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City officials close one of the Brooklyn Bridge car lanes

'18.06.2021'

Lyudmila Balabay

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The City Department of Transportation (DOT) will close the inner lane of the Brooklyn Bridge to the west on the evening of June 21. This part of the bridge will be turned into a two-way bike path, writes New York Post.

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The construction of the cycle path will begin at 21:00 on June 21 and will end, according to the mayor of the city, Bill de Blasio, "by the fall."

“When this strip reopens, it will be completely different. Only cyclists will start moving along it. It will be a beautiful and radical rethinking of New York's iconic bridge, ”said de Blasio.

The mayor's plan to convert one of the bridge's lines to cycle paths calls for an 8-foot (2,4 m) double-sided cycle path on the inner lane of the bridge to the west. Moreover, in this direction, two 10-foot (3 m) lanes for cars will remain.

According to the project, DOT plans to separate cyclists from cars using concrete and metal fences.

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To create a safe exit and entry on the bridge for cyclists, the City Hall is equipping cycle paths leading to the bridge in Manhattan and in Brooklyn, that is, on both sides of the bridge.

City officials are hoping that moving cyclists to a designated lane will free up space on the bridge's promenade, which was sometimes uncrowded before the pandemic due to the huge crowds of pedestrians and cyclists. Such congestions often led to accidents and collisions between cyclists and pedestrians.

The Brooklyn Bridge is one of only four existing structures across the East River that can be crossed by bicycle.

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