M ANHATTAN, N.Y. (PIX11) – High-tech flood gates installed underneath the FDR Drive, near the Manhattan Bridge, are now operational, New York City officials announced.

With the push of a button, New York City officials say they'll soon be able to deploy flip-up flood gates that are being placed underneath the FDR Drive to protect Manhattan from extreme floodwaters.

Purple girder underneath the FDR Drive, as it was originally designed ... we didn't want to have giant poles with flood lights, and make it feel like a night baseball game...The whole idea of ...

New flood gates that flip up at the “touch of ... City leaders will demonstrate the system on Monday under the FDR Drive at the Manhattan Bridge — near South Street and Pike Slip.