The Broadway Bridge in New York City crosses the Harlem Ship Canal between Inwood and Marble Hill, both parts of Manhattan (the latter on the mainland, attached to the Bronx, due to the rerouting of the Harlem River). It is named the Broadway Bridge because it carries Broadway, which is designated as U.S. Highway 9 here. The bridge also carries the IRT Broadway-Seventh Avenue Line above the road. Immediately to the north of the bridge along this line is the 225th Street-Marble Hill station. It opened on July 1, 1962. Midtown Manhattan, looking north from the Empire State Building, 2005 New York City (officially named the City of New York and abbreviated NYC) is the most populous city in the United States, and is at the center of international finance, politics, communications, music, fashion, and culture. ... Spuyten Duyvil Creek, also known as the Harlem River Ship Canal, is a one-mile-long channel connecting the Hudson and Harlem Rivers in New York City, separating the island of Manhattan from the mainland. ... Inwood is the northernmost neighborhood on Manhattan Island in the New York City borough of Manhattan. ... Marble Hill is a place in the State of Missouri in the United States of America. ... Manhattan is an island bordering the lower Hudson River. ... The Bronx is one of the five boroughs of New York City in the United States. ... The Harlem River, shown in red, between the Bronx and Manhattan in New York City The Harlem River is a tidal strait in New York City that flows 8 miles between the East River and the Hudson River, separating the borough of Manhattan from the Bronx. ... A view of Broadway in 1909 Broadway, as the name implies, is a large, wide avenue in New York City, New York, and is one of the oldest main north-south thoroughfares in the city, dating back to the first Dutch New Amsterdam settlement. ... United States Highway 9 is a north-south United States highway in the states of Delaware, New Jersey, and New York in the United States. ... The Broadway-Seventh Avenue Line, also known as the IRT West Side Line, is one of the lines of the IRT division of the New York City Subway. ... 225th Street-Marble Hill station, located at Broadway and 225th Street, is located on the north side of the Broadway Bridge. ... July 1 is the 182nd day of the year (183rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 183 days remaining. ... 1962 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Before the Harlem River was rerouted, the bridge in the area was named Kings Bridge, crossing the river on the border between Marble Hill and the Bronx. The Boston Post Road and Albany Post Road crossed this bridge. A later bridge, opened on January 1, 1895, spanned the canal. The Boston Post Road was a system of roads from New York, New York to Boston, Massachusetts, containing some of the first major highways in the United States. ... January 1 is the first day of the calendar year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. ... 1895 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...

The present Broadway Bridge has a navigable channel 304 feet wide providing 136 feet of vertical clearance. In the down position, the bridge provides 24 feet of vertical clearance.