EVG regular William Klater shared this photo from yesterday morning, which shows the ramp to the new Delancey Street pedestrian bridge under construction.
Crews installed the new bridge, one of the new access points for East River Park, overnight on June 8. (The previous bridge was removed in early 2022.)
According to a City Department of Design and Construction spokesperson, the 215-foot-long bridge weighs 125 tons (much larger than the previous one) and is fully ADA-accessible.
There's a partial-lane closure this week on the FDR from 10 p.m. to 7 a.m. while work continues. It is expected to be ready for pedestrians early next month.
Here's a video from June showing workers assembling the new bridge...
The "phased work operations" in East River Park began in November 2021 in Project Area 1 between Montgomery Street and 15th Street. As part of the billion-dollar-plus East Side Coastal Resiliency project, workers have been burying the 57.5-acre park under fill and cutting down many trees. They are elevating the land 8 to 10 feet above sea level to protect the area from future storm surges.
The city has said it will maintain public access to at least 42% of the park throughout construction, which is expected to be completed by the end of 2026.
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3 comments:
did the end of the video say that the bridge will open next month? Does that mean they are opening the lower section of the park?
So far from what I have seen of the new construction of the park it looks awful I guess I miss all those great trees that they cut down I miss the shade they provided as I have been going to the park for many years to escape the heat especially during the brutally hot summer that we had this year. I still go to the north section of the park north of Houston Street where the few remaining trees are still standing before, they cut those down as well. What a shame.
Way too much cement.
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