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Parks Dept: Timeline and Detour Route Uncertain for Greenway Bridge Rehab

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A city Parks Department official says plans are not yet finalized for work on a bridge that connects the Hudson River Greenway to Washington Heights and the George Washington Bridge.

"The bridge is being reconstructed," wrote Jennifer Hoppa, administrator of parks for Northern Manhattan, in an email. According to Hoppa, the department is still hammering out legalities with Amtrak. "Therefore I don't anticipate that construction will begin in the fall," she wrote.

The bridge rehab is one of a number of PlaNYC improvements slated for Washington Heights and Inwood. While it's unclear at this point how long the project will take, Streetsblog reader and Heights resident Lars Klove told Streetsblog that recent discussions among members of Community Board 12 suggested a timeline of 18 months to two years.

As for commuters and other users who rely on the bridge, wrote Hoppa, "An alternate route will need to be identified for the construction duration."

Hoppa is looking into user counts for the bridge. We'll post those numbers here when we get them.

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