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Two skyscrapers in NYC will be linked by a swimming pool suspended 300 feet in the air

Leanna Garfield

2016-05-03T21:17:28Z

Pools inside luxury apartment complexes are usually pretty standard: A narrow pool will stretch several dozen feet, lined with rows of lounge chairs. Sometimes, there's an adjoining bar or jacuzzi.

But SHoP Architect's new Sky Bridge will take pool design to the next level.

Linking two residential skyscrapers in Manhattan, the three-story glass bridge will let people swim in a pool suspended 300 feet in the air.

Set to open in 2017, the complex and the bridge are still in construction.

Keep scrolling to take a look at the design.

The 100-foot-long bridge will be a part of American Copper Buildings' two towers at 626 First Avenue in Manhattan.

The complex will overlook the East River and offer views of the Empire State Building. Here's a recent photo from the construction.

There will be floor-to-ceiling windows, so residents will be able to see as far as Long Island while they swim, the SHoP team tells Tech Insider in an email.

When the bridge is complete, it will have three floors: The pool and a hot tub will be on the second floor with a lounge and bar above it. Mechanical storage will be on the first floor.

The pool will stretch 75 feet long and will be four and a half feet deep.

The towers will house 761 rental apartments with the bridge spanning floors 27 through 29. Here is a rendering of the lounge on the third floor.

Since the architects were able to tuck away many of the building's mechanical elements on the bridge's first floor, they were able to free up the east tower's roof for a lavish infinity pool.

Future residents will truly swim in the lap of luxury between the two skyscrapers.