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BQE’s crumbling cantilever: Highway would widen back to six lanes in city’s visioning plans

By Ben Brachfeld Posted on December 14, 2022
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The Adams administration on Tuesday rolled out an initial list of proposals for re-envisioning the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway — all of which would widen the crumbling cantilever section in Brooklyn Heights back to three lanes in each direction.

The Department of Transportation unveiled three proposals at a visioning workshop for the city-owned, triple-deck section of the BQE in Downtown Brooklyn, DUMBO, and Brooklyn Heights, between Atlantic Avenue and Sands Street, after years of dithering while the Robert Moses-era expressway rots away on the waterfront.

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BQE’s crumbling cantilever: Highway would widen back to six lanes in city’s visioning plans

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