DOT previews 65th Street bridge reconstruction
Department of Transportation representatives gave a preview Feb. 25 of reconstruction plans for the bridge on Fifth Avenue and 65th Street. The Zoom meeting included members of Community Boards 7 and 10, between which the bridge is located.
DOT said the 106-year-old bridge – which had its last roadway rehabilitation in 1962 – has crumbling concrete, cracks in its abutments and underside and needs to be seismically retrofitted.
Demolition and reconstruction will begin in October and completion of the four-phase project will take 38 months, with 24 of them affecting traffic at the site.