Kosciuszko Bridge (Old)

Photos 

Kosciuszko Bridge

Adam Elmquist

License: Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs (CC BY-ND)

View this photo at panoramio.com

BH Photo #316079

Map 

Street View 

Facts 

Overview

Lost through truss bridge over Newtown Creek on I-278/BQE in New York

Location

New York City, Kings County, New York, and Queens County, New York

Status

Replaced by a new bridge

History

Built 1940; rehabilitated 1973, replaced by new bridge and demolished 2017

Design

Polygonal Warren through truss with all verticals

Dimensions

Length of largest span: 299.9 ft.
Total length: 5,536.0 ft. (1.0 mi.)
Deck width: 78.7 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 14.0 ft.

Also called

I-278 Newtown Creek Bridge
Meeker Avenue Bridge

Approximate latitude, longitude

+40.72778, -73.92917   (decimal degrees)
40°43'40" N, 73°55'45" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

18/590428/4509089 (zone/easting/northing)

Quadrangle map:

Brooklyn

Average daily traffic (as of 2011)

150,620

Inventory numbers

NY 1075699 (New York State bridge identification number)
BH 26207 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Inspection report (as of October 2016)

Overall condition: Poor
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 45 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com

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Update Log 

• June 7, 2022: New photo from Patrick Gurwell
• December 6, 2020: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
• December 5, 2020: New photo from Patrick Gurwell
• June 18, 2020: New photo from Patrick Gurwell
• May 16, 2020: New photos from Patrick Gurwell
• March 18, 2020: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
• September 16, 2019: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
• July 24, 2019: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
• March 5, 2019: New photos from Geoff Hubbs
• September 9, 2017: Updated by Alexander D. Mitchell IV: Bridge has been demolished
• April 30, 2017: New photo from Neil Krout
• December 6, 2016: New photos from Royce and Bobette Haley
• August 24, 2015: Updated by Andy Peters: adds news link that bridge is doomed
• February 13, 2015: Updated by Dave King: Changed name & imported photos
• September 16, 2014: New Street View added by Luke

Sources 

• Luke
• Dave King - DKinghawkfan [at] hotmail [dot] com
• Andy Peters - anpete1971 [at] gmail [dot] com
• Queens Times-Ledger - Aug. 24, 2015
• New York DOT - page for New Kosciuszko Bridge
• Wikipedia - Kosciuszko Bridge
• New York Daily News - Dec. 4, 2014
• Royce and Bobette Haley - roycehaley111 [at] yahoo [dot] com
• Neil Krout - kickinpony [dot] 66 [at] gmail [dot] com
• Alexander D. Mitchell IV
• Geoff Hubbs
• Patrick Gurwell - pgurwell [at] gmail [dot] com

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