhattan
and
the Bronx
, connecting
181st Street
and
Amsterdam Avenue
in the
Washington Heights
neighborhood of Manhattan to University Avenue in the
Morris Heights
neighborhood of the Bronx. Ramps at either end of the bridge connect to the
Trans-Manhattan Expressway
and the
Cross-Bronx Expressway
. The bridge is operated and maintained by the
New York City Department of Transportation
. It once carried
U.S. Route 1
, which now travels over the
Alexander Hamilton Bridge
.
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