Opinion: The Case For Letting An Awful Urban Highway Fail

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By Ilan AckelsbergJul 1, 2026, 12:02 am358 ptsTop
Nobody knows what to do about the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway’s triple cantilever. The decaying structure, which carries highway traffic beneath the Brooklyn Heights Promenade, has outlived its 50-year lifespan by two decades. Residents of Brooklyn Heights defeated a proposed fix because it would have shut…

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