25K views · 156 reactions | SO COOL! The first span of the new Kosciuszko Bridge opens today. It is the first bridge built in New York City in 53 years! WATCH: Timelapse video shows 2 years of construction. (Video: New York State Department of Transportation) | FOX 5 NY | Facebook

The Kosciuszko Bridge is a pair of modern cable-stayed bridges in New York City that carry the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway (I-278) over Newtown Creek, connecting the boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens. The twin structures replaced an aging truss bridge of the same name and opened in two phases between 2017 and 2019. | Long Island, New York

The Kosciuszko Bridge is a pair of cable-stayed bridges in New York City that carries the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway over Newtown Creek, connecting the boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens. Replacing a much older and structurally deficient truss bridge, the new spans opened in two phases, with the first in April 2017 and the second in August 2019. The bridges are notable for being New York City's first cable-stayed bridges, providing increased capacity, shoulders, and a dedicated 20-foot-wide pedestr