Henry Hudson Bridge Repair

Judlau is currently at work on much-needed repairs to the lower deck of the Henry Hudson Bridge. The MTA facility engineer said of this project “It’s the most ambitious, complicated and challenging construction job ever undertaken at this facility...” The bridge is located on Highway 9A, between Manhattan and the Bronx, located near the historic communities of Riverdale and Spuyten Duyvil.

The scope of the project involves the replacement of the lower bridge deck with a new grid deck system. Judlau is not only working on structural steel repairs, but electrical, HVAC, bearing replacement, and reconstruction of the North Approach as well. In order to commence this important infrastructure restoration project, a temporary rigid shield/work platform system was installed underneath the bridge’s roadway.

The bridge was named after explorer Henry Hudson, who anchored near this site 400 years ago. When it opened in 1936, it was the longest plate girder arch and fixed arch bridge in the world. Overlooking the majestic Hudson River, the Manhattan end of the bridge is in Inwood Hills Park, Manhattan’s last remaining natural woodland.