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Kosciuszko Bridge (New York City)
The
Kosciuszko Bridge
is a
truss bridge
that spans
Newtown Creek
between the
New York City
boroughs
of
Brooklyn
and
Queens
, connecting
Greenpoint, Brooklyn
and
Maspeth, Queens
. It is a part of
Interstate 278
, which is also locally known as the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway or BQE. The bridge opened in 1939, replacing the Penny Bridge from Meeker Avenue in Brooklyn to Review Avenue and Laurel Hill Boulevard, and is the only bridge over Newtown Creek that is not a
drawbridge
. It was named in honor of
Tadeusz Kosciuszko
, a
Polish
volunteer who was a General in the
American Revolutionary War
. Two of the bridge towers are surmounted with eagles, one with the
Polish eagle
and the other the
American eagle
.
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