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COMMUNITYGothamist·3h ago

NYC mulls building temporary highway in sky over Brooklyn Bridge to fix BQE

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New York City is considering building a temporary elevated highway over the Brooklyn Bridge to manage traffic while the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway undergoes reconstruction.

New renderings from the city show how the temporary highway would be a sort of bridge over a bridge. New renderings show the city would build a highway that flies over the iconic bridge to divert traffic while the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway's triple-cantilever structure is rebuilt.

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