Kosciuszko Bridge, New York City

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The Kosciuszko Bridge is a truss bridge that spans Newtown Creek between Brooklyn and Queens. It is a part of Interstate 278 or the Brooklyn Queens Expressway. The bridge opened in 1939 and was named in honor of Tadeusz Kościuszko, a Polish volunteer who was a General in the American Revolutionary War. Two of the bridge towers are surmounted with eagles, one is the Polish eagle, and the other the American eagle.

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Bridges and tunnels in New York City
Bridges	Bayonne Bridge \| Brooklyn Bridge \| Bronx Whitestone Bridge \| City Island Bridge \| Cross Bay Veterans Memorial Bridge \| George Washington Bridge \| Goethals Bridge \| Hell Gate Bridge \| Henry Hudson Bridge \| Joseph P. Addabbo Memorial Bridge \| Kosciuszko Bridge \| Manhattan Bridge \| Marine Parkway-Gil Hodges Memorial Bridge \| Outerbridge Crossing \| Queensboro Bridge \| Throgs Neck Bridge \| Triborough Bridge \| Verrazano-Narrows Bridge \| Williamsburg Bridge
Tunnels	Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel \| Holland Tunnel \| Lincoln Tunnel \| Queens Midtown Tunnel
Operators	Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority \| Metropolitan Transportation Authority \| Port Authority of New York and New Jersey \| New York City Department of Transportation \| New York State Department of Transportation \| Amtrak