New York City's Bridge to the Past
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High Bridge, ca. 1880.
The High Bridge is the oldest bridge still standing in New York. Built to carry the fresh water of the Croton Aqueduct, its form was originally very Roman (its center arches were removed in the 1920s and replaced with a steel arch). Back when the High Bridge first opened in 1848, it was an elegant promenade for New Yorkers, sort of a High Line of the day. After falling into disuse and disrepair it was closed in the 1970s. Today it reopens and once more will carry New Yorkers (but not their water).
(Source: nycma.lunaimaging.com)
