The Henry Hudson Bridge is a steel arch toll bridge in New York City across the Harlem River, a tidal strait. It connects the Spuyten Duyvil section of The Bronx with the northern end of Manhattan to the south. On the Manhattan side, it touches Inwood Hill Park.

The bridge has two roadway levels, carrying an aggregate of seven traffic lanes, the lower level having been opened to traffic in 1936 and the upper level in 1938, and was designed by David B. Steinman (in realization of his PhD thesis), and built by the American Bridge Company at an original cost of 4,949,000 USD for the original single deck structure. A second deck had been designed in, and was added in 1938 at an additional cost of approximately 2,000,000 USD.

When it opened, it was the longest plate girder arch and fixed arch bridge in the world. The bridge spans the Harlem River just before that river meets the Hudson River. The bridge is part of the Henry Hudson Parkway placarded as New York State Route 9A. To its west, at 5 feet above water level is the Sputyen Duyvil Bridge, which is used by Amtrak trains heading to Albany, New York and other points north.

As of March 13, 2005, the crossing charge for a two-axle passenger vehicle is $2.25 charged in each direction, with a $.50 discount for E-ZPass users. About 75,000 vehicles per day use the bridge. Current traffic alignment is northbound on the three-lane upper deck and southbound on the four-lane lower deck.


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