Manhattan, NY – A massive rehab of the Brooklyn Bridge will begin Aug. 23, keeping Manhattan-bound lanes closed most nights until 2014.
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Manhattan-bound lanes will close Monday through Friday from 11 p.m. to 6 a.m., Saturdays from 12:01 a.m. to 7 a.m. and Sundays from 12:01 a.m. to 9 a.m., according to the city’s Department of Transportation.
Brooklyn-bound lanes and pedestrian paths will stay open during construction. Cars leaving Brooklyn will be directed to the Manhattan Bridge.
The $508 million job will double the capacity of two clogged ramps, replace rotting pavement and repaint steel to prevent corrosion.
The rehab will cost the city $286 million, officials said. The remaining funds will come from the federal government, including $30 million from the stimulus bill.
The project will employ hundreds of New Yorkers, Mayor Bloomberg has said, and marks the first major construction on the bridge in a decade.
Manhattan Bridge, now Brooklyn Bridge, plus the MTA eliminated our express busses. I guess they want Brooklyn people just to stay home and not spend money.
admin Would you rather that they not do any repairs and let the bridge fall down eventually?