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Video: Visiting The High Bridge

Urban legend has it that The High Bridge was closed after someone was killed after passing beneath it on the Circle Line. Thirteen's City Concealed series just visited the High Bridge, which officially—and mysteriously—closed in the early 1970s. They begin their video discussing this legend, saying there is truth to it, as there were reports of people throwing things off the bridge and injuring passengers of the Circle Line, dating back to the '50s. Check out the High Bridge's history, present, and future ($60 million is going towards the renovation of the park's pedestrian connector between Manhattan and the Bronx) in the video below:

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  • I traveled up the Harlem River a couple times, and once our small motorboat was nearly hit by something thrown from the bridge. There were some kids standing up there yelling down at us too. This is a risk from any pedestrian bridge so I don't know why High Bridge would be singled out for closing (admittedly, I also didn't watch the video).

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