Pulaski Bridge
40.739166666667 - 73.9525Koordinaten: 40 ° 44 ' 21 " N, 73 ° 57 ' 9 " W
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The Pulaski Bridge is a bridge in New York City, which connects the two parts of the city Long Iceland City in Queens and Greenpoint in Brooklyn over Newtown Creek to. She was named because of the numerous Polish-American population in Greenpoint, after Casimir Pulaski, a Polish general in the American Revolutionary War. It connects 11th Street in Queens with the McGuinness Boulevard in Brooklyn.
The Pulaski Bridge was released on September 10, 1954 for traffic. With its opening, they replaced the nearby Vernon Avenue Bridge, which the Vernon Avenue in Long Iceland City with Manhattan Avenue in Greenpoint Association since 1905 and was closed for visual legacy thinking.
Designed by Frederick Zurmuhlen bascule bridge carries a 6 -lane carriageway and a 2.7m wide pedestrian and leads over the water, tracks of the Long Iceland Rail Road and the entrance to the Queens - Midtown Tunnel. The pedestrian walkway is on the west or river downstream side of the bridge, which passers-by a good view of the Manhattan skyline and other bridges, such as the Williamsburg Bridge and the Queensboro Bridge granted.
Between September 1991 and June 1994, the Bridge for a total of $ 38 million was restored. During this time the motorable tracks have been reduced to one in each direction, to renew among other things the road to replace electrical cables and give the structure a new coat of paint.
The Pulaski Bridge is located on the route of the New York City Marathon and is almost exactly 21 miles from the start, considered to be the mid- marathon course.