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The Kosciuszko Bridge (/ ˌ k ɒ z i ˈ ʊ s k oʊ, ˌ k ɒ ʒ i ˈ ʊ ʃ k oʊ / KOZ-ee-UUSK-oh, KOZH-ee-UUSH-koh), [1] 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 consists of a pair of cable-stayed bridge spans ...
The bridge is named (using an anglicized form) in honor of Tadeusz Kościuszko (1746–1817), the preeminent national figure in Poland's fight for independence. Kościuszko arrived in Colonial America a month after the July 4, 1776 Declaration of Independence and remained a notable military leader throughout the Revolutionary War , attaining ...
NYA expects the facility to support replacement of the nearby Kosciuszko Bridge. The NYA also received permission from the LIRR, which owns most of the tracks on which NYA operates, to handle cars weighing up to 286,000 pounds (130 t), the top load limit for railroads in the eastern U.S. The previous LIRR limit was 263,000 pounds (119 t). [16]
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After the Met Gala wrapped up around 11 p.m., the party revved up downtown and in Brooklyn. Designer LaQuan Smith drew a black-tie crowd to Under the K Bridge, a newly opened park in Greenpoint ...
[120] [128] [129] Bridges named in his honor include the Kosciuszko Bridge built in 1939 in New York City [130] and the Thaddeus Kosciusko Bridge completed in 1959 across the Mohawk River between Albany and Saratoga counties in upstate New York [131] The New York City bridge was partially replaced in April 2017 by a new bridge of the same name ...
An elderly man was killed and seven others hurt — including a 9-year-old girl — in a four-car pileup near the Kosciuszko Bridge Thursday, authorities and sources said.
NYA expects the facility to support construction of the replacement Kosciuszko Bridge. [6] The yard reopened in 2015. [7] Other products shipped to Long Island via the NYA include bentonite and rock salt. NYA carries nearly 1 million tons of gravel a year from Connecticut quarries, delivered to the NYA by the Providence and Worcester Railroad. [1]