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*{{Youtube|89xty0Pj294|Kosciuszko Bridge Project Open House, Introduction}}
*{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/28/nyregion/kosciuszko-bridge-pronounciation.html|title=How Do You Pronounce Kosciuszko? It Depends on Where You're From.|last=Dunlap|first=David W.|date=2017-04-28|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=2017-04-29|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> is a [[cable-stayed bridge]] over [[Newtown Creek]] in [[New York City]], connecting [[Greenpoint, Brooklyn|Greenpoint]] in [[Brooklyn]] to [[Maspeth, Queens|Maspeth]] in [[Queens]]. The bridge consists of a pair of [[cable-stayed bridge]] spans: the eastbound span opened in April 2017, while the westbound span opened in August 2019. An older bridge, a [[truss bridge]] of the same name that was located on the site of the westbound cable-stayed span, was originally opened in 1939 and was closed and demolished in 2017. The crossing is part of the [[Brooklyn–Queens Expressway]] (BQE), which carries [[Interstate 278]].
 
The older truss bridge replaced a [[swing bridge]] called the Meeker Avenue Bridge, which connected Meeker Avenue in Brooklyn to Laurel Hill Boulevard in Queens. The old Kosciuszko Bridge, originally also called the Meeker Avenue Bridge, carried six lanes of traffic, three in each direction. In 1940, a year after opening, the bridge was renamed after Polish military leader and Grand Duchy of Lithuania [[Tadeusz Kościuszko]], who fought alongside the Americans in the [[American Revolutionary War]].