Macombs Dam Bridge & Major Deegan Expressway

Macombs Dam Bridge and Major Deegan Expressway meet at a four-way crossing in Highbridge, Bronx. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Macomb's Dam Bridge (originally Central Bridge) stands 740 feet away.

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Macombs Dam Bridge & Major Deegan Expressway

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Harlem River Drive northbound at Frederick Douglass Boulevard, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 89 St Nicholas Place Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 771 Concourse Village West Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    1.3 miles

No police-reported crash has been recorded at this corner in any year the city publishes.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10451
Community board
Bronx Community Board 4
City Council district
8 and 16 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
44
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Highbridge

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Trees

One tree recorded by NYC Parks stands within 330 feet, an ash.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, the Landmarks Preservation Commission has designated Macomb's Dam Bridge (originally Central Bridge) (740 feet).

  1. Macomb's Dam Bridge (originally Central Bridge) Designated landmark
    740 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists two works near this corner, the nearest in Macombs Dam Park.

  1. Macombs Dam Park Fountain Fountain by Martin Schenck, 1908
    770 feet
  2. Highbridge World War I Memorial Statue, 1923
    800 feet

Not on record for this corner:

  • A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
  • A bus stop within a ten-minute walk
  • A bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet
  • A signal or safety change
  • A parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here
  • Homes within 820 feet
  • A listed public place within a five-minute walk

Sources: NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYPD, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission and NYC Parks, retrieved September 19 – October 6, 2026.