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Pulaski Bridge

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

Photos 

Photo taken by Jim Henderson

License: Public domain: Released by author

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Map 

Street View 

Video 

Pulaski Drawbridge lift

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Facts 

Overview
Bascule bridge over Newtown Creek on McGuiness Boulevard in New York
Location
New York City, Kings County, New York, and Queens County, New York
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1954; rehabilitated 1995
Builder
- Frederick Zurmuhlen (Design)
Design
Bascule
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 172.9 ft.
Total length: 2,401.0 ft. (0.5 mi.)
Deck width: 68.9 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 14.4 ft.
Also called
McGuiness Boulevard Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.73911, -73.95251   (decimal degrees)
40°44'21" N, 73°57'09" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/588511/4510547 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Brooklyn
Average daily traffic (as of 2014)
32,396
Inventory numbers
NY 2240639 (New York State bridge identification number)
BH 26204 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of May 2018)
Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 67.1 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com

Categories 

Bascule (1,084)
Built 1954 (376)
Built during 1950s (4,007)
County line crossing (533)
Flared (403)
Frederick Zurmuhlen (1)
Have street view (28,892)
Kings County, New York (91)
 Movable (3,114)
New York (4,886)
New York City, New York (342)
Open (40,968)
Owned by city (6,079)
Queens County, New York (132)
Span length 125-175 feet (4,416)
Total length 1000-2500 feet (1,991)

Update Log 

  • June 1, 2021: New photo from Douglas Butler
  • October 12, 2020: New photos from Patrick Gurwell
  • January 28, 2016: New Street View added by Douglas Butler
  • December 5, 2015: New Street View added by Douglas Butler
  • May 29, 2014: New Street View added by Douglas Butler

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Sources 

  • Douglas Butler
  • Luke
  • Patrick Gurwell - pgurwell [at] gmail [dot] com
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Comments 

Pulaski Bridge
Posted June 1, 2021, by Nathan Holth (webmaster [at] historicbridges [dot] org)

Doug,

I cannot find any evidence that this bridge is slated for replacement, especially by some sort of a timber bridge. I did find this article for another bridge but I believe it is a dedicated pedestrian bridge scheduled to be built a short distance west of this existing bridge.

https://greenpointers.com/2019/02/13/floating-timber-bridge-...