Pulaski Bridge
Coordinates: 40 ° 44 ′ 21 ″ N , 73 ° 57 ′ 9 ″ W.
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| use | Road bridge, 6 lanes; Footpath |
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| Crossing of | Newtown Creek | |
| place | New York City | |
| construction | Bascule bridge | |
| overall length | 860 m | |
| vehicles per day | 37019 (2008) | |
| building-costs | $ 11.2 million | |
| opening | September 10, 1954 | |
| planner | Frederick Zurmuhlen | |
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The Pulaski Bridge is a bridge in New York City that connects the two districts of Long Island City in Queens and Greenpoint in Brooklyn over Newtown Creek . It was named after Kazimierz Pułaski , a Polish general in the American War of Independence , because of the large Polish-American population in Greenpoint . It connects 11th Street in Queens with McGuinness Boulevard in Brooklyn.
The Pulaski Bridge was opened to traffic on September 10, 1954. When it opened, it replaced the nearby Vernon Avenue Bridge , which had connected Vernon Avenue in Long Island City with Manhattan Avenue in Greenpoint since 1905 and was closed due to security concerns.
The bascule bridge designed by Frederick Zurmuhlen carries a 6- lane carriageway and a 2.7 m wide pedestrian walkway and leads over the water, tracks of the Long Island Rail Road and the entrance to the Queens-Midtown Tunnel . The pedestrian walkway is on the west or downstream side of the bridge, which gives passers-by a good view of the Manhattan skyline and other bridges such as the Williamsburg Bridge and Queensboro Bridge .
Between September 1991 and June 1994 the bridge was renovated for a total of USD 38 million. During this time, the trafficable lanes were reduced to one in each direction in order to renew the roadway, replace electrical cables and give the structure a new coat of paint.
The Pulaski Bridge is on the route of the New York City Marathon and is considered the middle of the marathon route , almost exactly 13 miles from the start.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ New York City Bridge Traffic Volumes 2008 (PDF; 51.06 MB)
- ^ A b Bridge Linking Greenpoint Section of Brooklyn and Long Island City Is Opened New York Times September 10, 1954.
- ↑ a b F.YI New York Times by George Robinson.
- ↑ Facts on wirednewyork.com.
- ↑ NEIGHBORHOOD REPORT: GREEN POINT; Pulaski Project Nearing Finish New York Times March 20, 1994.
- ^ The Course ( Memento from August 12, 2011 in the Internet Archive )