Borden Ave Bridge Blues: Hunters Point’s industrial highway still severed

Borden Ave Bridge going towards Hunters Point, Long Island City – Photo

Ye olde Borden Ave Bridge – literally, it was built in 1908 – is the small but hugely important bridge on the industrial highway-like Borden Ave. It’s the best and easiest way to get to the waterfront off the LIE. Hunters Point Ave (aka 49th Ave) is the current detour, running parallel to Borden. But it heavily bottlenecks at the Hunters Point Ave exit, because of all the diverted traffic from Borden. Check out this aerial view.

Necessary repairs on the bridge have been underway for months, until contaminated soil was discovered on the site and has since interfered with reparation, which is unfortunately a familiar tune for folks ’round these parts. According to the NYC DOT:

“At this time, a date for the resumption of work is unknown which precludes an accurate prediction of a new anticipated completion date, although every effort will be made to complete the project in the Spring of 2010.”

Read: who knows?

• Aerial view of Borden Ave Bridge [InQueens]

• Borden Ave Bridge Over Dutch Kills [NYC DOT]

• Emergency Reconstruction of Borden Ave Bridge Over Dutch Kills [NYC.gov]

• Affordable housing development on Borden Avenue [Newtown Pentacle]

• Delay fixing bridge zaps biz in LIC [Daily News]