GIANT TIMBER BRIDGE OF THE MOYNIHAN CONNECTOR IS INSTALLED AT THE HIGH LINE
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NICOLE SARANIERO A massive timber bridge measuring nearly 300 feet long, the length of a city block, was installed at the High Lineover the weekend. Called the Moynihan Connector, this new connection to the elevated park will link the High Line’s current terminus at West 30th Street and 10th Avenue to a public plaza within the Manhattan West development, creating a seamless pedestrian path from the transit hubs of Penn Station and Moynihan Train Hall in Midtown to the West Village.
Andrew Frasz, courtesy of the High LineAfter the bridge was assembled on the ground, construction crews used two cranes to lift it into place 25 feet above Dyer Avenue. The wooden truss bridge, which weighs 128 tons, is made up of 163 Alaskan Yellow Cedar beams. After the sections of the bridge were hoisted into the air, they were lowered down onto steel columns.The Moynihan Connector runs along West 30th toward West 31st Street, and takes a 90-degree turn at Dyer Avenue, at the entrance to the Lincoln Tunnel. This is where the bridge can be found, running north into the public plaza at Manhattan West.
Andrew Frasz, courtesy of the High LineRunning along 30th Street is the Woodland Bridge, another part of the Moynihan Connector. This bridge will contain 5-foot deep soil containers for lush plantings to grow from along the path. The two bridges will be visually connected by Corten steel decking and bronze handrails. The connector design is a collaboration between James Corner Field Operations, who was a part of the High Line’s original design team, and Skidmore, Owings & Merrill.
TUESDAY PHOTO RIHS OFFICE ON THE 4TH FLOOR OF THE OCTAGON JANET SPENCER KING GOT IT RIGHT PARDON OUR TYPO… WE HAVE CORRECTED IT.
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Andrew Frasz, courtesy of the High Line
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