Kosciuszko Bridge
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The Kosciuszko Bridge, originally known as the Meeker Avenue Bridge, is a cable-stayed bridge over Newtown Creek in New York City, connecting Greenpoint in Brooklyn to Maspeth in Queens. The bridge co
The bridge in 2025
1939 bridge as seen from upstream Queens side, 2008
Deck of the current bridge in September 2019. Walkway and bikeway on the left
New and old Kosciuszko bridges in February 2017. New cable-stayed bridge is in foreground left. The 1939 truss bridge is behind it and right.
Interstate 278
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Interstate 278 is an auxiliary Interstate Highway in New Jersey and New York in the United States. The road runs 35.62 miles from US Route 1/9 in Linden, New Jersey, northeast to the Bruckner Intercha
Kosciuszko Bridge
…located on the site of the westbound cable-stayed span, was originally opened in 1939 and was closed and demolished in 2017. The crossing is part of the Brooklyn–Queens Expressway (BQE), which carries Interstate 278. The older truss bridge replaced the historical swing bridge which connected Meeker Avenue in Brooklyn to Laurel…
View west along I-278 between the New Jersey Turnpike and US 1/9 in Elizabeth. The wide median provided room for an intended expansion and extension of the road which never occurred.
I-278 (Staten Island Expressway) westbound at Clove Road
The Gowanus Expressway during the 2008 Five Boro Bike Tour
The BQE under Brooklyn Heights Promenade as seen from the Brooklyn Bridge.