Bear Mountain Bridge, Garrison

Name: Bear Mountain Bridge
Address: Garrison, United States

#1 among attractions in Garrison

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The Bear Mountain Bridge, ceremonially named the Purple Heart Veterans Memorial Bridge, is a toll suspension bridge in New York State. It carries US 6 and US 202 across the Hudson River between Bear Mountain State Park in Orange County and Cortlandt in Westchester County. At completion in 1924 it was longest suspension bridge in the world until this record was surpassed 19 months later by the Benjamin Franklin Bridge between Philadelphia and Camden, New Jersey. The Bear Mountain Bridge is unconventional among suspension bridges: though its main span is suspended by cables in the usual manner, the approach spans do not have suspender cables and are instead unsuspended trusses, like the Williamsburg Bridge in New York City. ()

Alternative names: Opened: 1924 (100 years ago)Length: 2255 ftWidth: 48 ftHeight: 360 ftCoordinates: 41°19'12"N, 73°59'2"W

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Bear Mountain Bridge – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Fort Montgomery, Bear Mountain, St. Peter's Episcopal Church, West Point Museum.

~1730 ftNW
State park, Body of water, Nature and wildlife
Fort Montgomery, Fort Montgomery
9 min walk • Fort Montgomery was a fortification built on the west bank of the Hudson River in Highlands, New York by the Continental Army during the American Revolution.
1.4 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Bear Mountain, Bear Mountain State Park
36 min walk • Bear Mountain is one of the best-known peaks of New York's Hudson Highlands. Located partially in Orange County in the town of Highlands and partially in Rockland County in the town of Stony Point, it lends its name to the nearby Bear Mountain Bridge and Bear Mountain State Park that contains it.
3.9 miSE
Church
St. Peter's Episcopal Church, Peekskill
100 min walk • St. Peter's Episcopal Church of Peekskill, New York, United States, is located on the north edge of the city's downtown. It is a three-building complex of stone Late Gothic Revival buildings on a half-acre dating to the late 19th century and added onto at successive later dates.
3.8 miN
41°22'20"N • 73°57'47"W
West Point Museum, West Point
97 min walk • Military museum, Museum, History museum
2.4 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Dunderberg Mountain, Bear Mountain State Park
61 min walk • Dunderberg Mountain is a 1,086-foot mountain on the west bank of the Hudson River at the southern end of the Hudson Highlands. It lies just above Jones Point, New York, within Bear Mountain State Park and the town of Stony Point in Rockland County, New York.
1.5 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Popolopen, Bear Mountain State Park
37 min walk • Popolopen is the name of several related landmarks mainly within the Hudson Highlands of Orange County, New York. These include a mountain, Popolopen Torne—or simply "The Torne", and a short and steep-sided nearby valley officially called Hell Hole, but often Popolopen Gorge. Popolopen Creek runs through this valley.
3.8 miSE
Church, Greek Revival architecture
Peekskill Presbyterian Church, Peekskill
98 min walk • The Peekskill Presbyterian Church is a historic Greek Revival-style church located in Peekskill, New York, United States. It was built in 1846 and was twice the size of the original sanctuary which the congregation, dating to 1799 but formally incorporated in 1826, had outgrown.
3.4 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Sugarloaf Hill, Hudson Highlands State Park
88 min walk • Sugarloaf Hill is a 785 ft peak along the Hudson River in Putnam County, New York, part of the Hudson Highlands. It was named by the Dutch for its resemblance in outline to a sugarloaf when sailing up the river towards it.
~1760 ftE
Natural attraction, Mountain
Anthony's Nose, Cortlandt
9 min walk • Anthony's Nose is a 900+ ft peak in the Hudson Highlands along the east bank of the Hudson River in the hamlet of Cortlandt Manor, New York.
3.7 miSE
Museum
Lincoln Depot Museum, Peekskill
96 min walk • The Lincoln Depot Museum is located at 41 South Water Street in Peekskill, New York inside the Peekskill Freight Depot. The Museum is managed by the Lincoln Depot Foundation, whose mission is to preserve the history of the connection between Abraham Lincoln and Peekskill.
3.4 miNW
Town
Highlands
88 min walk • Highlands is a town on the eastern border of Orange County, New York, United States. The population was 12,492 at the 2010 census.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Which popular attractions are close to Bear Mountain Bridge?

Nearby attractions include Fort Montgomery, Fort Montgomery (9 min walk), Anthony's Nose, Cortlandt (9 min walk), St. Mark's Episcopal Church, Fort Montgomery (19 min walk).