Talk:High Bridge (New York City)

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I do not wish to vandalize this page. The High Bridge was not closed in 1970 -- as the urban myth states -- but in 1960. I have a document obtained from the Municipal Archive of New York City that will verify this. As far as I can tell, a rock thrown onto the Circle Line -- according to some stories killed a tourist -- also appears to be an urban myth. The story, verified by a 1958 New York times Article entitled "Boys Stone Boat From Bridge," is that youths threw sticks and rocks onto the boat from the bridge, injuring four people, killing none. A New York times reporter in 1968 followed the Old Croton Aqueduct Trail and found the High Bridge closed. For more info, contact me at sswusfc@yahoo.com. 24.44.154.229 03:51, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

NYT Article 5/20/07
The article in the real estate section of 5/20/07 (New York Times, p.9) indicates that the bridge closed in the early 1970s. Either this perpetuates the myth or the bridge may have been closed to pedestrian traffic prior to closing to automobiles. Drgitlow 17:09, 27 May 2007 (UTC)

Automobiles? Uh, it NEVER had such service. Date aside, it was closed for pedestrian traffic because some locals used the bridge to throw stuff onto the traffic. Period.

Automobiles? LOL. 67.87.92.56 (talk) 00:44, 14 January 2008 (UTC)

"Newest bridge" claim
I have removed it from the article. Just because it was recently renovated and rebuilt doesn't make it the city's "newest bridge", just the most recently opened one. Epic Genius (talk) 11:32, 23 June 2015 (UTC)
 * I agree with you. Saying both "oldest and newest" sounds unencyclopedic. The lede needn't to be phrased in the "hookiest" way Fitnr 14:18, 23 June 2015 (UTC)
 * I guess since many bridges, like the Brooklyn and Kosciuszko Bridges, are being renovated all over the city, it may not need to be mentioned that the High Bridge is the most recent bridge to (re)open in the city, since that's subject to change. Having the reopening date should suffice. Epic Genius (talk) 01:50, 24 June 2015 (UTC)

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water delivery cessation?
In section Construction and history-->Usage it states "Use of the structure to deliver water to the island ceased on December 15, 1949." [As a side suggestion, I think "Manhattan" would be clearer than "the island".]

In section Aqueduct it states "the bridge (obsolete due to opening of the New Croton Aqueduct[10]) ceased to carry water in 1917"

Which is it? (I'd be surprised if the 1927 arch replacement to facilitate navigation was done (vs demolition) just for pedestrians.) Alannyny (talk) 17:02, 8 August 2021 (UTC)
 * My research tells me that the 1917 closure (mentioned here) was temporary for World War I. This page says the definitive date of the water tower's closure as 1949, so that is most likely correct and that's what is put in the water tower section of this article, which also mentions the temporary World War I closure. This page seems pretty legit, it says that with the temporary closure "the Old Croton was shut down so it wouldn’t have to be patrolled. It was eventually put back into service, but was never again seen as necessary." The Spirit of Oohoowahoo (talk) 23:51, 8 August 2021 (UTC)

1881 paper
I don't have time to run this down right now, but there's a great discussion of the geology around the bridge in  Page 436, along with a good drawing of the bridge in its original 16-arch configuration. RoySmith (talk) 23:25, 28 August 2023 (UTC)