Willis Avenue Bridge
The new Willis Avenue Bridge will sail into place today and will be lifted above the East River, with Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Department of Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan on hand to mark the final stage of this decade-long project, NY1 reported. The 350-foot, 2,400-ton span traveled up the Hudson River last month, the last leg of a trip that started near Albany a year-and-a-half ago. Until today, it was stored neared the shoreline of the Harlem River. The new $612 million bridge will replace the 109-year-old bridge of the same name connecting Harlem and the South Bronx. Traffic will be permitted on the new bridge in November. [NY1]