Kosciuszko Bridge (NYC)

Kosciuszko Bridge
The bridge as seen from upstream Queens side, 2008
Coordinates	40°43′40″N 73°55′45″W / 40.7277°N 73.9291°W / 40.7277; -73.9291
Carries	I-278 (Brooklyn-Queens Expressway)
Crosses	Newtown Creek
Locale	Brooklyn and Queens, New York City
Maintained by	New York State Department of Transportation
Preceded by	Greenpoint Avenue Bridge
Followed by	Grand Street Bridge
Characteristics
Design	Truss bridge
Total length	6,021 feet (1,835 m)
Longest span	300 feet (91 m)
Clearance below	125 feet (38 m)
History
Opened	August 23, 1939; 77 years ago (1939-08-23)
Closed	April 27, 2017; 2 months ago (2017-04-27)
Statistics
Daily traffic	181,783 (2008)

Kosciuszko Bridge
Rendering of replacement when it is completed.
Coordinates	40°43′40″N 73°55′45″W / 40.7277°N 73.9291°W / 40.7277; -73.9291
Carries	I-278 (Brooklyn-Queens Expressway)
Crosses	Newtown Creek
Locale	Brooklyn and Queens, New York City
Maintained by	New York State Department of Transportation
Preceded by	Greenpoint Avenue Bridge
Followed by	Grand Street Bridge
Characteristics
Design	Cable-stayed bridge
Longest span	1,001 feet (305 m)
Clearance below	90 feet (27 m)
History
Opened	April 27, 2017; 2 months ago (2017-04-27) (eastbound) 2020 (westbound)

Coordinates: 40°43′40″N 73°55′45″W / 40.7277°N 73.9291°W / 40.7277; -73.9291

The Kosciuszko Bridge /ˌkɒziˈɒskoʊ, ˌkɒʒiˈɒʃkoʊ/ is the name of two bridges that span Newtown Creek between the New York City boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens, connecting Greenpoint, Brooklyn and Maspeth, Queens. The older bridge, a truss bridge that opened in 1939, is no longer in use and slated to be demolished by summer 2017. All traffic uses a newer cable-stayed bridge to the south, which opened in April 2017 and carries three lanes in each direction. The crossing is part of Interstate 278, which is also locally known as the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway or BQE. The two bridges are the only bridges over Newtown Creek that are not drawbridges.