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Willis Avenue Bridge

The Willis Avenue Bridge connects First Avenue in Manhattan at 126th Street with Willis Avenue in The Bronx. The bridge features a 304-foot rim-bearing continuous-truss swing span carrying a 42-foot-wide roadway for four lanes of northbound traffic and two 9-foot-wide sidewalks. A fixed-curve truss span north of the swing span crosses the Harlem River freight terminal yard. The bridge was designed by Thomas C. Clarke, who also designed the Third Avenue Bridge.