Greenpoint Avenue Bridge | |
|---|---|
 From Brooklyn | |
| Coordinates | 40°44′0″N73°56′25″W / 40.73333°N 73.94028°W /40.73333; -73.94028 |
| Crosses | Newtown Creek |
| Locale | Brooklyn andQueens,New York City |
| Official name | J. J. Byrne Memorial Bridge |
| Maintained by | New York City Department of Transportation |
| Preceded by | Pulaski Bridge |
| Followed by | Kosciuszko Bridge |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | Bascule bridge |
| Width | 70 feet (21 m) |
| Longest span | 180 feet (55 m) |
| Clearance below | 26 feet (7.9 m) |
| History | |
| Opened | 1987 |
| Statistics | |
| Daily traffic | 31,622 (2016)[1] |
| Location | |
 Interactive map of Greenpoint Avenue Bridge | |
TheGreenpoint Avenue Bridge is adrawbridge that carriesGreenpoint Avenue acrossNewtown Creek between the neighborhoods ofGreenpoint, Brooklyn andBlissville, Queens in New York City. Also known as theJ. J. Byrne Memorial Bridge, the bridge is named after James J. Byrne, who served asBrooklyn Borough President from September 1926 until he died in office on March 14, 1930. Previously, Byrne was the Brooklyn Commissioner of Public Works.[2]
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The Greenpoint Avenue Bridge is the sixth bridge to cross Newtown Creek in this location. In the 1850s, Neziah Bliss built the first drawbridge, which was called the Blissville Bridge. It was followed by three other bridges before being replaced by a new bridge in March 1900.[3] A new bridge opened in 1929 and after suffering from mechanical problems it was replaced by the current structure in 1987.[4]
Designed byHardesty & Hanover, the Greenpoint Avenue Bridge was the recipient of anAmerican Institute of Steel Construction Award in 1991.[5]
On March 30, 2009, New York City MayorMichael Bloomberg held a press conference at the Greenpoint Avenue Bridge, announcing that it would receive $6 million infederal stimulus funds, which will be used to rehabilitate the bridge.[6]
In 2011, the NYCDOT proposed an extension of the existing Greenpoint Avenue bike lane on the Brooklyn side across the bridge into Queens. The project was completed in 2015.[7]
Media related toGreenpoint Avenue Bridge (1987) at Wikimedia Commons