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BROOKLYN WEEKLY, MAY 12, 2019
Second span to open in September
Cuomo touts progress with Kosciuszko Bridge on Queens/Brooklyn border
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The Kosciuszko Bridge, or the K
Bridge as Gov. Andrew Cuomo
calls it, will have its second cable
stayed span open this September,
bringing the reconstruction
project to a close well ahead
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of schedule.
Cuomo conducted on Monday a
press tour of the work site up more
than 10 fl ights of stairs unveiling a
nearly completed roadway as well
as cabling to suspend the concrete
and steel above Newtown Creek.
“This replacement bridge was
done in a totally different method
than the state had used before:
it’s what is referred to as design
build construction,” Cuomo said.
“This bridge is four years ahead
of schedule from what the original
time estimate was if the government
had done the job. So just the
initial change, the design build
saved us four years.”
There will be fi ve Queensbound
lanes and four Brooklynbound
lanes upon the second
spans completion and will include
a pedestrian and bike path.
Making the bridge accessible
to foot traffi c and bikes was an
opportunity for the state to build
green space on each side allowing
access to the waterfront.
The project totaled $873 million
for the state with more than
$100,000 incentive for everyday
the contractors pushed closer to
completion ahead of schedule.
Until the May 6 announcement,
the expected completion date had
been December.
In April 2017, Cuomo cut the
ribbon on the eastern span of the
bridge with fl are, by arriving at
the ceremony driving a 1932 Packard
owned by President Franklin
D. Roosevelt, who also served as
governor of the New York.
“That bridge is now handling
the same volume of traffi c that
the old bridge was handling,”
Cuomo said. “I think it enhances
the Brooklyn and Queens skyline
… When you think about this
bridge being the fi rst bridge since
the Verrazzano, 1964, that means
an entire generation has grown
up having not seen any new dramatic,
big projects.”
The original Kosciuszko Bridge
was built in 1929 and named after
a Revolutionary War hero from
Poland. The new spans between
Brooklyn and Queens will increase
capacity and decrease delays
by 65 percent, according to
Cuomo.
The old bridge, dismantled
over the course of 2017, was built
to endure about 10,000 vehicles,
but was actually seeing double
that amount of crossings per day,
Cuomo said.
PROGRESS: Gov. Andrew Cuomo stands on one of the towers of the newest span of the Kosciuszko Bridge
during a press tour. Photo by Mark Hallum
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