New Kosciuszko Bridge Won't Come Cheap
In October, a Department of Transportation panel narrowed the list of potential designs for the new Kosciuszko Bridge down to three finalists, including what The Brooklyn Paper calls the front runner, above. In addition to a new look, the bridge of the future will have nine lanes instead of six (yay!) as well as a…

In October, a Department of Transportation panel narrowed the list of potential designs for the new Kosciuszko Bridge down to three finalists, including what The Brooklyn Paper calls the front runner, above. In addition to a new look, the bridge of the future will have nine lanes instead of six (yay!) as well as a bike and pedestrian lane; the whole thing will be set at less of an incline than the current structure because tall boats no longer go underneath. All this good stuff won’t come cheap though: We’re looking at a $1 billion price tag. Sounds like a lot of dough to us, but apparently that’s what it takes to get bridge builders out of bed these days. For a bridge that is a mile long in New York City, $1 billion is the going rate, said DOT spokesman Adam Levine. The Feds will pay 80% of the freight, leaving the state with the rest. But the state is now talking about slashing its transportation spending, so it remains to be seen of the bridge, over which 160,000 vehicles pass every day, makes the cut.
The Billion-Dollar Bridge! [Brooklyn Paper]
“so what’s the problem with the old one?”
It’s being held together with ritz crackers and big league chewing gum
it really is treacherous and in poor repair.
1 billion….that is 4 clocktower apts or 4 gingerbread houses.
I wasn’t going to start in on that, benson, so thank you for doing so.
Kerik has great entertainment value. Kooky Kerik and razzing rudy.
so what’s the problem with the old one?
so what’s the problem with the old one?
Repeat this fact to yourself over and over again: ONE BILLION DOLLARS to build an insignificant bridge.
Ain’t the present mix of unions and heavy regulations in NYC grand???? No wonder this town has lost most of its business sectors except those that are flush with money (Wall St.).
Remember this number when you hear all the lofty pronouncements on this site about the need for subsidized housing, unions, heavy environmental regulations, more regulation of the building trades, etc. : ONE BILLION DOLLARS to build a bridge.
Is that blue water I see in the Newtown Creek?
That is lovely and if we manage to see it completed before I’m retired I’ll assume Guliani became Gov and managed to clean up albany.
Posted by: DeLepp at November 6, 2009 9:14 AM
Will that be before or after Kerik gets out of jail?