Comments on: Henry Hudson Bridge Closed Until 2010, Unless You’re In a Car

By: Ficho

Ficho — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 22:03:41 +0000

I was planning to buy an apartment in Spuyten Duyvil but am hesitating due to the closure of the Henry Hudson Bridge walkway for 3 years. A major inconvenience.

By: Phil

Phil — Sun, 26 Aug 2007 20:11:56 +0000

Apparently, access to this bridge for pedestrians and cyclists has been an on-and-off issue for the past ten years. See http://www.transalt.org/bridges/henry.html for more information.

By: uSkyscraper

uSkyscraper — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 21:58:22 +0000

I just emailed DOT to ask them to:

1) Add the bike trails in Inwood Hill Park to the city bike map, which oddly leaves them out

2) Definitely add the bike trails in Inwood Hill Park to the city bike map, as it's hard to know how to detour to Broadway if the trails are not on the map! (There is a trail right next to the tollbooths, but sadly it is fenced off. Otherwise you could zip to the other side of IHP and be on Broadway in under 10 minutes)

By: Dahlia T.

Dahlia T. — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 21:12:39 +0000

Gee, they've been working on that bridge forever. I used to take it every day when I worked in White Plains and it had already begun construction in 2002.

By: Hilary Kitasei

Hilary Kitasei — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 19:18:19 +0000

We were told by State DOT that there were plans for a cantilevered bike path when the bridge is rehabilitated. Can we assume this is still on track?

NY4P and John Benfatti worked with Parks and City DOT on a fabulous feasiblity and design study for a greenway along the Henry Hudson Parkway that makes use of the service roads and bridges (available online at http://www.riverdalenature.org).

Planning for the Bronx Link of the Hudson River Valley Greenway is about to begin. The HH Bridge will feature in some way in that plan, either as the route or connected to it.

I also heard that the plan for the bridge includes a very good storm water capture feature that should be the model for all of our bridges..