NYC DOT is rehabilitating the Riverside Drive Viaduct between 153rd and 161st streets in Manhattan. John Finley Walk, Promenade over FDR Drive – presented to Manhattan Community Board 8 Transportation and Parks Committees in June 2021 (pdf) Riverside Drive Viaduct over West 158th Street The $80 million project will bring needed state of good repair improvements to the 1930s top-level structure.
It will also make important upgrades, eliminating uneven surfaces, improving drainage, replacing the pedestrian railings, and replacing street lighting and benches along the entire span. The project, which is being managed by NYC DOT on behalf of NYC Parks, will implement structural repairs to the underside of the deck, repair walls along the roadway, and replace concrete girders. NYC DOT plans to rehabilitate John Finley Walk, the promenade above the FDR Drive between E. John Finley Walk, Promenade over FDR Drive The Project extends between Sands Street on the east and Atlantic Avenue on the west including the entire Atlantic Avenue interchange in the Borough of Brooklyn, New York. This segment of the BQE is a critical link of I-278, which is the sole interstate highway in Brooklyn connecting Brooklyn with Queens, the Bronx, and New England to the North/East, and Staten Island and New Jersey to the South/West. This project is for the rehabilitation, and/or replacement of approximately 1.5 miles of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway (BQE)/I-278 in the Borough of Brooklyn, New York, with a significant portion of its length supported by 21 bridges, including a unique 0.4-mile long triple-cantilever structure. Learn more on the Belt Parkway Bridges project's Facebook page Brooklyn-Queens Expressway (BQE) These bridges have outlived their useful lives and must be replaced.
These bridges, over Bay Ridge Avenue, Gerritsen Inlet, Mill Basin, Paerdegat Basin, Rockaway Parkway, and Fresh Creek Basin Bridges, all are original structures, built beginning in 1939.
NYC DOT began reconstruction of six bridges and their approaches on the Belt Parkway in 2009. Learn more about the history and construction work on the East River Bridges:īrooklyn Bridge Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge Manhattan Bridge Williamsburg BridgeĬonstruction work on other NYC DOT bridges: NYC DOT performs many bridge construction projects, ranging from preventative maintenance to installing entirely new bridges. Some bridges in New York City are operated by other agencies. There are no tolls on bridges operated by NYC DOT. NYC DOT owns, operates, and maintains 789 bridges and tunnels throughout New York, including the Brooklyn, Ed Koch Queensboro, Manhattan and Williamsburg Bridges, 24 movable bridges, and four tunnels.
Staten Island residents will also have a discount for the Verrazzano Bridge. Queens residents will still have a discount for the Cross Bay and Marine Parkway bridges, according to the New York Post. The Cross Bay and Marine Parkway bridges will have a toll hike from $2.29 to $2.245 for E-ZPass users and raises from $4.75 to $5.09 for non-E-ZPass users. The Upper Manhattan Henry Hudson Bridge will have a toll increase of 20 cents for E-ZPass users and a 50 cent increase for non-E-ZPass users, according to the New York Post. The same increases will happen for the Brooklyn-Battery and Queens-Midtown tunnels. For non-E-ZPass users, tolls will increase from $9.50 to $10.17. For the Bronx-Whitestone, Triboro, Throgs Neg, Verrazzano Bridges, the toll will increase from $6.12 to $6.55 for E-ZPass users. According to the New York Post, tolls are set to increase on April 1.