Historic Pedestrian Bridge Connecting Manhattan To The Bronx Reopens

NEW YORK, NY - JUNE 09: Bronx Ambassador Baron Ambrosia pause as pedestrians walk over the High Bridge, the city's oldest standing bridge, for the first time since it was closed in the early 1970s on June 9, 2015 in New York City. The bridge, which connects Manhattan and the Bronx and spans over the Harlem River, connects 130 acres of parks in the two boroughs. The bridge opened as part of an aqueduct in the mid-1800s to carry water from the Croton River to upper Manhattan which was running short of water at the time. A walkway was added in 1864. Restorations of the 123-foot tall bridge began in 2012 by the Park Department and cost over $60 million. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)