Kosciuszko Bridge (New York City)
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The bridge as seen from the upstream Queens side
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| Coordinates | 40°43′40″N 73°55′45″W / 40.7277°N 73.9291°WCoordinates: 40°43′40″N 73°55′45″W / 40.7277°N 73.9291°W |
| 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 |
| Closed | 2017 (projected) |
| Statistics | |
| Daily traffic | 181,783 (2008) |
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Location in New York City
Kosciuszko Bridge
Location in New York City
Kosciuszko Bridge
Location in New York City
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Rendering of replacement when it is completed.
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| Coordinates | 40°43′40″N 73°55′45″W / 40.7277°N 73.9291°W |
| 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 |
| Clearance below | 95 feet (29 m) |
| History | |
| Opened | 2017 (eastbound) 2020 (westbound) |
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Kosciuszko Bridge
Location in New York City
Kosciuszko Bridge
Location in New York City
Kosciuszko Bridge
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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. Both bridges are a part of Interstate 278, which is also locally known as the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway or BQE. They are the only bridges over Newtown Creek that is not a drawbridge.
All traffic currently uses the older bridge, a truss bridge that opened in 1939. This truss bridge carries six lanes of traffic (three in each direction). In 2014, a contract was awarded and work begun to build one of two replacement bridges with more capacity. The new bridges will have the same name as the original bridge.
The first of the new bridges is a cable-stayed bridge that will replace the existing bridge. This bridge, which is being built south of the old truss bridge, will open in 2017, also with three lanes in each direction. Once the old bridge is demolished by 2018, a new westbound cable-stayed bridge with four lanes and a bike/pedestrian path will be built on the site of the old bridge, and the existing bridge will become eastbound-only with five lanes.
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