| | Brooklyn-Queens Expressway (I-278) |
 | | For a brief period in late 1958, the expressway was proposed to carry the I-87 designation from EXIT 32 (Williamsburg Bridge / Metropolitan Avenue) north to the Triborough Bridge (and thence to the Major Deegan Expressway); I-278 was to begin at the Williamsburg Bridge exit and continue to the south and west. |
| | The BQE connector ramp to the Williamsburg Bridge, a four-lane steel viaduct built in the 1950's, was recently replaced with pre-cast, post-tensioned segmental box girder bridge. |
| | The temporary bridge over the BQE collapsed, and with the raging fire threatening the nearby Roosevelt Avenue overpass and trestle carrying the IRT #7 subway line, vehicular and train traffic was stopped, as was traffic on the BQE, for at least 24 hours. |
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