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| | | | | 11.8 million cubic yards of hydraulic fill pumped
4.8 million cubic yards of dry fill moved
1.5 million square yards of pavement used
530,000 cubic yards of concrete used
11,500 cubic yards of masonry used
400,000 lineal feet of piles used
320,000 tons of steel used
9,000 men employed
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| | | | | Laurelton Parkway: from EXIT 23 to EXIT 25A (Southern State Parkway) in Cambria Heights
Cross Island Parkway: from EXIT 25A to EXIT 36 (I-678 / Whitestone Expressway) in Whitestone
Until the 1970's, each section was uniquely signed as the Shore, Southern, Laurelton and Cross Island parkways. Today, only the Cross Island Parkway is uniquely signed. The remaining segments are signed as the "Belt Parkway." Still, all exits are sequentially ordered from the Brooklyn terminus to the Whitestone Bridge approach.
Over the years, the New York State Legislature has also given ceremonial names along the Belt Parkway. In 1970, the legislature named the section between Bay Ridge and Coney Island the "Leif Ericson Drive" after the Viking explorer. Nearly a quarter century later, the legislature named the section between Coney Island and Laurelton the "POW-MIA Memorial Parkway." (The "POW-MIA Memorial" designation continues east along NY 27-Sunrise Highway through Nassau and Suffolk counties.)
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| | | | | The NYSDOT is rebuilding four major bridges - the Mill Basin, Fresh Creek, Gerritson Inlet and Paerdegat Basin bridges - along the Belt Parkway in Brooklyn. The $222 million project will be completed in 2006.
The NYSDOT plans to rehabilitate overpasses, resurface the main roadway and ramps, and make other safety and operational improvements along the Belt Parkway mainline from the Gowanus Expressway (I-278) east to EXIT 23 (NY 27 / Sunrise Highway). The $50 million rehabilitation project is expected to continue through 2006.
The state rebuilt EXIT 7 (Ocean Parkway) in Brighton Beach. The existing cloverleaf ramps were closed, leaving behind an improved diamond interchange with wider ramps and longer acceleration-deceleration ramps. The $58 million project, which included the rehabilitation of the Belt Parkway bridge over Ocean Parkway, was completed in 2005.
Just west of EXIT 9 (Knapp Street) in Sheepshead Bay, the NYSDOT is rebuilding the Belt Parkway bridge over Nostrand Avenue. The $36 million project began in 2004.
The NYSDOT rebuilt the Guy R. Brewer Boulevard bridge over the Belt Parkway at EXIT 21B in Springfield Gardens. The $12 million, 18-month-long project, which was completed in February 2003, included the demolition of the existing stone-arch bridge, the erection of a new steel-girder and concrete overpass, and the reconstruction of shoulders along the Belt Parkway.
At EXIT 23 (NY 27 / Sunrise Highway and Conduit Avenue) in Laurelton, the NYSDOT will rehabilitate the LIRR Babylon-Montauk Branch trestle over the Belt Parkway in Laurelton. The $8 million project began in 2004.
In its 1997 "Gowanus Tunnel" proposal, the RPA advocated eliminating the Belt Parkway along the Bay Ridge shorefront. Traffic would be diverted onto the new Gowanus Expressway Tunnel, which would begin at the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge approach in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. According to the RPA, the $2.4 billion project would provide an opportunity to create new esplanades and parks along the shorefront in Bay Ridge, Sunset Park and Red Hook. However, the NYSDOT favors a less costly proposal to rehabilitate the existing Gowanus Expressway and Belt Parkway.
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|  | | | | | | Belt Parkway and NY 27A shields by Ralph Herman.
Lightposts by Jeff Saltzman.
Bike route sign by Richard C. Moeur.
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