New Design for Kosciuszko Bridge Set in Stone
A new design’s been chosen for the rehabilitation of the Kosciuszko Bridge. The design, one out of four proposed to Brooklyn and Queens residents, is the same one the Brooklyn Paper called the front runner last November. Along with a new aesthetic, the bridge will be widened from six to nine lanes and get a…
A new design’s been chosen for the rehabilitation of the Kosciuszko Bridge. The design, one out of four proposed to Brooklyn and Queens residents, is the same one the Brooklyn Paper called the front runner last November. Along with a new aesthetic, the bridge will be widened from six to nine lanes and get a shoulder and a bike lane. Gone will be Kosciuszko’s steep incline. The billion dollars needed to build it has been lined up through federal funding, with a tentative completion date of 2017.
Meet the New Kosc [Brooklyn Paper]
New Kosciuszko Bridge Won’t Come Cheap [Brownstoner]
Nine lanes on both sides, Dave. Presumably one lane is for the bike lane, so 4 on each side. 2 lanes can feed into/out of the LIE, which is almost at the entrance to the midtown tunnel westbound,.
The incline is definitely an issue for trucks on the current bridge.
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I just returned from two months there, and the city makes NY systems feel ancient.
do you know what website you are posting on right now? they love decrepit old ancient shi+ here!
*rob*
By more4less on October 7, 2010 9:28 AM
DIBS, fed paying for it so who cares.
This is the type of thinking that spawned the Tea Party.
Would love to see a Shanghai style revamp of all of NYC’s infrastrucutre… the Nanpu and Lupu bridges were built quickly. I just returned from two months there, and the city makes NY systems feel ancient.
Too bad the new Kosciuszko will still connect to a 1950’s highway.
By ishtar on October 7, 2010 9:24 AM
If should NEVER take that long to build a damn bridge THAT short, especially with all the advances in engineering.
UNIONS, ishtar.
DIBS, fed paying for it so who cares.
we’re all gonna be dead by the time this is done anyway. i mean i like it, but im probably not gonna like it when 80.
*rob*
Have they finished the bike lane in the midtown tunnel yet?
Why is the steep incline an issue for cars and trucks???
If it’s going to be 9 lanes but only 3 lanes feed onto and off of it then a moron has designed it and it’s too costly.