BQE at night, originally uploaded by Barry Yanowitz

Fixing Brooklyn-Queens Expressway: Ins and Outs Discussed at Meeting:

Last week, members of the state Department of Transportation met with members of the Transportation Committee of Community Board 6 and others to begin that “long process.”
It has been known for some time that much of this 1.5-mile stretch from Sands Street to Atlantic Avenue needed some attention and some rebuilding. Just exactly what will be required is not yet determined, another reason for the “long process.”
This seemingly short piece of highway is far from ordinary. It is the half moon-shaped section that touches on busy Downtown Brooklyn and is getting busier by the day. It also includes the 0.4-mile cantilever (a triple-decked structure supporting two lanes of the BQE and the Brooklyn Heights Promenade) that was built in lieu of tearing down most of Brooklyn Heights, which planner Robert Moses wanted to do.

Prediction: repair takes twice as long as planned and cost 2.5x the original budget. You’ve heard it here first!
See also: BQE Figure-Ground.