The Brooklyn Bridge Will Likely Be Under Repair Until the Year 2022: Report

The Brooklyn Bridge is in for a second round of repairs after the current one wraps up, according to an exclusive report by Capital New York.

Reporter Sally Goldenberg rifled through city records and found that a brand-new Brooklyn Bridge construction project will endeavor to repair “arches, towers, ramp substructures” and more.

“This stage of repairs is slated to begin in fiscal year 2019 and last about three years,” Goldenberg reported.

An NYC Department of Transportation (DOT) spokesman confirmed the news to Goldenberg. He added that construction workers would be ”resetting/repointing granite stone facades” and rehabilitating the “Manhattan-side masonry arches” — ”all of which are priority infrastructure needs and not part of the current contract.”

Most recently, DOT officials estimated that the current Brooklyn Bridge rehab project, which began in 2010, would wrap up in 2016.

So if all goes well, we could have a couple years of reprieve between construction projects.

Recent history, however, is not on our side: The estimated completion date for the current Brooklyn Bridge rehab project has been repeatedly pushed forward over the years.

The current project has also gone tens of millions of dollars over budget.

NYC Transportation Commissioner Polly Trottenberg gave the following statement to Capital New York as an explanation for the Brooklyn Bridge’s seemingly endless state of disrepair.

“Its beauty and iconic status alone can’t keep the 132-year-old Brooklyn Bridge in a state of good repair. That’s why DOT’s work is never complete when it comes to providing TLC to this great structure and the nearly 800 other bridges we own and operate.”