Crane hit bridge in upper Manhattan causing major delays for No.1 subway line

Thursday, December 18, 2025
INWOOD, New York (WABC) -- Subway service is still impacted in Upper Manhattan after an accident involving an MTA crane and a bridge.

If you were taking the No. 1 train uptown to Inwood or the Bronx on Wednesday afternoon and evening, you could still get there, but it took much longer.

The MTA is still working to remove a piece of equipment that got stuck both on and in the Broadway Bridge over the Spuyten Duyvil Creek.

Citizen App video showed the crane on an MTA work train that poked a hole and got lodged in the top of the Broadway Bridge connecting the tip of Manhattan to Marble Hill around 1 p.m. on Wednesday.

Two MTA workers were taken to a hospital for evaluation of minor injuries.



MTA Crews have been working on a plan to safely remove it as uptown trains had to reroute and riders ended up with a much slower commute.

Riders had to go all the way up to 242nd-Van Cortlandt Park if they wanted to go north of Dyckman Street, then wait for the train to turn around and come back to their stop.

"Like an hour and 45 minutes. Going to Van Cortlandt Park and coming back down. Disaster. Disaster. Very disappointed," one rider said.

There was a traffic jam of trains waiting at Dyckman Street.

On Thursday, the hope is that the problem will be solved. The MTA is not only working to resolve the issue, but they are also investigating how it happened.


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