Gothamist: R.I.P. Triborough Bridge, Viva RFK?!

Snoopy

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 19:49:06 -0500

How about the Karma bridge?

Snoopy

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 19:47:21 -0500

"The Triborough Bridge" what a stupid name for that bridge. Can't one come up with a more descriptive name?

NannyState

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 19:12:07 -0500

$4 million isn't enough to stop me calling it the Triborough.

Snoopy

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:35:22 -0500

How about the toll plaza? That's where the real money is made. Any suggestions for that? Maybe a dead blond actress's name to give the bridge some historical link?

JenChungsBra

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 14:40:55 -0500

EVEN GOOGLE is still calling it the Triboro? Oh, well that ends the debate right there.

spiritross

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 13:52:45 -0500

Laguardia Airport and Step on it... Take the Kennedy Bridge! the Queensbourgh is back up!

Rob T Firefly

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 13:42:57 -0500

If the projected cost is $4M, I would not be surprised to see the real cost break around $6M, after which people will continue to not give a damn.

Steven

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 13:21:34 -0500

Then guess what? Politicians complain there is no money for other things.

emilydickinson

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 13:15:07 -0500

We just have to get Gridlock Sam to start using it. I'll pitch him immediately.

Rolltide23

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 12:49:32 -0500

$4M to change all the signs says Ch 7.

Think twice

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 12:33:40 -0500

"Robert F. Kennedy Bridge" needs "Jackie Robinson Parkway's" PR firm, but I'm hoping that in these lean times, it'll settle for "Avenue of the America's" PR firm.

Splicer

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 12:33:03 -0500

I protest! This bridge will never stand...it's just too damnably big. If God had meant man to build bridges...

Snoopy

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 12:31:29 -0500

"the renaming of the bridge was the brainchild of former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer." Is this another Gothamist typo? Don't you mean "brainfart" instead?

r1b2

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 12:23:04 -0500

Pricetag? How much will it cost to generate new signs, etc? This is a lovely gesture, but the timing ain't so hot. There are very few examples of roads, etc that go by the new names. The FDR Drive (although no one calls it the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Drive), the Jackie Robinson, the Gil Hodges Bridge. It will take a generation or 2 for this name to become adopted. We're all still gonna call it Triborough.

Outter Burrougher

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 12:21:17 -0500

they couldn't wait a day until his actual birthday? Happy Early Birthday, Bobby!

Rob T Firefly

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 12:09:31 -0500

I'd love to see the full pricetag when this is all over and done with.

edEx

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 12:09:17 -0500

ironic.

whitecastlerock

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 12:02:28 -0500

isn't the west side highway named after Joe Dimaggio?

bsalamon

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 11:58:05 -0500

Didn't they rename the interboro a few years back?

FrankMartin

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 11:55:41 -0500

Can anyone say Avenue of the Americas?