A view of the
cantilevered Brooklyn-Queens Expressway from Fulton Street, looking east.
According to nycroads.com, the residents of Brooklyn Heights pressured
Robert Moses to construct the expressway so that it would run along the
bluffs, as opposed to it running through the center of Brooklyn Heights
along Hicks Street. Since space was at a premium at this location,
the cantilevered design was instituted in order to build the expressway
through this particular neighborhood.
A closer view
of the cantilevered BQE. Westbound lanes (geographically south) are
serviced by the lower level, and the eastbound lanes (geographically north)
are serviced by the upper level of the roadway.
Where the cantilevered
roadway does not pass over any streets, brick walls were built in order
to provide support for the roadway. The red bricks add to the expressway's
charm, and is more pleasing to the eye than looking at a plain cement wall
without a brick facade.
The BQE squeezes
under the Brooklyn Bridge overpass.
The overpass
carries this section of the BQE over Main Street.
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