Crucial Red Hook-Carroll Gardens Connector is Back

The Hamilton Avenue footbridge, which connects Carroll Gardens and Red Hook, reopened yesterday following four months of repairs. Here’s what the state DOT said about the work in a statement: “The 353-foot-long bridge, which connects Hicks Street and Hamilton Avenue on one side of the Gowanus Expressway to Henry Street and Coles Street on the other side, has been closed since July 5 for emergency repairs. Originally scheduled to be done in 2014, the work was accelerated based on recent inspections that found a more severely deteriorated bridge deck and the need for extensive steel repairs which may not have allowed the bridge to remain in service through another harsh winter. Nearly 9,000 pounds of steel was replaced or added in order to stiffen and reinforce the structure, and over ninety (90) percent of the concrete deck, or sidewalk, was replaced. The total cost of the work was approximately $1.6 million.”
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