<P> Afterward , leaving the Hudson Highlands , the river enters Haverstraw Bay , the widest point of the river at 3.5 miles ( 5.6 km ) wide . Shortly thereafter , the river forms the Tappan Zee and flows under the Tappan Zee Bridge , which carries the New York State Thruway between Tarrytown and Nyack in Westchester and Rockland Counties respectively . At the state line with New Jersey the west bank of the Hudson enters Bergen County . The Palisades are large , rocky cliffs along the west bank of the river ; also known as Bergen Hill at their lower end in Hudson County . Further south the east bank of the river becomes Yonkers and then the Riverdale neighborhood of the Bronx in New York City . South of the confluence of the Hudson and Spuyten Duyvil Creek , the east bank of the river becomes Manhattan . The river is sometimes still called the North River at this point . The George Washington Bridge crosses the river between Fort Lee and the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan . The Lincoln Tunnel and the Holland Tunnel also cross under the river between Manhattan and New Jersey . South of the Battery , the river proper ends , meeting the East River to form Upper New York Bay , also known as New York Harbor . Its outflow continues through the Narrows between Brooklyn and Staten Island , under the Verrazano Bridge , and into Lower New York Bay and the Atlantic Ocean . </P>
<P> Afterward , leaving the Hudson Highlands , the river enters Haverstraw Bay , the widest point of the river at 3.5 miles ( 5.6 km ) wide . Shortly thereafter , the river forms the Tappan Zee and flows under the Tappan Zee Bridge , which carries the New York State Thruway between Tarrytown and Nyack in Westchester and Rockland Counties respectively . At the state line with New Jersey the west bank of the Hudson enters Bergen County . The Palisades are large , rocky cliffs along the west bank of the river ; also known as Bergen Hill at their lower end in Hudson County . Further south the east bank of the river becomes Yonkers and then the Riverdale neighborhood of the Bronx in New York City . South of the confluence of the Hudson and Spuyten Duyvil Creek , the east bank of the river becomes Manhattan . The river is sometimes still called the North River at this point . The George Washington Bridge crosses the river between Fort Lee and the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan . The Lincoln Tunnel and the Holland Tunnel also cross under the river between Manhattan and New Jersey . South of the Battery , the river proper ends , meeting the East River to form Upper New York Bay , also known as New York Harbor . Its outflow continues through the Narrows between Brooklyn and Staten Island , under the Verrazano Bridge , and into Lower New York Bay and the Atlantic Ocean . </P>
where do the hudson and east river meet
where do the hudson and east river meet
South of the Battery
South of the Battery