Kosciuszko Bridge Will Be Blown Up Sunday

GREENPOINT, BROOKLYN — Say goodbye to the bridge on the Newton Creek. On Sunday, it goes.

Two pieces of the old Kosciuszko Bridge are slated to be blown up on Sunday morning around 8 a.m., according to Brooklyn City Councilman Stephen Levin.

Officials first planned to implode the 78-year-old bridge — which is being replaced by a new structure with the same name — earlier this summer, but those plans were delayed for unknown reasons, according to a DNAinfo report.

The bridge will be replaced by a six-lane span — which opened with a big show in April — and a four-lane span — with two Queens-bound lanes, one Brooklyn-bound lane and a pedestrian path — expected to open in 2020.

The old Kosciuszko will be demolished on Sunday by putting charges across the doomed span of bridge, which will break into small chunks and fall straight down, according to a.m. New York.

When news hit in February that the bridge would be blown up, it stirred an unusual amount of excitement in New York City. Tens of thousands of people submitted RSVPs on Facebook to watch the bridge explode in June while another Facebook group swore to defend it with the help of wolves, swords and Xena Warrior Princess.

But excitement died down once officials clarified the implosion would be a contained affair that would not resemble the final scene in David Lean's "The Bridge on The River Kwai."

Officials told DNAinfo that the streets where debris is expected to fall — 56th Road, Scott Avenue, Gardner Avenue, Thomas Street and Stewart Avenue — will be closed Sunday morning.

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