New York Daily News

Safer-span plan at Harlem River

- Dan Rivoli

THE CITY released a plan Friday to make the bridges spanning the Harlem River safer for cyclists and walkers.

The Department of Transporta­tion is knitting together bike lanes and walkways around 10 bridges that cross the Harlem River in a plan agency Commission­er Polly Trottenber­g said will “unite the neighborho­ods” of upper Manhattan and the Bronx.

“A lot of them were built really with a legacy of focusing only on moving vehicles, and pedestrian­s and cyclists often only an afterthoug­ht,” she said.

Transporta­tion planners, for instance, want to make the Willis Ave. Bridge the main span for cyclists, with a two-way protected bike lane. Pedestrian­s would see walker-friendly designs on the Third Ave. Bridge.

The work began Thursday, with a freshly painted bike lane leading up to the Madison Ave. Bridge.

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