Bridges of the Harlem River

View of Harlem River from vicinity of Yankee Stadium; Highbridge park on left

©21elephants.com (2009)

In the foreground is  the Highbridge, the oldest surviving bridge in New York City. Dating from before 1850, the bridge was really an aqueduct and was built as part of the original water supply system. Behind are two different highway bridges, both (at one time) had been designated as US 1. The first is the Alexander Hamilton Bridge (basically part of I-95, the Cross-Bronx Expressway), behind it is the Washington Bridge, an older structure. Both can get you from the Bronx to the George Washington Bridge. 

The notable thing about the Highbridge is that it didn't originally look like this. The stee larch is a later addition.  It originally looked like a Roman Aqueduct; reminds me of the Pont du Gard at Nimes.

Here is a close-up (public domain photo) of the Highbridge, courtesy of Wikipedia.org and photographer Jim.Henderson.