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 A 2009OrionVII NG HEV (4397) on the Riverdale-bound Bx3 on Washington Bridge | ||||||
| Overview | ||||||
| System | MTA Regional Bus Operations | |||||
| Operator | Manhattan and Bronx Surface Transit Operating Authority | |||||
| Garage | Kingsbridge Depot | |||||
| Vehicle | Nova BusLFS Nova BusLFS HEV New FlyerXcelsior XE40 | |||||
| Route | ||||||
| Locale | The Bronx andManhattan | |||||
| Communities served | Washington Heights,Morris Heights,University Heights,Kingsbridge Heights,Kingsbridge | |||||
| Start | Kingsbridge –238th Street station | |||||
| Via | West 181st Street,University Avenue,Sedgwick Avenue | |||||
| End | Washington Heights –George Washington Bridge Bus Station Broadway & West 179th Street | |||||
| Length | 4.4 miles (7.1 km) | |||||
| Other routes | Bx11 170th/East 174th Sts Bx13 Ogden/River Avs Bx35 E.L. Grant Hwy/East 167th/169th Sts Bx36 Tremont Av/White Plains Rd | |||||
| Annual patronage | 1,681,050 (2024)[1] | |||||
| Transfers | Yes | |||||
| Timetable | Bx3 | |||||
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TheBx3 bus constitutes theUniversity Avenue Linepublic transit line inThe Bronx andManhattan, operating betweenWashington Heights, Manhattan at Broadway & 179th Street, andKingsbridge, Bronx, at238th Street station on the1 line. It operates mainly via University Avenue, serving theWest Bronx andUpper Manhattan.
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The Bx3 starts with theBx11,Bx13,Bx35 andBx36 buses at 179th Street inWashington Heights, Manhattan. It then uses181st Street to access theWashington Bridge, which it uses to get toThe Bronx. Immediately after the bridge, it turns onto University Avenue, which it continues on until Kingsbridge Road, servingMorris Heights andUniversity Heights. After doing a dogleg turn onto Sedgwick Avenue, it passes through theKingsbridge Heights neighborhood, before using 238th Street to its terminus at Broadway.[2][3]
Buses replaced University Avenue Line streetcars on October 25, 1947, operating as the Bx38. The route was renamed to the Bx3, and extended from 181st Street to 179th Street in September 1985.[4] Until 1995, late night service terminated at Kingsbridge Road, it was extended to 238th Street in 1995.[5]
The Bx3 operates out ofKingsbridge Depot. It uses Kingsbridge's fleet of 40-foot (12-metre) buses.
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