Willis Avenue Bridge

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road bridge steel bridge swing bridge

The Willis Avenue Bridge is a swing bridge in New York City that carries traffic between Manhattan and the Bronx.

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	road bridge → steel bridge → swing bridge →
builder	Kiewit Constructors →
carries	New York State Route 1 → U.S. Route 1 → northbound traffic → road traffic →
connects	Manhattan → The Bronx →
constructionCost	approximately 612000000 USD →
constructionStartDate	2007 →
crosses	Harlem River →
crossesBetween	First Avenue in Manhattan → Willis Avenue in the Bronx →
crossesBetweenNeighborhood	East Harlem → Mott Haven →
crossesWaterBody	Harlem River Ship Canal →
design	swing span →
designedBy	Hardesty & Hanover →
hasDeckMaterial	concrete →
hasFunction	pedestrian sidewalk access → vehicular bridge →
hasLanes	3 →
hasMainSpanLength	approximately 310 feet →
hasMaterial	steel superstructure →
hasToll	no →
hasTotalLength	approximately 1,150 feet → approximately 350 meters →
locatedIn	New York City → New York State → United States →
locatedInBorough	Manhattan → The Bronx →
maintainedBy	New York City Department of Transportation →
oldBridgeDemolished	2011 →
opened	2010 →
openedToTraffic	August 2010 →
owner	City of New York →
partOf	U.S. Route 1 corridor in New York City →
replaced	original Willis Avenue Bridge →
replacedBy	Third Avenue Bridge for southbound traffic →
replacedStructureOpened	1901 →
trafficDirection	northbound only →

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Harlem River →	crossedBy
Mott Haven →	hasLandmark
Madison Avenue Bridge →	near
Third Avenue Bridge →	parallelTo