Delivering a Masterpiece

by Jim Peterson, P.E., (M.ASCE), HNTB Corp.’s design-build director and a senior vice president,
Carol J. Wynperle, P.E., vice president and senior engineering manager for WSP USA in the New York City office,
Thomas Mellett, P.E., Vice president, resident engineering, STV’s New York City office,
Robert J. Vaz, P.E., Associate, resident engineering, for STV’s New York City office,


Serial Information: Issue 8, Pg. 48-51


Document Type: Feature article

Abstract: The new Kosciuszko Bridge, also known as the K Bridge, is a twin-span, cable-stayed structure that traverses Newtown Creek, linking the New York City boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens via the Brooklyn–Queens Expressway, which runs east to west. Built in two phases, the eastbound bridge was completed in April 2017, and the westbound bridge was completed in August 2019. Both phases represent the first major bridge in New York City since the Verrazano–Narrows Bridge in 1964, and it is the state’s first cable-stayed bridge.

Subject Headings: Cable stayed bridges | Cables | Bridges | Rivers and streams | Highways and roads | New York City | New York | United States

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